Review: Rain Reign

We get a lot of mileage out of our Audible membership. The kids listen to books daily, my husband has his favorites, and I've got my audible TBR stack that's only a little more under control than my printed book pile. I love all the member features offered by Audible - they now offer a …

It’s a New Year! Curriculum for 2018/2019

It's that time of year! Even though we school over the summer, we do start our new year in September. I've got four school years I am planning for this year - Year 6, Year 2 and Kindergarten  and Pre-K (Pre-K is mostly follow-along with Kindergarten). We are heavily literature-based, so our curriculum is A …

Review: John Ronald’s Dragons

Earlier this year we were delighted to read a gentle introduction to the early life of J.R.R. Tolkien. Written by Caroline McAlister and illustrated by Eliza Wheeler, John Ronald's Dragons: The Story of J.R.R. Tolkien introduces the reader to a boy who loved dragons, hearing stories read aloud by his mother as a child. Lovely …

In Common – July 11th Edition

In Common is my weekly Commonplace roundup - notable quotes from the previous week, and current reading list. I've got several titles I'm trying to finish up this month. I've been working on my school plans for the Fall, so my personal reading has really been pushed to the side these past few weeks. I'm …

Mondays With Frost: A Girl’s Garden

Today I wanted to share one of Frost's poems from his 1916 Mountain Interval. A Girl's Garden A neighbor of mine in the village       Likes to tell how one spring When she was a girl on the farm, she did       A childlike thing. One day she asked her father       To give her …