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World War I picture books

February 12, 2016 by Amy 5 Comments

My girls and I are studying World War I, mostly from the U.S. perspective since we’re in the midst of a two-year U.S. History survey.  (All that really means is that we’re handling World War I with a light touch since the U.S. perspective is limited.)  For World War I and World War II, I … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Picture Books, Uncategorized Tagged: history, Read Aloud Thursday, U.S. History, World War I, World War I picture books

Our Little Women party

December 26, 2015 by Amy 1 Comment

  Our last pre-Christmas bedtime read-aloud was Little Women, and I determined mid-book that we’d have a Little Women-themed end of the semester party.  This was partially inspired by Julie Bogart’s party school idea (go here to watch Julie give an explanation of this idea via Periscope).  It was also a good way to end … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Education Tagged: bravewriter, Bravewriter Lifestyle, Civil War, history, party school, U.S. History

Civil War!: America Becomes One Nation by James I. Robertson, Jr.

December 10, 2015 by Amy Leave a Comment

Civil War!:  America Becomes One Nation by James I. Robertson, Jr., is the book we used as our “spine” for our Civil War studies.  This is the first time I’ve successfully used a nonfiction book on just one topic as a read-aloud for our studies (as opposed to more of a survey, like History of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Education Tagged: Civil War, history, Juvenile Nonfiction, Read Aloud Thursday, U.S. History

Read Aloud Thursday–picture books about the Medieval period

May 3, 2012 by Amy 10 Comments

  Today I’m sharing a couple of picture books we’ve enjoyed about the Medieval period.  Sometimes I think our Medieval period studies are going to last as long as the Medieval period did, but when you have such fun book as these to enjoy and “fluff up” your studies, you don’t mind a bit.  What’s … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Education, Kid-Speak, Picture Books Tagged: Arts and crafts, history, Juvenile Nonfiction, Louise, Medieval Period, Middle Ages, Picture Books, Read Aloud Thursday, Trivium Tuesdays

Read Aloud Thursday–the Who in the World Was. . . ? series

April 26, 2012 by Amy 11 Comments

This post is for those of you who either educate your children classically or have children with an inordinate interest in the Middle Ages.  You all know how much we love read-alouds at the House of Hope.  As Lulu has gotten older, I struggle somewhat with how much to give her to do independently and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Education Tagged: history, Juvenile Nonfiction, Middle Ages, Philosophy and Methods
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