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Middle Ages

Read Aloud Thursday–Knight’s Castle by Edward Eager

May 24, 2012 by Amy 7 Comments

We finished Knight’s Castle by Edward Eager last week.  I made a near-heroic effort to finish it since I had to read the last few chapters in the span of a few days, and the chapters in this book are rather long.  I typically read our chapter book aloud as the girls and the DLM … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Juvenile Fiction Tagged: fantasy, Juvenile Fiction, Middle Ages, middle grade fiction, Read Aloud Thursday

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

Read Aloud Thursday–music edition

January 26, 2012 by Amy 17 Comments

This RAT post isn’t so much about books about music in a completely straightforward way, but there’s definitely a subtle theme going on.  Enjoy! I picked The Really Awful Musicians by John Manders up out the new books bin at our of our libraries thinking it looked like fun, and I was right.  What I didn’t anticipate is … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Education, Picture Books Tagged: Award Book, Award Winning Books Challenge, history, Middle Ages, Picture Books, Read Aloud Thursday

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I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer


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