Our Literate Life
Monthly Book Log {November & December 2017}
I will always hold dear the memories of snuggling up with 4 year old Preschool Bookworm and reading our first Christmas novels together. We have read piles and piles of Christmas picture books, and this year we were ready for…
Last Year’s Gifts We’re Still Using
The elusive gift with staying power. I know I’m always searching for it, so I thought I would share gifts from last year that we’re still using. My bookworms are now about to turn 3 and 5 (in the next…
Monthly Book Log Blog {October 2017}
This month we polished off our longest chapter book read aloud to date, the endearing Appleblossom the Possum. At 278 pages, it took us the majority of the month but we never grew weary. Each night we snugged up and…
Monthly Book Log Blog {September 2017}
Our log looks lopsided this month. I don’t mind. We’re enjoying so many wonderful stories together. We are in a nighttime routine of reading chapter books together after a picture book or two with little brother. Annd, Preschool Bookworm reads…
Nature Pal Exchange- Our Experience & How to Sign Up
Last Fall my bookworms and I participated in a fabulous little program called Nature Pal Exchange. We were paired up with a family across the country, and we each prepared a box full of nature finds from our area and…
Monthly Book Log Blog {August 2017}
This month we primarily worked our way through a book in two formats– audio and hardcover, Tumtum and Nutmeg. We haven’t tried this with a chapter book before, and it worked out reasonably enough. The audiobook was an old school…
Organizing Our Home Library. Again.
It’s been almost a year and a half since I last KonMaried my book collection. A lot can happen in a year and a half. Like, 10 library book sales, half a dozen birthdays and holidays, and rapid maturation of…
Cataloging Our Home Library: Why and How
I fully recognize that this post puts me in a whole other category of crazy. Type A librarian run amok. This week I cataloged my (children’s book) home library. I was due for a massive overhaul of our book collection…
Monthly Book Log Blog {July ’17}
Some fun ones this month! We had a few real life tie-ins which both slightly backfired. We listened to Babe the Sheep-Pig on audio before attending our first county 4H fair. After making our rounds at the fair, PB asked…
Monthly Book Log Blog {June ’17}
If audiobooks have a “season,” Summer is probably it! No exception around here– we’ve been devouring them this month as Summer break is in full swing. Annnd we’re still in the Magic Treehouse season. #jackandannieallyear Here’s what we’ve read and…
Homeschool Preschool: Our Plan for PreK {Age 4-5}
Lump in my throat as I type that title, guys. Age 5?! I’m squarely in the “where has the time gone?” stage of motherhood. Armed with that perspective, here is our plan for this upcoming school year: Savor the time.…
Our Homeschool Preschool {Age 3-4}
I didn’t choose to homeschool for myself, the teacher. I chose it for my student, my son. And truly he is thriving. He has blossomed this year. But, surprisingly enough I am thriving, too. I think I’ve done a bit…
Our Year of Playing Skillfully {Homeschool Preschool Curriculum}
I can’t remember how I happened upon the book The Homegrown Preschooler. (It’s highly likely I was browsing the library shelves.) But in any case, that chance meeting has profoundly impacted our family. I recall crying as I read through the…
Monthly Book Log Blog {May}
We are in an incredibly sweet spot of reading with our bookworms (ages 4 and 2.5). It’s equal partnership now– me introducing books, and their requesting books to read. It’s our family culture and we are never without a bookmark…
Action Rhymes: There’s More to Literacy than Books
A friend was asking about the action rhymes I mentioned on the blog. To which I said, “When did I talk about them?!” I’ve officially been blogging long enough that I’ve forgotten what I’ve written in the past. Actually, that milestone…
