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Recommended Family Resource: The Singing Bible

Just the other day, out of the blue, Older Brother asked if I would load The Singing Bible onto his ipod. [Note: He received a tiny ipod and docking station for his 6th birthday, in order to listen to quality literature during his rest time. Yes, it was expensive, but we considered it an investment in…

Family Resource: My Quotable Kid

“I may not be able to snap or whistle, but I’m a fierce fighter.” Older Brother uttered these words one day last December while working on his Nature Calendar. I would have absolutely no recollection of that hilarious statement, had I not recorded it in this fun little journal gifted to me by a friend.…

My Best Finds at This Year’s Book Sales {Part One}

Recently, I attended a used curriculum and book sale with a friend. (Not to be confused with our huge, local book sale. More on that sale later…) This annual used curriculum sale was geared toward homeschooling families in that all the vendors are home schoolers looking to sell their gently used curriculum, books and materials.…

Identifying Local Wildflowers: Chicory

The boys and I love to identify local wildflowers, trees, bushes, etc. Last year, we identified this beautiful blue wildflower–and now it’s back again, growing all over the place here in northern VA. Have you seen it? Chicory grows really well along roadsides and in fields. Blooming from about June through September, it often teams…

3 More Favorite Children’s Books for Summer

Since I compiled our list of 9 Favorite Children’s Books for Summer, we‘ve discovered a few new favorites. I highly recommend each of the following three titles. Enjoy!

6 Family Games that a Three-Year-Old can Play

We love to play games around here and I’ve been on the lookout for great games the whole family can play together, including our three-year-old.

Our New Favorite Resource for Family Devotionals

After several failed attempts at establishing a Sunday Night Family Devotional Time, we’ve switched tactics. We’ve used several resources which we really liked, but were either too time-intensive and felt sort of contrived, or just lasted too long for Little Brother. It kept ending in frustration–for Older Brother, who truly was engaged but did not…

How to Save Money on Children’s Books

Note: This post is part of a week-ish long series on one of my favorite topics–books: Children’s Books, Used Books, Favorite Books, Libraries and more. Not interested in books? Just skip over this series and join us again next week… Have you entered the Children’s Books Giveaway yet? You can do that here: Giveaway: 10…

9 Favorite Children’s Books for Summer

The first day of summer is just around the corner! Check out these summery stories to enjoy with your littles as you welcome warmer weather, ripe berries, swim suits and all that comes with this season of sun.