Free Summer Reading Tracker for CC Students

As we’re wrapping up the school year, I generally start looking at what’s coming next and looking at how to keep the learning going. We’ve participated in many summer reading programs over the years with our local library, and that got me thinking about new fun ways to track our reading. Combining my love of…

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2019 Great Homeschool Convention Shopping Confessions

This year my husband and I took a different approach to the Great Homeschool Convention. Typically, we attend this conference because we love all of the speakers that attend and we love hearing from them because we already use their curriculum at home. My kids were really the driving force of us attending the conference…

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Don’t Just Read With Your Kids

School is back in full swing, and it seems like the time disappears faster every day. Homeschooling is very rewarding, but it can be draining. After a long day of reading aloud, listening to reading, and managing reading, sometimes the last thing you want to do is pick up another book. The secret to not…

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Phoenix Stories to Lift Your Thoughts Out of the Ashes

This summer the theme at the writing camp my kids attended was Rising from the Ashes. As I thought through my past two years, I realized that books played a big part in helping me recenter my thoughts on good, true, and beautiful things. When my sister died, it felt like my life turned upside down.…

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