So here we are, three weeks into our twelveth year of homeschooling. What!? Seriously I can't believe how far we've come from having 1st and 3rd graders and a 16 month old and newborn. The "babies" are now in middle school and we have a senior and a college student. Sigh! The saying is so true, "the days are long but the years are short." I have had several newbie homeschoolers recently ask me plenty of homeschooling questions which has had me thinking back on the veteran homeschool mommas who helped me when I first started on this journey. Our must haves definitley have changed over the years. With toddlers/preschoolers in the house my must haves were lots of art supplies and magnetic letters. Sometimes I miss those days! So here's our current list of things we use (nearly) everyday. |
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A really big part of our homeschool life involves books. Our shelves are pack with everything from picture books to chapter books, supplemental to resource books and the occasional poetry book. Some of my best memories are of sitting with my kids on cold winter days, hot cocoa in hand, as we read for hours about unfortunate orphans or talking lions. I feel blessed to share these moments with my kids as we laugh over humorous characters and analyze their decisions. We've discussed new words and literary elements such as theme and setting, all while developing a love for well written stories. We have found that we prefer a series and feel a little sad to leave our characters behind when the last book is over. We have inside jokes stemming from the stories we've shared and even have celebrated an ending of a series by having a themed dinner/movie night. The kids have learned that the movie is never as good as the book and the littles learned from a very early age of 18 months to sit and listen to stories that are well above their understanding. When we read the Narnia series Emma and Brody were only 2 and 3 years old and obviously couldn't follow the events in the stories but they sat on the floor with puzzles and toys learning to sit and play quietly while I read to the older kids. Yes, it's safe to say books have played a very important role in our home and the memories we have are priceless. So I decided to share a few of our top favorite books, this is by far not a full list of what we've read and loved but these are our #1 best loved books. |
About MeI'm Becca, a former chocolate junkie, herbal enthusiast, curriculum writer, homeschool mom to four active kids, wife to my jack of all trades hubby, blessed child of God. Archives
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