- Age 2-3, Age 3-5, Age 5-8, Age early elementary, Christmas Books, Holidays, Music Appreciation, Orchestras and Instruments
Cracking The Nutcracker: What We’re Reading Before We Watch
Confession: I’ve never been to a performance of The Nutcracker! Since Preschool Bookworm is such a fan of the orchestra, I thought we’d give The Nutcracker ballet a shot this year. We’ve been listening to Tchaikovsky’s music, and it’s become…
Our Advent Plans- This Year & Next
Yes, I’m already planning for NEXT Christmas. Well, sorta. What happened was… in researching (er, falling down the rabbit hole) for this year’s Advent/Christmas season, I came across so many wonderful things that a.) overwhelmed me, and b.) my kids…
Christmas Books for a Two Minute Attention Span
Combine my high standards with Toddler Bookworm’s attention span, and you know the books that make our cut are pretty unique! When it comes to holiday books (Christmas or any other), I have little patience for books that seem like…
Books that Hit the High Notes: Instruments & Orchestras
Forget the “Mozart effect.” I’m less concerned about the link between IQ and classical music listening, and more concerned about level of peace in my home! We’ve played classical music for our bookworms since they were itty babies, not in…
Fall Faves: A Short List Slightly Expanded
Now that I’ve been blogging over a year, it’s fun to look back on posts from one year ago and reminisce. Like Timehop, but bookish. We have been enjoying last year’s Fall Faves once again this year, and we’ve come…
Chapter Books to Read Aloud With Young Preschoolers (Really!)
There’s something so satisfying, so sophisticated about reading chapter books with my Preschool Bookworm. Like I’m winning at this parenting thing. (I’ll take a chapter-long victory, smattered between tantrums and doubts about my abilities to raise tiny humans.) I see…
Homeschool Preschool: Our Plan
To be honest, I am sitting down to write this post with some butterflies in my stomach. This could easily tread into the territory of “Don’t I know what I’m doing? I’m so put together.” And that is certainly not…
- Age 0-1, Age 1-2, Age 2-3, Age 3-5, Age early elementary, Christian faith based books, Homeschool, Our Literate Life, Sing Me a Story
[Loving These Lately] Lawn Mowers, Spirituals, Homeschooling & Hilarity
It’s been an eclectic group of books that’s been getting the most love in our house lately, as you can tell from this post’s title! This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. McToad…
New Sibling, New Problems: Books for Bumps in the New Sibling Road
My sister once gifted me a pillow inscribed with a quote: “I smile because you’re my sister. I laugh because there’s nothing you can do about it.” For real. We fought like CRAZY at certain periods of our growing up…
- Age 1-2, Age 2-3, Age 3-5, Age 5-8, Age early elementary, Baby Bookworms, Giftable Books, Our Literate Life, Sibling Books
New Baby Books that Don’t Borrow Trouble
When I became a sister, I was the happiest girl on the planet! I had begged my parents for a baby pretty much from the time I could talk, and just before my 4th birthday my wish came true! Fast…
Books About Strong Girls that I Read With My Sons
There’s a lot of testosterone in my home, but that doesn’t keep us from reading about strong girls. The books below feature female protagonists who demonstrate courage, intellect, perseverance, wit, and strength! My Preschool Bookworm loves each of these heroines…
Eat These Up! Picture Books for Picky Eaters
As I write this, we are about six weeks into our family’s real food revolution. I’ve taken to heart the advice I’ve read over & over to quit as short order cook, and I’ve stopped buying the packaged snack foods…
Loving These Lately: Board Books, Picture Books, and Audiobooks, Oh My!
While our library checkouts have been smaller in number lately, their readings have made up for it! We’ve been wearing the bindings on these with repeat readings at all hours of the day! This post contains affiliate links. As…
“In the House” 365 Days: The Blog is ONE!
I got the strangest email recently: “your web hosting account has been auto-renewed.” Oh yeah… because THE BLOG IS ONE YEAR OLD! Oddly, this milestone is passing like my children’s first birthdays: with a vague sense that I should be…
Not Just Brain Food: Our Family’s Real Food Revolution {Cookbooks & Healthy Eating Books}
If you had told me a year ago that I’d be blogging about food, I simply would not have believed it. Laughter would have abounded. I’m not exactly blogging about food here, but a whole lot closer than I figured…
