I love reading. I love making lists. I love challenging myself (and my children) to reach new goals. And I…
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Free Kids’ Meals, Report Card Rewards, and More!
Can you believe it’s almost May?! I’m busy wrapping up our homeschool studies and making plans for summer vacation, but…
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25 Ways to Encourage Literacy
This week is National Library Week, and I didn’t want to let it pass without writing a post devoted to…
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Artemis Fowl and Other February Reads
Despite the fact February was a short month, we got some great reading done during the course of those four…
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Ditching Computer Games in Favor of Books
I don’t know about the kids at your house, but we have a couple of children who would spend 24 hours a day in front of a computer screen if we’d let them. We’ve tried restrictions (no computer time until homework’s done), rationing (only 15 minutes per day), and relegating it to non-primetime hours (weekends only, after family time).
These measures have helped, but only to a point.
Read Across America (with Dr. Seuss)
We’ve been so wrapped up in our study of Texas History lately that we nearly let Dr. Seuss’s birthday nearly…
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