I is for island and ice cream this week as we continue our Letter of the Week Series with Letter I! Each week for 26 weeks I created a new printable activity pack all about the focus letter of the week. The corresponding posts include book lists, a list of animals that start with the letter […]
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Letter of the Week – Letter H
H is for horses this week as we continue our Letter of the Week Series with Letter H! Each week for 26 weeks I created a new printable activity pack all about the focus letter of the week. The corresponding posts include book lists, a list of animals that start with the letter of the week […]
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Mammoth Cave National Park
Mammoth Cave, located in the state of Kentucky, holds the status of being the longest cave system in the world. It is truly massive, with over 400 miles of it documented and explored. We’ve been roadschooling in Kentucky recently and this place was on our bucket list while we were here. It was definitely a […]
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Letter of the Week – Letter G
G is for giraffe, guitar, and grapes this week as we continue our Letter of the Week Series with Letter G! Each week for 26 weeks I created a new printable activity pack all about the focus letter of the week. The corresponding posts include book lists, a list of animals that start with the letter […]
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Fall Estimation Jar Ideas
Estimation jars are an easy way to get kids thinking about quantity, volume, length, and comparing and contrasting numbers. I like to use one all year long and change the items depending on the season, like with the fall estimation jar ideas in the list below. The goal of estimation is to improve accuracy so the […]
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Letter of the Week – Letter F
F is for flower, football, and fox this week as we continue our Letter of the Week Series with Letter F! Each week for 26 weeks I created a new printable activity pack all about the focus letter of the week. The corresponding posts include book lists, a list of animals that start with the letter […]
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Why I Let My Struggling Reader Quit Reading For An Entire Year
It’s true my struggling reader barely picked up a book during 3rd grade. My son, my old soul who was closer to 35 than he was to 10. My son who at four years old was begging me to read the next chapters in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island and discussing the intricacies of the story […]
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Letter of the Week – Letter E
E is for Elephant this week as we continue with our Letter of the Week Series with letter E! Each week for 26 weeks I created a new printable activity pack all about the focus letter of the week. The corresponding posts include book lists, a list of animals that start with the letter of […]
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Adventure Books for Boys
Boys seek adventure. It’s a longing that lives deep inside them. For my boy his heart is constantly calling for a mountain to climb, a forest to explore, and a challenge to meet. And, a great book can do that for those sweet boy hearts. Below I’ve listed adventure books for boys that we have […]
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The Outdoor Boy Book List
Do you have a boy who would rather be climbing a tree, hiking in the woods, hunting with his dog, fishing, or making his own DIY survival kit than almost anything else? Then this outdoor boy booklist is for you! And, your outdoor boy;) The outdoor boy booklist is a compilation of books for the […]
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