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How to Raise a Lifelong Reader: Tips for a Mom with 14 Book-Loving Kids {Post contains affiliate links} My kids are all avid readers. Whether they began reading at age 4 (Judah and Hezekiah) or age 8 (Enoch) they are all now strong readers who love to lose themselves in a good book. After 22…
Thse books were sent to be by publishers. I did not receive any compensation for this post. Post contains affiiliate links. Those Three Words: A Birth Mother’s Story of Choice, Chance, and Motherhood As an adoptive mother, I make it a practice to read all of the non-fiction books about adoption that I can. Memoirs…
Post contains affiliate links Achtung Baby: An American Mom on the German Art of Raising Self-Reliant Children I loved this book just as much as I hoped he would. I am a huge fan of “a year of” books (A Year of No Sugar, A Year of Living Biblically, etc). I am also a huge…
Percy Jackson, The Hobbit, and The Best Mom Ever {post contains affiliate links} You guys. Just when I thought things could not possibly get any worse on the read-aloud front, it did. Remember my horror at having to read Percy Jackson out loud to Apollo? We are currently on book five out of five on…
Tacos and Tailgating at the Library Post contains affiliate links. You guys…I love living in the Pacific Northwest. I love our temperate climate and mild winters. But sometimes the gloomy, cloudy, winter weather just gets to me. It sinks into my bones like an unwelcome friend…and while I can’t control the weather I can (usually)…
A Series of Unfortunate Events Party Ideas (post contains affiliate links) We are long-time fans of A Series of Unfortunate Events books in our house. I read the first few of these out loud to my older kids and most of them read the rest on their own. If you aren’t familiar with the books,…
How to Create a Quick and Easy Unit Study Your Kids Will Love Post contains affiliate links Back in the day (you know, around the year 2000) when I was beginning to homeschool I knew that I did not want to create “school at home” but instead wanted to provide a rich learning environment for…
This post contains affiliate links. How to Teach Your Child to Read Well, friends, I’m rather sad to say that 22 years into parenting, I do believe that my years of teaching my children to read have come to an end. As sad as that is, the good news is, I have a whole lot…
Post includes affiliate links. 20-year-old Judah and 7-year-old Apollo enjoy reading side by side. As you probably know, I am a reader married to a reader raising a houseful of readers. We love books in this house. So many good books to read (and share) and so little time. I have so many good intentions…
Post contains affiliate links. Why You Should Read Percy Jackson Instead of Harry Potter Apollo has recently expressed an interest in reading Harry Potter. I know, we’re about 20 years late to the party, but his friends have been talking about it and he wanted to read it. Thus began our search for a (free)…