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Watership Down by Richard Adams

May 25, 2017 by Amy Leave a Comment

My girls and I just wrapped up our last official read-aloud of the school year (though by no means are we wrapping up our reading aloud)!  This year we’ve been studying world geography via Build Your Library, and this book was on our list as we studied Europe.  I was initially daunted by the length … [Read more…]

Posted in: Adult Fiction, Books, Education Tagged: read aloud roundup, Read Aloud Thursday

WWW: “I think children must lead big lives. . .”

February 22, 2017 by Amy 2 Comments

I finally finished reading Iva Ibbotson’s Journey to the River Sea aloud to my girls, and this passage just about jumped out at me and gave me a high-five.  This pretty well sums up what a child’s life should be like, at least in my highly idealistic mind.  (Warning:  this comes at the very end … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Education Tagged: Bravewriter Lifestyle, Parenting, Philosophy and Methods, Reflections in Progress, Wednesdays with Words

Wednesdays with Words: Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson

January 18, 2017 by Amy 2 Comments

I’m reading Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson aloud to my girls as a part of their geography studies.  From the first paragraph, it has been a surprise hit.  It’s the story of Maia, an orphan, who has been summoned away from her boarding school in England to live with relatives in the Amazonian … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Education, Juvenile Fiction Tagged: Bookish Thoughts, Geography, Juvenile Fiction, Read Aloud Thursday, Reflections in Progress, Wednesdays with Words

Concord for Christmas

December 23, 2016 by Amy 3 Comments

Our last stop on our Boston Christmas vacation was Concord.  Oh, how I loved visiting Concord!  Steady Eddie and I had been through Concord back seventeen years ago this past June on our honeymoon trip (ultimate destination:  PEI).  We had a limited amount of time on both trips, so we had to pick and choose … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Education Tagged: Boston, Christmas, Concord, Field Trips, Holiday, literary trips, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, U.S. History

Amherst for Christmas

December 22, 2016 by Amy 4 Comments

Amherst was at the top of my list for our trip to the Boston area.  In fact, I suspect it’s the reason Steady Eddie had Boston on his radar when we began thinking about a Christmas trip.  After all, I had only mentioned The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art a time or two … [Read more…]

Posted in: Education Tagged: Amherst, Boston, Field Trips, literary trips, Picture Books, The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
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