(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
Perfect Summer Day Poetry Writing Challenge
As an adult, I find that no other time of the year evokes childhood memories quite like summer. It's also interesting to me that my deepest, fondest memories have nothing to do with grand, expensive events. It often takes just a sensation or a smell to summon up some vivid mental picture of an… Continue reading Perfect Summer Day Poetry Writing Challenge
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
Our 3rd Grade Curriculum Picks
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! Reading All About Reading - As I've shared with you before, my kids are dyslexic, so reading instruction is a very big deal at our house. Last winter, we were… Continue reading Our 3rd Grade Curriculum Picks
Lunch Made Easy by Costco
No sandwiches. Nothing that takes too long. Nothing that makes too many dirty dishes. Has to be fairly healthy. Preferably vegetarian. And not boring. My lunch standards for taste are high, but my patience for lunch preparation is low. My kids are happy with standby lunchbox staples, but lunch needs to be something that… Continue reading Lunch Made Easy by Costco
Is It Okay to Teach Cursive in 2nd Grade?
This post contains an affiliate link. Clicking on it costs you nothing and helps to support the upkeep of this blog. Thank you for your support! Last spring I found myself talking about 2nd grade cursive with the moms at dance who teach elementary school. The younger ones thought it was a bad idea, but… Continue reading Is It Okay to Teach Cursive in 2nd Grade?
Our 2nd Grade Curriculum Report Card
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! This spring in our homeschool could be called "2nd Grade, Interrupted." It felt like we were spinning our wheels this winter, so I took my kids in for a cognitive… Continue reading Our 2nd Grade Curriculum Report Card
BOOK GIVEAWAY!
{{{THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED}}}} Just in case you aren't following me on Facebook, here's a quick heads up to head over to my page to enter my giveaway for a copy of Amy Sharony's forthcoming super-fab homeschool planner. I LOVED my review copy, and I'm excited to use it this summer as I plan… Continue reading BOOK GIVEAWAY!
Field Trip: The Ramsey House, Knoxville
This year we've been studying early American history, including prehistory, Native American cultures, explorers, colonialism, and a little bit of the Revolutionary War. We homeschoolers love to bring things to life, to make them tangible to children. When I was planning our year out, I knew that I wanted to provide those "hands on" experiences,… Continue reading Field Trip: The Ramsey House, Knoxville
The Language Arts Coach 