Read Aloud Thursday and Read Aloud Week Book Giveaway!

We have a full-to-overflowing book basket this week with many great titles!  Be sure to read to the end of the post because we have other exciting things to discuss, too! Sky Tree:  Seeing Science Through Art by Thomas Locker and Candace Christiansen is a beautiful book that chronicles the changes in a lone tree [...]

Carnival of Homeschooling

This week’s Carnival of Homeschooling has been published at Corn and Oil.  I have my inaugural post in this carnival!  Consider joining in if you blog about home education.

Book Review–Listening for Lions by Gloria Whelan

As I mentioned in an earlier post, Gloria Whelan is an author whose books I have really enjoyed in the past.  When I saw Listening for Lions at the library last week, I knew it would be a winner, and I was right!  I am glad to renew my acquaintance with Whelan’s works and I [...]

E-book Review: The Great Books

The Great Books by Kate Kessler is an e-book interview with Fritz Hinrichs, “educational entrepreneur” and founder of Escondido Tutorial Service.  Escondido Tutorial Service is a tutorial service that focuses on classical education and the Great Books and assisting homeschoolers in their pursuit of these two things. I enjoyed this interview because I am always [...]

What’s on My Nightstand–April Wrap-up and Looking Ahead

It looks like I read and reviewed a grand total of four books during the month of April that I read for my own enjoyment or edification.  That brings me up to sixteen for the year.  While there’s a chance I’ll finish one more before the month’s end, that’s not a big stack of books.  [...]

E-Book Review: Simplifying Classical Education

Simplifying Classical Education by Andrea Newitt is an e-book published by The Old Schoolhouse Magazine that provides a balanced and encouraging overview of classical education.  While I am by no means an expert on classical education, I have spent a fair amount of time (ahem) reading about it online and in books like Susan Wise [...]

E-Book Review: Ten Big Reasons Not to Send Christian Kids to Public Schools Today

Reading Ten Big Reasons Not to Send Christian Kids to Public Schools Today, an e-book published by The Old Schoolhouse Magazine and written by David d’Escoto, was like reading a pro-homeschooling magazine article from a pro-homeschooling magazine, which is just what it is.  D’Escoto’s reasons are ones that are commonly cited:  the failure of public [...]

Change Your Heart, Change Your Life by Dr. Gary Smalley

Back in February, Steady Eddie and I attended a Focus on the Family simulcast at a church an hour and a half or so away. The reason we wanted to go is because Gary Thomas was one of the featured speakers, and I love Gary Thomas’ books (my reviews are here and here).  I was [...]

HomeWork: Juggling Home, Work, and School Without Losing Your Balance

You all know that I love to read, and most of you have probably figured out by now that I am passionate about teaching my children.  I have been blessed to be primarily a SAHM since just before Lulu’s birth almost five years ago.  God’s provision for us through Steady Eddie’s career and my own [...]

Read Aloud Thursday

Are you all as happy as I am that it is finally spring?  Although spring arrives more quickly here in our little corner of the country than many other places, it seems like it has been a long time coming this year.  Stumbling upon this book, then, was a pure delight.  With its vibrant colors [...]