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Stories, Books, & More!

Learning goes best when accompanies by stories. Stories are things that kids remember forever. Stories teach morality, culture, enhance memory, critical thinking skills and even help children learn math and science.
This collection of authors and stories range from the very old to the really new, but they are all amazing and each teaches something.

W is for Barbara Willard

W is for Barbara Willard

Barbara Willard – Where She Fits In History Barbara Willard was born in March, 1909 in Sussex, England. This was the year that President Taft was sworn in to replace

Adventuring with Edison

Adventuring with Edison

Do you love adventuring? Did you have a favorite adventure tale that you read as a child? For me it was Winnie the Pooh. I am sure you each have

Learning Art & Math Out in Nature

Learning Art & Math Out in Nature

Some of the best times I had teaching my children over our years of homeschooling were outside in nature. We did the nature walk scavenger hunt thing, we spread a

T is for Mark Twain

T is for Mark Twain

Mark Twain – Where He Fits In History Mark Twain was born in 1835 in Missouri and has become THE iconic American author of the 19th and 20th centuries. It

A Heart-Led Look At Ferguson

A Heart-Led Look At Ferguson

I recently got the opportunity to read the account of the unrest in Ferguson in 2014 written by one of the men who was actually there. Not only was he

S is for Steinbeck

S is for Steinbeck

John Steinbeck – Where He Fits In History John Steinbeck was born in 1902 in Salinas, CA and was a Nobel Prize-winning author, and amateur marine biologist. The year 1902

R is for Cynthia Rylant

R is for Cynthia Rylant

Cynthia Rylant – Where She Fits In History   Cynthia Rylant was born in 1954 and is a children’s author and a librarian! She was born the year of desegregation

Q is for Robert Quackenbush

Q is for Robert Quackenbush

Robert Quackenbush – Where He Fits In History Robert Quackenbush was born in 1929 in California, months before the stock market crash and months after the St. Valentine’s Day massacre

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Little Red – a Book & a Craft

My daughter and I have been reading Ursula Vernon’s Hamster Princess adventures for years. With each new book, I create a new doll pattern to share with you. Guess what?