Children’s Book Week starts today and it’s one of my favorite weeks of the year to celebrate with my kiddos. I started celebrating this week with my children several years ago because I think it’s important for my kids to see that I, too, get excited about reading, and especially about reading to them. Not only is… Continue reading Children’s Book Week 2023
I recently finished homeschooling my second grade daughter this year, and one of the focuses in her social studies/geography curriculum was to identify the seven continents. We spent ample time learning new vocabulary words for each one's differing topography, climate, monuments, and habitats. Thanks to an idea put forth by Catholic Heritage Curricula's Explore the… Continue reading Continental Dinner
I want to take a minute to recommend a new children's book that our family has enjoyed lately, God the Father and the Best Day Ever. Written by Gracie Jagla (and published by Our Sunday Visitor), it exudes beauty and truth, as it describes God's overwhelming love for us. The rhyming prose walks us through… Continue reading God the Father and the Best Day Ever
It's almost time to celebrate America's birthday, so I thought it would be a good idea to bring out some of our family's favorite books to read around these weeks in case you're looking for some recommendations. I think it's an easy way for us to brush up on our history while getting in some… Continue reading Independence Day/America-Themed Book Recommendations
Children's Book Week starts today and it's one of my favorite weeks of the year to celebrate with my kiddos. I started celebrating this week with my children several years ago because I think it's important for my kids to see that I, too, get excited about reading, and especially about reading to them. Not… Continue reading Children’s Book Week 2020
March 21st is known around the globe as World Down Syndrome Day. Why? Good question! Trisomy 21, the clinical term for Down syndrome, is a congenital disorder caused by a chromosomal defect. Individuals with Down syndrome have an extra chromosome on their 21st pair, giving them 3. So, get it? Three of the 21st... 3/21.… Continue reading World Down Syndrome Day 2020
For the last few decades, the United States has celebrated Women's History Month during the month of March. Why exactly...? Well, thanks to an Education Task Force in Sonoma, California, a "Women's History WEEK" was first celebrated in 1978. President Carter got wind of it and in 1980 declared it an official week with the… Continue reading Women’s History Month – Children’s Book Recommendations
For the last few decades, the United States has celebrated Black History Month during the month of February... why February, you ask? Good question. In 1926, historian Carter G. Woodson proposed a "Negro History Week" to acknowledge the contributions of black figures that were too often forgotten or ignored by textbooks and society in general.… Continue reading Black History Month – Children’s Book Recommendations
What better time to snuggle up and read is there than winter? Our comfy chairs and cozy blankets seem to call out for me to fall into them and curl up with my kiddos and drift off to another time and place. The (ex-)teacher in me can't help but still bring out books that are… Continue reading Winter Edition – Children’s Book Recommendations
The Twelve Days of Christmas culminates on January 6th with the Feast of the Epiphany, or the revelation that Jesus Christ was born as a baby but also God incarnate. On this day, we also celebrate the visitation of the three Magi, or Wise Men (or "Kings") to the infant/child Jesus. With their coming, they… Continue reading Celebrating the Epiphany – Feast of the Three Kings
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