What made our last road trip the easiest we’ve ever taken!

Last year at a homeschool bookfair, a friend of mine introduced me to Chuck Black’s Kingdom series. I went back and forth between purchasing the paperbacks or the audio books, but I decided that since we were going on a road trip, that this might be a great way to enhance our trip.  There are…

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Strengthening the Faith of my Children with The Jesus Storybook Bible

  Jesus said, “Let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” Matthew 19:14 All of my children have accepted Jesus as their Savior at a young age.  Their tender hearts have responded to the sweetness of Jesus’ sacrifice and they’ve…

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What’s on My Bookshelf: Top 10 Page turners!

I’ve added affiliate links below, which means by purchasing through these links, the price doesn’t change, but I would receive a little compensation for pointing you in their direction.  All of my opinions stay the same with or without your purchase.   We love to read together, but Trying to keep up with what my…

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What is a Commonplace Book?

Recently I realized how often I quote movies.  I grew up in the age of an amazing invention:  the VCR.  This meant I could spend hours watching and re-watching any great movie I came upon.   Don’t get me wrong.  I was an avid reader as well….of Nancy Drew and Sweet Valley High.  But those…

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How Highlighting Changed the Way I Think When I Read

Last year, while tutoring Challenge A, one of the greatest tools I learned was Andrew Kern’s highlighting system.  It is a color coded process for marking books.  Recently, Sarah Mackenzie hosted a webinar where Andrew taught her about the system. It is worth a watch. For those of you who are skeptics about marking in books,…

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