Age 2-3
Books About Birds for All Ages
Spring is for the birds! We have been seeing so many nests, hearing little chirps of baby birdies, and even found a robin’s egg on our hike today. And there are so many lovely books and educational materials about birds!…
- Age 0-1, Age 1-2, Age 2-3, Age 3-5, Age 5-8, Age 8-12, Age early elementary, Christmas Books, For Grown Up Bookworms, Our Literate Life
GIANT List of Christmas Books We Love {Picture Books, Chapter Books, Mama Books}
We have read literally hundreds of Christmas books over the years as a family. There’s just something extra cozy about reading Christmas stories, isn’t there? Throw in a fuzzy blanket, a fire (on the TV for us), and perhaps some…
Apple Tasting Printable and Picture Books
After 4 years of Apple Tasting, this Fall activity still hasn’t waned in excitement for my kids! Each year I’ve added an element of “data collection” to layer beside the festiveness and add some sneaky math. This year I finally…
Simple Pooh Birthday Party {Bookish Birthdays}
I have a proven obsession with creating book themed birthday parties, but this Pooh party was probably the simplest one yet! [For evidence of this obsession, please see my Magic Tree House, Corduroy, Nutcracker, Gingerbread Man, Fairy Tales/Big Bad Wolf parties!]…
Berry Picking Picture Books
Reading books about berries and berry picking has been an annual tradition in the late spring each year. As my kids have grown, I’ve expanded our booklist to books with a bit more meat to them (no pun intended). My…
Dash Into Reading {Curriculum Review}
My experience teaching kids to read has been exciting, frustrating, humbling, and amazing… all wrapped into one. After using and loving the All About Reading program all the way through with my first, I assumed I would always use that…
Book Lovers’ Free Printable Bookmarks {for Valentine’s Day}
Happy Valentine’s Day, book lovers! My kids enjoyed creating handmade valentines for our homeschool v-day exchange, and it got my creative juices flowing. I designed bookmarks to include with our valentines, and I think they turned out so cute! I’m…
Valentine’s Day Books and Traditions
I haven’t always been a fan of Valentine’s Day… too many lonely Valentine’s Days probably scarred me. But when I became a SAHM with two little ones and was attempting to survive long cold winters, a mid-winter celebration full of…
Cozy Winter Picture Books
Last winter we officially had 0.4″ of snow, according to a google search. In my kids’ memory, it was 4 snowflakes total. What a bummer! In my area, we don’t typically get a lot of snow, but we can usually…
Teatime Birthday Party
Today I had the joy of throwing my niece a “girls only” tea party for her 4th birthday. Normally with winter birthdays and boys, I felt out of my element at first but I quickly adjusted. 🙂 This was a…
All About Reading Curriculum Review
We’ve been using the All About Reading program for FOUR YEARS (whaaa??!), so I thought I would share our experience. My oldest has just started Level 4, the final level of the program, after beginning with Prereading all those years…
Alphabet Books for Bigger Kids
I’ve been on the hunt for clever ABC and alphabet books that won’t bore my older kids! My 5 year old has hit that special developmental stage when letters come alive! He is segmenting words for fun because it sounds…
Winter Solstice Read Alouds & Scavenger Hunt {Free Printable}
Winter Solstice can easily get lost in the shuffle around mid-December, can’t it?! A read aloud and an outdoor scavenger hunt are just our speed to mark the shortest day of the year! I created this PDF scavenger hunt for…
A Simple Autumn Math Game
Do your kids have bountiful nature collections every autumn like mine do? I created this simple Fall themed math game after looking at a giant pile of acorns and thinking, “There must be a game here somewhere!” It’s pretty basic,…
- Age 2-3, Age 3-5, Age 5-8, Age early elementary, Homeschool, Homeschool Curriculum, Nature & Outdoors
Exploring Nature With Children {Curriculum Review}
Exploring Nature with Children is a fitting title for a beautiful, rich way to feel inspired and organized to get out in nature with kids! I have dipped in and out of this curriculum for four years, since my oldest…
