This year I didn't do as great of a job on keeping track of all the books we read aloud as I did in 2nd grade, but I've still got a great list of wonderful books to share with you. These books are a great fit for reading aloud to 3rd graders. I know because… Continue reading Books to Read Aloud in 3rd Grade
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Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts for Young Readers
Thanks for visiting one of my holiday gift guides. I hope that you'll find some great gift ideas for the young readers in your life. This post contains affiliate links. Clicking on them costs you nothing and helps to support the upkeep of this blog. Thank you! For Littles Wearables Help establish a child's… Continue reading Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts for Young Readers
Fun and Fearless Shakespeare for Kids
(This post contains affiliate links.) I'm about to tell you something that not everyone will agree with. Ready? I think it's NUTS that a great many teachers expect teenagers to open up a script for a Shakespeare play and plow through it with perfect comprehension. The truth is that Shakespeare wrote hundreds of years ago.… Continue reading Fun and Fearless Shakespeare for Kids
Family Book Club: The Chocolate Touch
(This post contains affiliate links. Clicking on them costs you nothing and helps to support the upkeep of this blog. Thank you for your support.) As an adult, my book club night is one of the events I look forward to the most each month. Over the years, I've gotten to forge friendships with women… Continue reading Family Book Club: The Chocolate Touch
21 Audiobooks for 2nd Graders
Audiobooks have become so, so important in our family this year, and, if you haven't already, I hope that you'll consider making a place in your family's routine for them. When I went back through my homeschool planner at the end of the year, I tallied up how many chapter books I had read… Continue reading 21 Audiobooks for 2nd Graders
30 Books to Read Aloud in 2nd Grade
This post contains affiliate links. Clicking on them costs you nothing and helps to support the upkeep of this blog. Thank you! How do I know these books work for 2nd graders? Because these are the 30 books I read aloud to my 2nd graders this year! I hope some of these books… Continue reading 30 Books to Read Aloud in 2nd Grade
My Kids Have a Job
Okay, it's a volunteer job. I'm not much on religion, but I love it when the universe serendipitously reaches out with just what we need, and that's exactly what this opportunity was for us. We were at a Harry Potter festival, walking around the various booths, when our local Humane Society lured us in with… Continue reading My Kids Have a Job
