I really appreciate picture books that rhyme if it is done well and it doesn’t feel like the rhymes are forced. The words in the books on this list flow so beautiful it compliments the book. These books I can read over and over and not get sick of them, which is a great thing because…
Today I am continuing the series on our practically free grade 1 curriculum, we’ve already covered math and Spanish, and today we are on to music! Check out the rest of the series here: Our (Practically Free) Grade 1 Math Curriculum Our Free Grade 1 Spanish Curriculum Our (Practically Free) Grade 1 Art Curriculum Our (Practically…
As I’ve already mentioned, the start of the school year is the perfect time to teach children about kindness, I mean, any time is, but if you are looking for the extra push, the start of the school year is perfect. Here are some good picture books to teach your children about kindness! SEVEN PICTURE…
Since we love books so much in this house (in case you couldn’t tell) our first homeschool year is going to be largely literature based. As of right now I think our actual language arts program will be fairly unstructured since the goal for grade one language arts is to pretty much teach children how…
This year we will be taking some time to study the history of the world. It’s first grade so obviously we aren’t going to study the entire history of the world in one year but we are going to take some time each quarter to learn a little about one time period and I’m hoping…
A few days ago I shared that books are one of my favorite ways to foster imagination in children and today I wanted share a few of our favorite imaginative books with you. (If you like this list, you’ll love 9 MORE Books To Spark Your Child’s Imagination!) The books on this list not only…
