What Do You Have in Your Hand?
Posted by Lisa N. | 0 comments
I want to share with you a question that was paradigm changing for me. It is this: “What do you have in your hand?” What do you have, right now, that you can give, use, steward. This is the question God posed to scruffy sheep herder Moses after forty years of herding nature’s “animal most likely to accidentally kill...
Planning a Large Unit Study
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In this final installment of my unit study series, I’m going to share with you how to design a unit study that is fairly in-depth. For those of you new to this series, I shared how I plan unit studies in my January article here at The Heart of the Matter. In February, I wrote about incorporating project-based learning...
The Value of a Frozen Pizza
Posted by Aubrey Lively | 0 comments
For the last several months, I have disappeared. We’ve gotten most of our schoolwork done, but everything else from cooking to cleaning and sometimes answering the phone, has dropped off my radar. I’ve been reading. I’m an odd bird when it comes to reading. Although I’d never say so in front of my children, I...
The Role of Literature in the Life of a Christian
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In reading great literature I become a thousand men and yet remain myself. Like the night sky in a Greek poem, I see with a thousand eyes, but it is still I who see. Here, as in worship, in love, in moral action, and in knowing, I transcend myself: and am never more myself than when I do. —C.S. Lewis I try to get a night...
Encouraging the Love of Literature
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When I hear the term “Literature Analysis,” I develop cold sweats. My mind is yanked back into the 11th grade and flashes back on eight page literary analysis essays, along with difficult and cryptic names for what should have been very simple. My compositions were forced and unnatural and my enthusiasm for reading...
Top 10 sites to download free children’s books
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International Children’s Digital Library The search options for this website are incredible. You can search by age, language, subject, length, awards won, type of character, emotions, and much more. Most of the books are full color. Children’s Books Online I love this delightful site because you can search by reading...
Suggested Reading List for Kindergarten
Posted by Amy Bayliss | 0 comments
One of the greatest things we can do for our children is give them a love of literature. Here is a list of books that are age appropriate and come highly recommended by many moms. Enjoy! 26 Letters and 99 Cents by Tana Hoban A Grain of Rice by Pittman A Pair of Red Clogs by Masako Matsuno The Apple & the Arrow by Buff A...
The Perfect Gift for your Distracted Learner
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This month I’m going to give you two tips for the price one. Pretty cool, for sure. With the Christmas season upon us, and the school year well underway, you’re likely wondering about two things. One: What do I get my kids for Christmas? And two: How can I help them be more interested in our read aloud time?...
Miseducation: Preschoolers at Risk by David Elkind
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Published in 1987 by Dr. David Elkind, Professor of Child Study and Senior Resident Scholar at Tufts University, Miseducation: Preschoolers at Risk is designed to help parents avoid the ever growing trend of the miseducation of young children . It’s findings and review of research is not only pertinent in today’s...
Mommy, Teach me to Read!
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I cannot say enough fantastic things about Barbara Curtis’ book, Mommy, Teach me to read! A complete and easy-to-use home reading program. Barbara Curtis is a former Montessori educator, homeschooler and Christian mother of twelve children including three with Down syndrome. Her writing style is both comforting and...
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