- 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…
Cozy Christmas Chapter Books {plus Mom Reads!}
My favorite part of Christmas planning is deciding what novels I’ll read to my children, and that I’ll read myself. I have so many treasured memories of reading in front of the Christmas tree with my kids. While they’re snuggling …
- Age 3-5, Age 5-8, Age 8-12, Age early elementary, Christmas Books, Holidays, Nature & Outdoors, Our Literate Life
Nature Themed Christmas Books {updated}
There’s something special about the combination of Christmas + nature. The smell of fresh evergreen, the bright colors of holly and berries, the crisp cool air of winter. There are so many beautiful picture books that focus on the natural…
- Age 5-8, Age 8-12, Age early elementary, Audiobooks, Chapter Books, Elementary, Podcasts, Upper Elementary
Family Read Alouds {Summer 2022, age 7 & 9}
In this season with a needy infant (hello there, four month sleep regression and cutting 4 teeth in 5 months!), I am grateful for audiobooks and a parenting partner who enjoys reading to our kids! We managed to squeeze in…
Homeschool Fourth Grade {Curriculum Picks}
I nearly didn’t write this post as it feels that 4th grade is a continuation of 3rd grade. We’ve homeschooled from the beginning, whichever beginning you want to count from (preschool? birth?). At this stage, it feels like a lot…
Summer Chapter Books for Read Alouds
I wanted to get this post published nice and early, for maximum summertime reads! And so, this is a live draft of sorts. I’ll be adding to this post as we read through our summer reading list in the coming…
All About Spelling Curriculum for Struggling Spellers {Review}
In my home we have one natural speller and one struggling speller. (The third pupil is yet to be determined. She’s currently working on learning to roll over.) One of my kids is able to spell with ease after a…
- Age 3-5, Age 5-8, Age 8-12, Age early elementary, Homeschool, Homeschool Curriculum, Our Literate Life, Poetry, Teatime
Dash into Poetry {Review & Our Experience}
We love poetry and we love the Dash into Reading program, so Dash into Poetry was a no-brainer purchase! My kids and I are all in love with this new addition to our poetry teatimes. (Dash into Poetry does NOT…
Family Read Alouds {Spring 2022, Age 7 and 9}
These books will forever have a place in my heart as our third and fourth trimester read alouds. 💕 I’ll always recall being hugely pregnant and snuggling to read with my big boys, hoping to feel baby kicks and hiccups.…
- Age 5-8, Age 8-12, Age early elementary, Audiobooks, Chapter Books, Family Read Alouds, Our Literate Life
Favorite Family Read Alouds of the Year (2021)
As has become our New Year’s Eve tradition, I pulled out a list of all of the family read aloud books we completed the past year (audiobooks included) and we spent some time over sparkling cider reminiscing and rating our…
- Age 5-8, Age 8-12, Age early elementary, Audiobooks, Chapter Books, Monthly Update, Our Literate Life
Family Read Alouds {2021 Summer/Fall}
Finally sharing what we’ve been reading lately… and not so lately as the time as flown by! These read alouds carried us through the second half of 2021. This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon associate, I earn a…
Christmases Past: Historical Fiction Picture Books
What can’t you teach through picture books?! Rhetorical question, but really– picture books are gold for introducing so many deeper topics. Historical fiction books bring history to life, teach empathy, and connect readers with place and time. Combine that magic…
- Activities, Christian faith based books, Christmas Books, Holidays, Homeschool, Homeschool Curriculum, Nature & Outdoors, Seasons
Celebrating the Seasons: Nature Advent {Review}
Our beloved nature curriculum Exploring Nature With Children (by Raising Little Shoots) just released an advent guide, and I was so pumped to hear it! I eagerly downloaded it right away and couldn’t wait to see what it was like.…
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!]…
