****This is a sticky post and will be “at the top” through Friday, November 6. Scroll down to see what’s new at Hope Is the Word.***** Did you have any reading goals for this year? Have you met them? Or maybe you’re like some people I know–you eschew reading plans and like to read whatever strikes [...]
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Remember in last week’s Read Aloud Thursday post how I said I hoped to share our apple-themed books in an upcoming post? Well, those books had to go back to the library before I had a chance to write them up. However, I saved out our favorite to share with you. That’s what Read Aloud [...]
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I received the Amazing Bible Timeline with World History for review as a part of the TOS Homeschool Crew, and let me tell you, it is something to see! This poster is huge–it measures 37″ by 45″. (See the picture below to get a feel for just how big this is. And no, I do not know [...]
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Back last month, Carrie of Reading to Know had the crazy brilliant idea to read every picture book in her public library and her new blog, Reading My Library, was born. This actually sounds like a lot of fun to me, but since I’m pretty sure that when it’s all said and done, I will have done [...]
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I’m late in getting my post up this morning, so I’m not going to say much about my reading over the past month. Instead, I’ll just make a tidy little list with links to my reviews: Rooftops of Tehran by Mahbod Seraji A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter Sarah’s Wish by Jim Baumgardner [...]
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I picked up My Light by Molly Bang not knowing what to expect. I was familiar with When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry and a few of her other “touchy-feely” books, so I was surprised when I read My Light to my girls and found a beautiful picture book that provides a fantastic but not-too-technical overview of [...]
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As a part of TOS Homeschool Crew, I received a copy of Educaching: GPS Based Curriculum for Teachers by Jason Hubbard and the Staff of SDG Creations, Ltd. This 128-page curriculum is divided into five sections: Teachers Training Lesson Plans Field Sheets Acquiring GPS Beyond the Basics This curriculum is written by a fifth grade teacher who [...]
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As a follow-up to this post, I wanted to mention a few other books we read as go-alongs to A Pair of Red Clogs and Grandfather’s Journey. Both of these books are set in Japan, and I am attempting to introduce the Five in a Row (volume one) books to my girls geographically. Using Stephanie’s [...]
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It has been rather a quiet week here at Hope Is the Word, as well as here at the House of Hope. (Quiet is, of course, a relative term, as I listen to the sounds of a wrestling match between Steady Eddie and Louise.) Never fear, though–we have been reading! I picked up Down the [...]
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