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North American Folktales Books for Kids

Learning your own culture and history through stories from the past really brings that history to life! Besides history documentaries and historical novels, we love to search for folktales in any culture we are studying in our homeschooling. These great North American Folktales bring color, rhythm, and humor to learning. This list includes a range … [Read more...]

Love to Learn Blog Hop 28

Welcome to the Love to Learn Blog Hop A collection of educational activities to instill a life long love of learning in our children. Enjoy learning through play, nature, crafts, and many other educational activities. This is a PIN-IT PARTY Your hosts will pin our favorite posts to our Pinterest boards! I encourage you to do the same! and … [Read more...]

Top Four Ways to Raise Grateful Kids

In our world of instant gratification and distraction, it can be hard for kids to take the time to realize how good they have it, how much they have, and to be grateful for it. And it can be hard for you as well, as a parent, to be an example of gratitude.For Thanksgiving this year I wanted to share tips that I have learned along the way in … [Read more...]

Top Nature Study Books for the Young Naturalist

If you've been here before, you know that nature is so important to me! Kids need to spend plenty of time out in nature, getting dirty, exploring their world, listening and watching the plants and creatures growing and moving around them. More time in nature leads to less stress, more focus, less problems with anxiety, ADD, health issues, greater … [Read more...]

5 Best Books For Young Makers

Do you have a young maker in your life? Encourage your young maker with these 5 top books for young makers. Get curious and creative in sewing crafts, electronics and robotics for kids, build your own science lab, create amazing things with tape, and more! You and your child will find inspiration in any of these great books for creative … [Read more...]

Kids Books About Seasons

I love living in the mountains where I can see the dramatic changes of the seasons. I grew up on the coast and the changes were mild and not very noticeable. I still love the sea and evergreen redwoods, but I walk outside now and see yellows, oranges, reds, and a rain of leaves when the wind bows. It's suddenly much cooler than it was a month ago … [Read more...]

Love to Learn Blog Hop 27

Kids Books About Gorillas

Learning about gorillas for school or homeschool, or maybe you just have an animal lover in your home who wants to know more about majestic gorillas. Whether learning about gorillas for fun or putting together a unit study, these are great books to begin your adventure with gorillas. Gorillas are social, gentle, and shy. We can learn so much by … [Read more...]

Fascinating Kids Books Modern Wars

Studying wars is not one of my favorite subjects. Ancient battles can hold appeal, such as Ancient Grecian battles, Knights in armor, or great conquerors such as Alexander the Great. They are so far removed from the type of wars waged today, they seem like fairy stories as we listen to them via our History Curriculum on Audio book. But, getting … [Read more...]

Top 5 Books to Introduce Shakespeare to Kids

I still do not always understand everything in the text or plays I see and hear, but I have a love of Shakespeare. My kids are still pretty young, but I can't wait to share that love with them. I recently heard of some books to introduce Shakespeare to kids! Brilliant! I'm definitely going to invest in some of these great Shakespeare stories for … [Read more...]

Must Have Dinosaur Books for Your Dinosaur Lover

Do you have a dinosaur lover in your house? Or maybe you're studying dinosaurs as part of your homeschool science. These are some fabulous dinosaur books for kids all about dinos, of course! Create a dinosaur unit study with these story books and factual books. Most of all, enjoy learning together! Some related activities featured in these … [Read more...]

Love to Learn Blog Hop 26

Learn About Great Scientists

Learning about how things work and doing science experiments is always a favorite part of our homeschooling week. I love to inspire my young scientists by learning through engaging stories of great scientists of the past. I've put together a fun list of books about a few famous scientists to enhance your science studies. Encourage curiosity in your … [Read more...]

Amazing Science Books for Kids

Learning about science is an absolute favorite subject around here! We always have fun learning about science, whether we do science experiments or are taking a closer look at the world right around us we always gather tons of science books around us on the subject of interest. I've listed here some amazing science books for kids to add to your … [Read more...]

Creating a Homeschool Schedule- Include Your Children

Will I ever have a schedule that works that I can stick to? Probably not. Things are always changing; the kids needs, my needs, our goals... But, I can keep trying, right?! Since the over scheduling and then freaking out episodes of the fall... we've had no schedule at all! a very relaxed schedule as far as "school" type stuff. We have our … [Read more...]

Homeschooling Resources Under $30

Homeschool curriculum and homeschooling resources can get expensive! I trade and buy used as much as possible, but some things you need new so all the pieces are there or new workbooks that have not been written in. I love educents for quality, affordable homeschool resources. This month you can even get 10% OFF and free shipping on certain orders … [Read more...]

Top Homeschool Resources

Top Resources Loved by Homeschoolers There are so many homeschooling resources available it can be overwhelming. Finding the right fit for your children adds to that challenge. Here is a great list of tried and true resources that homeschoolers love. My kids have the Times Tales DVD and they are learning their upper multiplication quickly without … [Read more...]

10 Best Homeschooling Books for Homeschool Parents

These are, in my opinion, as well as the opinions of many of my dear homeschool mom friends, the top ten best homeschooling books available. These are homeschooling books that have been mind opening, life changing, and invaluable in my homeschooling journey. Everyone who is homeschooling their children or thinking about homeschooling should read at … [Read more...]

Love to Learn Blog Hop 25

Books About Recycling for Kids

Taking care of our world is so important. It's not enough to just tell our kids to recycle. They need to know why and really see the impact recycling has on our Earth. Take a field trip to an aquarium or marine lab, many have art made from recycled plastic found in the ocean with information along with it to read about how much of this trash was … [Read more...]