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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.

Adrian Simcox

Adrian Simcox Teaches Us All A Lesson

What Is The Story? We all have that little voice in our head that looks critically at another person. We probably don’t know them well. We might not even know

Learning How To Learn

Learning How To Learn

Learning How To Learn {a review for Penguin Random House} You may have taken biology and even maybe psychology lessons and think you understand your brain. But until you work

new books

New Books to Try

Don’t you love new books? That is my favorite part of starting a new school year. I homeschool my kids in a classical style but as they grew older we

L is for Laurie Bluedorn

L is for Laurie Bluedorn

Laurie Bluedorn – Where She Fits In Homeschooling History Laurie Bluedorn and her husband began homeschooling in the early 1980’s and even moved states in order to find a place

Russell Kirk

K is for Russell Kirk

Russell Kirk – Where He Fits In History Russell Kirk was born in 1918 in Michigan, about a month before the end of World War I. Woodrow Wilson was president,

J is for Jerome

J is for Jerome K Jerome

Jerome K. Jerome – Where He Fits In History Jerome K. Jerome was born in May 1859 in England. This was the year that Oregon was admitted to the union

I is for Elizabeth Isichei

I is for Elizabeth Isichei

Elizabeth Isichei – Where She Fits In History Elizabeth Isichei was born in 1939 in New Zealand. This was the year that the entire Spanish government picked up and fled

H is for Robert Heinlein

H is for Robert Heinlein

Robert Heinlein – Where He Fits In History Robert Heinlein was born in July 1907 in Butler, MO. This was the year that Maria Montissori opened her first school, suffragettes

History Heard Thru Stories

History Heard Thru Stories

History heard and not read. I recently ran across a series of podcasts created by Mike Rowe called, “The way I heard it.” They are absolutely delightful snippets of history.