My Five Most Invaluable Items to use in homeschooling: #2 Books & Audio Books I’m sure I’ve mentioned that we’re book people. The only thing to equal books in our household are the kind that someone else, with a good narration style, reads to you in the form of an...
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Audio Books. An Invaluable Item…
Audio Books. An Invaluable Item... Audio Books… I can’t emphasize enough the great wonder and value of audio books. If you’re in the car for more than 15 minutes on a regular basis with your children, audio books are your friend. They’re an extension of your reading to them at bedtime,...
Newbery Books
Newbery award books - best children's books of the year. Award-winning books can be a great resource, and new Newbery Books turn up annually, and have since 1922. This award is given for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. In other words, for the author of the...
Using Multi-media
Using multimedia in your curriculum. I’ve said a fair amount about the growing audio-visual medium, so it makes sense that I should write about using multimedia. Unless you’re the rare and estimable person who is incredibly bright and loves the study of facts and figures, you will perhaps be like...
Caldecott Books
Caldecott Awards are given to the illustrators of children's books. One of the greatest gems of a book I read to the children was a Caldecott Book. Whereas Newbery awards are given annually to the authors of children’s books, the Caldecott Medal awards are given to the illustrators for the...
Reading. Why bother?
In our modern world... Reading. Why bother? In this modern time when things are turning increasingly to audiovisual, why bother reading? Is there any good reason for children to read, and for you to read aloud to your children? Yes! Yes! Yes! In fact, it’s almost more important now than...
My five Most Invaluable Items to use in Homeschooling overview
This is an overview of my five most invaluable items I use in Homeschooling. In trying to break down my most favorite things to use in homeschooling my children, either for their use or for mine, these are my top five most invaluable items. It’s tough trying to order them...