The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper This classic children’s picture book written in 1930 is the engaging story of a train that is bringing toys and good food for the children on the other side of the mountain. When the engine breaks down, a toy clown asks various other engines who come along […]
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A Fly Went By, by Mike McKlintock is a fun story in rhyme about animals (as well as one man) being afraid of each other due to a complete misunderstanding. Each thought the one behind him was out to get him, and it just wasn’t so. What an important lesson for young and old alike:
Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher A delightfully written story about a nine year old orphaned girl who lives with her aunt and great aunt, who dote on her anxiously, unintentionally smothering her. When the great aunt becomes ill, Betsy is sent off to some relatives who live on a farm, and who show their
In my last post I wrote about how setting a good tone in our homes (and homeschooling) is so important – we need to work on our attitude, projecting positivity. It helps if you schedule some things every day that your children enjoy. To some children, everything is enjoyable, but to most children, at least
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Here we are – another year of homeschooling, or maybe for some of you: the first! What are some ingredients to make it successful? I assume that you are doing this of your own free will, that you are not being forced to homeschool – that you are doing this for a reason or for
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Those of us who were homeschooling in the 2019-20 school year were going along as usual, when COVID-19 came upon us in March. Unlike those whose children were in school, we continued as we were, teaching our children. On that level, the pandemic didn’t affect us as much as non-homeschoolers. But even for us things
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I was on a walk today, and I saw this: I took a closer look and saw this: And then I focused even closer and saw this: How beautiful! But only after I took the time to look up close – to focus on the beauty that was not noticeable from a glance or from
I have discovered a sort of Law, not a law that someone made up, but a “this is how things work” sort of thing -such as “the law of gravity.” It’s not a rule, although I call it “Robin’s Rule” for alliteration – it’s just something I discovered. It could be called “The Law of
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In my neighbourhood, when I am out for a walk and a person (or people) is walking toward me, we smile and/or nod and/or say hello. Recently I was in Toronto (the largest Canadian city) for two weeks, where I took walks once or twice daily – the weather was sunny and many, many people
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