In the daily taking care of kiddos it is easy to forget something that is vital to the lives of our children–fun! While fun can be had in lots of ways, it is useful to have a tool to aide in inspiring the sometimes exhausted mother. Angie Kauffman recently sent me a copy of the e-book that she has written, Finding Educational Activities in the Most
First Language Lessons and Language Lessons for the Very Young 1: A Comparison
It is confession time. We used First Language Lessons this year for our language study. We also used Language Lessons for the Very Young 1. It is true. I subjected my six-year old first grader to two different language books. Gasp. I had decided to use First Language Lessons when I saw the picture studies in Language Lessons for the Very Young 1. The gorgeous,
The Human Body by Seymour Simon
Prolific children’s non-fiction author, Seymour Simon has teamed with HarperCollins Publishers and the Smithsonian Institution to produce a series of books about the natural world. Tucked into the prolific and still-growing library of scientific information produced by Simon and the Smithsonian is a sub-series about the human body. The books in the human body series provide a treat for the eyes and a feast for
A Little Classical Teamwork: First Language Lessons and Writing with Ease
After publication of their classically-based homeschooling guide, The Well-Trained Mind, mother and daughter Jessie Wise and Susan Wise Bauer continued their streak of parent-friendly curricula with a variety of texts, including Mrs. Wise’s First Language Lessons and, more recently, Dr. Bauer’s first installment in the series The Complete Writer, which is titled Writing with Ease: Strong Fundamentals. Both are on the first grade book list