We’re diving into Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Era with all the books on Shakespeare and fun books inspired by his works! Interested in learning how I introduce the Shakespeare’s actual plays to my kids? Find that info here: Easy Ways to Introduce Shakespeare to your Kids This post may contain Amazon Affiliate Links. I may earn […]
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Our favorite chapter beginner books from the series Big Foot and Little Foot, Marvin and James, Mercy Watson, and Deckawoo Drive.
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We are once again diving into the history of Halloween! And this year, we found another significant event that occurred on October 31: Reformation Day.
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Never did I ever…think I’d become a baseball mom! But I have three who are in the sport and I do what I do best: support them with books! Here is a pretty long list of inspirational and diverse baseball biographies in picture book form. I know there are even more out there! This post
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We had a fun second year of our book club for middle schoolers (although we only had two middle schoolers)! Here are all the ideas, links and discussion guides that we used for our meetings! This post may contain Amazon Affiliate Links. I may earn a few cents on qualifying purchases. Thanks in advance for helping
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This is a review of AmblesideOnline Year 2, which focuses on books about medieval times. I read these aloud to my 7 and 9 year old kids this year.
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At the end of our school year this year, I did a thing. I decided to make a book stack of all of the chapter books we had read in the past 12 months, from July 2024 to June 2025. Ta-da! Our living books stack! I actually wish I had gotten a picture with the
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AmblesideOnline Year 7 focuses on the Middle Ages in literature and history. I’ll start there and then move on to the other subjects.
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We are still chugging along with our state studies! This spring, we continued with a few more states: North and South Dakota, Texas, Arizona, Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, and Oregon. We’re just missing a few of the western states now! Here is the Historical Fiction United States bookstack! This post may contain Amazon Affiliate Links. I may
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I wanted to spend some more focused time on the Italian Renaissance. We used the summer months to read these few chapter books and revisit my country study on Italy! Here are the Renaissance books we read and the art we looked at. This post may contain Amazon Affiliate Links. I may earn a few cents
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