by Laurie Bluedorn | Aug 19, 2019 | Children's Books, History, Reading Aloud
Ancient History (4000 B.C. – 400 A.D.) Luke’s Quest by Caroline Dale Snedeker The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw God King: A Story in the Days of King Hezekiah by Joanne Williamson and Daria M. Sockey The...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Aug 18, 2019 | Intensive Phonics, Spelling
When I was teaching my children to read in the 70’s and 80’s I used The Writing Road to Reading by Romalda B. Spalding. It is based on the Orton-Gillingham approach to teaching reading and spelling (as were all good reading and spelling curricula). Today I...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Aug 17, 2019 | Art, Charlotte Mason, New Trivium Pursuit Product, Trivium Pursuit Sale
What Do You See? A Child’s First Introduction to Art Volumes 1, 2, 3, and 4 These four ebooks can be purchased on Amazon Kindle for $2.99 each…. ….but, for four days, August 19-22, Volume 1 will be free on Amazon Kindle. What Do You See? A Child’s...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Aug 13, 2019 | Reading Aloud
Thornton Waldo Burgess (1874 – 1965) was an American author of children’s stories. Thornton’s father died when Thornton was only one-year-old and he was raised by his mother in humble surroundings. As a youth, he had to work tending cows, shipping water...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Aug 12, 2019 | Reading Aloud
Thank you so much for encouraging us to read above the level you think your child will understand. Recently we began to read Charlotte’s Web with our 5yo son because the play is coming to our area and we needed to know the story since we didn’t read it as children. To...
