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Becoming a read-aloud family (& tips for reading aloud to wild boys!)

January 12, 2021 by Aprille Leave a Comment

There’s never been a point when I haven’t read to our boys, but homeschooling provides much more opportunity and time to read to them. At the beginning of 2020, I got the CD version of the book Read-Aloud Family by Sarah McKenzie and began listening to it. I devoured the book over the next few … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Family, Homeschooling Tagged: activities, books, family, homeschool, homeschooling, preschool, quarantine, read-aloud, reading

A HUGE list of educational TV shows & book series for elementary kids!

October 28, 2020 by Aprille Leave a Comment

On top of having some great homeschool curriculum, we heavily supplement our learning with books, book series, and TV shows that cover the same content in our lessons. (I will be discussing how this helps ADHD kids in an upcoming post.) 

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Posted in: Homeschooling Tagged: books, education, educational, homeschool, homeschooling, movies, preschool, school, TV, tv shows

Little Free Library: a social-distancing-friendly way to get kids out of the house

March 19, 2020 by Aprille Leave a Comment

I think all of us moms are reeling from the current world happenings due to the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Many moms used to sending their kids to school have been thrust into a homeschooling environment overnight. Even us homeschoolers are adjusting to a new normal that doesn’t include field-trips, co-ops, playdates, and trips to the local library. Even going to the park or playing with the neighbor kids seems too risky! While our local libraries are still offering online ordering and curbside pickup (hallelujah!), I’ve been thinking a lot about another avenue to practice social distancing while still getting your kids out of the house. May I introduce you to Little Free Library. 

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Posted in: Family, Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Homeschooling, Motherhood, The Preschool Years, Travel Tagged: books, coronavirus, covid-19, homeschooling, libraries, library, little free library, social distancing

Sparkhouse Frolic Books for Kids: Little Steps, Big Faith

June 13, 2016 by Aprille Leave a Comment

“It is never too early to teach kids about God.”  Sparkhouse Family believes that kids can begin learning about God as they begin developing through their childhood. Thus, they have created a wonderful set of kids books called Frolic that reaches young children from the baby years to the older preschool years. Their Frolic Faith set … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Family, Miscellaneous, Special Needs Parenting, The Preschool Years Tagged: babies, books, Frolic Faith, preschool, Sparkhouse

Happy Little Bits of #Whitespace Christmas

December 17, 2014 by Aprille Leave a Comment

Having a whitespace (less stressed) Christmas sounded really good on a blog post, didn’t it? Ha-ha-ha.  In reality, I’ve been very very busy. However, not too stressed, so, there’s that. I have said no to a lot of things: like decorating (beyond the Christmas tree and stockings) and baking (although there is a gluten-free cookie mix in the … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Christmas, The Preschool Years, Whitespace: one word for 2014 Tagged: books, chickfila cow, christmas, christmas lights, christmas tree, painting, preschool

Our favorite educational books for preschoolers

July 3, 2014 by Aprille 19 Comments

Our favorite educational books for preschoolers {and a giveaway}|At-home preschool resources for the very tired, non-creative, really busy mom

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Posted in: The Preschool Years Tagged: books, education, giveaway, preschool

9 books I read in 2013

January 2, 2014 by Aprille 9 Comments

This post would be more accurately titled “9 books I read (or finished reading) in 2013.” I love starting books. Finishing them, well, sometimes that happens too!

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Posted in: Miscellaneous Tagged: books, reading

Encouragement and resources for the military wife

November 11, 2013 by Aprille 5 Comments

I hope that this list of posts, resources, books, and websites will be an encouragement to you wherever you are in your journey as a military spouse!

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Posted in: Military and Veteran Life Tagged: army, army wife, books, military, military spouse, military wife, resources, veteran, veterans day

Patriotic Preschool Unit Ideas and Resources for the 4th of July!

July 8, 2013 by Aprille 6 Comments
Patriotic Preschool Unit Study Ideas for the 4th of July #4thofjuly #patriotic #preschool #independenceday #homeschool

Patriotic 4th-of-July themed educational resources and activities for preschoolers!

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Posted in: Ezra, Independence Day, The Preschool Years Tagged: 4th of july, america, books, dot painting, flashcards, independence-day, jello blocks, matching, painting, parade, pledge of allegiance, preschool, stars

Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 03.24.13

March 24, 2013 by Aprille 4 Comments

Is life ever not messy? For the first time in days I actually find myself with a moment of quiet and access to my computer, but words are failing me to fully express the mess that has been my life, our lives, for the past few weeks. All I can say that it’s been messy. There … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Beauty in the Mess, Ezra, Family, Marriage, Messy Faith Tagged: anniversary, books, cats, cheesecake, coffee mugs, cuddles, dandelions, date day, date night, Ezra, hair, hope, jewelry, meatballs, no 'poo, pinterest, pinterest party, playdates, provision, roses, sledding, snow, strawberry lemonade, walks
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