Dear Auntie Leila, I am reading through your library project posts and wholeheartedly agree with what you write, but am trying to pinpoint where I went wrong. I have saved hundreds of books from library book sales and thrift stores and garage sales. I have used various Catholic homeschooling book lists as my guide… Read More »
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Ask Auntie Leila: Summer in the home school.
Question: What about summer, Auntie Leila? I love your philosophy on homeschooling. It is always encouraging. Could you post ideas for homeschoolers in the summer? My little ones and I have just finished our first official year of homeschooling. And now I’m not quite sure how to maintain sanity and structure with my boys (5,… Read More »
Seven-Day Magic ~ A Christmas gift idea in the Library Project
Title: Seven-Day Magic Author: Edward Eager File Under: Read-Aloud, Kids’ Problems, Magic Age Range: 8 and up* “The best kind of book,” said Barnaby, “is a magic book.” “Naturally,” said John. There was a silence, as they all thought about this and how true it was. “The best kind of magic book,” said Barnaby, leaning… Read More »
Booth Tarkington’s Penrod ~ Library Project
Title: Penrod* Author: Booth Tarkington File Under: Read-Aloud, Humor, American Memory Age Range**: 9 and up If you sense that a boy is a creature whose behavior, though accompanied by disaster and dirt, does not really need to be medicated out of him, however uncomfortable a future this consigns you to, this is the book… Read More »
The Delightful Astrid Lindgren ~ Library Project
Title: The Children of Noisy Village and others Author: Astrid Lindgren File Under: Naughty Antics, Kids’ Problems; Read-Aloud I could be wrong, but I think we won’t be starting a movie list anytime soon. Just a little matter of so many irons on the fire being a few too many. Probably shouldn’t have brought it up. I feel… Read More »