
When we first started looking for chapter books for my son it was really hard, he wasn’t quite at the reading level he needed to be to read some of the harder ones but all of the easier ones are dry and don’t have much of a storyline. We managed to find some really…

Why We Use Audiobooks Audiobooks have been around forever when I was little I remember having books that went along with cassettes and my grandparents had books on records. It’s definitely not a new concept but they are extremely popular. With the fast-paced lives that most of us are living the ability to listen…

One of the best ways to teach your child their ABC’s is to read the books with the alphabet as the focus. Books do this in different ways, sometimes just list things that start with each letter and sometimes the letters are worked right into the story. We have found so many great ABC…

When our children are first learning to read we are always looking for early readers to catch their interest and keep them hungry for reading. We tend to lean towards books that are full of humour for the kids because they will want to keep reading. I also enjoy books that teach life lessons…

I will be the first to admit that when it comes to doing a nature study I get a little overwhelmed. Obviously, we could just go out and explore nature, talking about all of the things that we see. When the books come in handy is when the kids start asking the hundreds of…

As an artistic person, including art into our homeschool, is very important to me. Although when it comes to my children sometimes we don’t see eye to eye about what art we should be doing. My children are more relaxed and just like to create, while I like teaching art in a more structured…