Reading, reading, reading! Did you know that it is as important for you to read as it is for your child to read? Well, it is, for a couple of reasons. First of all, if you are modeling the behavior you want your child to copy, then reading is a great thing to model. If [...]

I remember back in the day I had to require daily readings into my homeschooling.  Now it is asking my girls to put the book down and eat dinner with us!  It is so nice that the reading comprehension has clicked with my youngest, but I do worry she still reads and skims through things [...]

My child is a reader! Ok, so that is not really a new thing. I guess I should explain. I didn’t actively teach my child to read. Oh sure, I read to her, she “read” to her stuffed animals, and her pets from a very young age. We jokingly say that the first thing we [...]

My youngest one now is reading a book that has more to follow.  To her this is big girl books!  I am thinking this is a good thing for her to build vocabulary.  The reinforcement is something she has always needed to keep her mind fresh.  These entertaining word playing games are the best for [...]

Mom, today I counted all my homeschool lesson plans I left.  That is what my daughter ran downstairs to tell me a couple of days ago.  She then asked “just how responsible do you think I am now?”   I think this all came into play because she asked for a cell phone the other day.  [...]