Fun Beginner Books for Emerging Readers
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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Interest Led Learning
Diverse Celebrations for October 31: Halloween and Reformation Day
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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Best Baseball Biographies for Kids
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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Christopher Columbus Books: An Honest Look at the Real Story
What do you remember about Columbus from your own social studies classes? Take an honest look at the real story with these Christopher Columbus books.
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Book Club for Middle Schoolers: Our Selections 2024-2025
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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Lost History of Ukraine: the Holocaust, Holodomor, and Chernobyl
Here are three chapter books that highlight the lost history of Ukraine. They feature the Holodomor, Chernobyl, and the Holocaust.
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Interesting Books about JRR Tolkien
Our family fun theme for 2024 was based on Tolkien’s books: . But here is a list of books about JRR Tolkien and the fantasy setting of his books!
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Books about Mushrooms and More
This term’s nature study is: mushrooms! I found fun books about mushrooms and added videos and projects.
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Books on Fairies and How to Build Fairy Houses
What do we do with all the nature that our kids bring home? (It’s not just my kids, right?) The best stick! A favorite rock! The prettiest leaf! Okay, I’m guilty of it, too. Cue…the building of Fairy Houses.
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Kids Books about the Olympics: Ancient and Modern
There are so many inspirational picture book biographies featuring the events of the Summer Olympics! Here are the ones that I managed to nab from the library. We are going to read these picture books about the Olympics in the week leading up to the opening ceremonies. This post may contain Amazon Affiliate Links. I may
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