See my previous post for an explanation of this Summer Book Club. Follow this week’s post at Simple Homeschool. This week is Africa! I have to admit, Africa is not an area that I feel very passionate about. I wouldn’t normally pick up a book about Africa to read to them. So, I was a little nervous about this week because I didn’t want to accidentally pass on to my kids that Africa doesn’t matter. But! I have really, really…
One thing I’ve pondered the past few years is how do I raise my children to be globally minded while living in the United States? Then the new book by Jamie C. Martin who blogs over at Simple Homeschool popped on my radar a few weeks ago. It’s called “Give Your Child the World: Raising Globally Minded Kids One Book at a Time.” It didn’t take long to decide to order it and once it arrived, I read the whole…
I finished both Madame Bovary and the first Harry Potter book this week! When I was checking out Harry Potter, the librarian said something along the lines of needing all three weeks to read the book. At the time I thought, you underestimate my speed of reading. Ha! It took me 3 days, working it around my other obligations – I have been reading instead of my normal tv watching and Facebook browsing time. Which, if you recall, was the…
It’s the middle of winter here and I’m anxious and restless as I wait for spring. The girls and I went down to Florida last week to take advantage of the warmth, which was lovely. I always love being with my family, and I’m glad I can roll it in with some much-needed self care. :-) Hopefully it will last me until spring hits Atlanta! Savannah, Caroline, and I in Florida… I love this picture! Not to leave out Elizabeth…
One of the things I wanted to do this year was read more, and I’m not talking about reading outloud for homeschooling. Read more for pleasure and for my own edification. I set my goals very low, 12 books for 2016, in the hopes that I’d actually double that. Well, here we are at the end of January and I haven’t read a single book. *sigh* I started a book but was having trouble getting into it and decided I…