Library Book Sale – Christmas School Prep

The last day of the library book sale was “Bag Day” at $5/bag of books. It was surprisingly well organized by age and by theme, and I loaded up on Christmas picture books for our annual Book Advent. You can read that post here. It was ridiculously easy to flip through all the bins of … Continue reading Library Book Sale – Christmas School Prep

Extreme Book Nerd 2024 – Completed!

We enjoy participating in the Idaho Falls extreme book nerd challenges even though we live in Nevada now. The challenges are a lot of fun. The books have to be at least 100 pages in length to count for this challenge. Here’s what we listened to together or read independently to complete the Idaho Falls … Continue reading Extreme Book Nerd 2024 – Completed!

Personalized Book List Gift Idea

To celebrate a friend’s birthday (a young teenager) we bought her books that start with the letters in her name and a tote bag. I didn’t count the word “the” in book titles for this project. She’s an avid reader so hopefully, she hasn’t read a few of the books we got her! Just in … Continue reading Personalized Book List Gift Idea

Homeschool Thrift Haul – Spring 2024

Our recent expedition to Goodwill yielded some really great homeschool finds. Family Game: The current favorite of our youngest son is any version of monopoly - he was so excited when he found this one at Goodwill! Children’s Books: Added to our “I Survived…” and “Who Was…?” collections I was really excited about finding the … Continue reading Homeschool Thrift Haul – Spring 2024

Snow Horses Unit Study

I found a recommendation for this book from Read Aloud Revival. If you’re not familiar with Sarah Mackenzie and her work, you should check it out! I’m not a member of RAR so I don’t have access to all her materials, but I’m a big fan. Every time I visit the Read Aloud Revival website, … Continue reading Snow Horses Unit Study