Tuesday 3 September 2013

Book List Resources

Welcome to the confessions of a book-a-holic. One of the very first things I always need to say when a new homeschool mom arrives at our home is "You do not need to own a personal library to home educate!"  My collection is a result of a personal love of books not home educating. Although over the years I have discovered the two do go hand in hand with most home schoolers I meet.  Today I would like to share with you some of the resources I have used over the years as a book collector and home schooler.

To give you an indication of some of my collection I thought I would share a picture. Here are five of the six bookshelves in our home.  I am very blessed with a husband who is happy to indulge my attachment to anything that vaguely looks like a book. This collection has grown over 15 years and mainly through Sonlight, op-shops, second hand book shops and library sales. My greatest hurdle was trying to figure out how to distinguish twaddle free literature from the mirades of books available these days.

When I first started I collected books that I had borrowed from the library and enjoyed. Years ago as I embarked on my home educating journey much to my joy and surprise I discovered some excellent resources for twaddle free literature. With this discovery arrived my addiction delight in home school catalogs and the Sonlight curriculum.

Book Catalogs I have and do enjoy
Favourite books I have enjoyed reading aloud to my children
We are currently enjoying
Book list Resources
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This year we will be reading through a whole range of books from Sonlights Core.  You can find a full list of our scheduled reading for this year here: Curriculum Choices for 2013/14. If we enjoy a particular book we look for any sequels and other books by the same author.  One of my favorite past times is browsing other home school Mom's bookshelves.

Do you have any favourite literature lists that you refer to ?  Or if you have blogged about some great books I would love for you to join me and share your lists in my weekly book recommendation list Tuesday's Treasures.

Chareen

This post is part of the Homeschool Help series brought to you by a group of homeschool Mom's from around the globe.  Do not forget to visit and read their inspirational insight.


This week
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Every bed of Roses

 Welcome to Tuesdays Treasures.  I started these posts as a way of sharing great books in honour of my friend in New Zealand who would arrive with the treasures she had unearthed at her weekly trip to the library!

There are so many wonderful books out there hiding on shelves so I invite you to blog about a book on your shelf, one you're reading or one you found at the library. Grab the button for your post and add a link to your post below. I would love to read about your treasures.  
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Saturday 31 August 2013

HSMJ The one where I discover Poetry

In my life this week…
This week was a particularly restful one as it's our week of rest.  We follow a four weeks of school followed by one week of rest.  It works really well for us and I enjoy the time off and so do my children.
In our home school this week…
  • We rested and learned from our environment. We also followed up our mummification experiment.

We will be repeating this experiment as we were rather surprised by the outcomes.  We used course salt.  So we want to see what happens.  I will do an independent post with the results of both.

Helpful homeschooling tips or advice to share…
Austalian Homeschoolers Please be aware 
We need to stand together and help oneanother because what happens in one state often filters through to other states.
You can sign a petition over at CHANGE.ORG
I am inspired by…

Places we’re going and people we’re seeing…
  • We did the usual Tennis and Kelly Sports
  • Visited friends and family
  • Tonight we are going to see a high school play.  Oklahoma
My favorite thing this week was…
  • Visiting friends
  • Being selected to review The Homeschool Mothers Devotional Bible 

Things I’m working on…

In Bloggy world I’m reading…
On Pinterest I found...
I’m grateful for…

A photo, video, link, or quote to share…

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Blessings

Chareen

Homegrown Learners Hammock Tracks It's a Wrap

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Bee Crafty Kids {Crystal Snow Flakes}

Today I am guest posting over at To The Moon and Back where I am sharing a tutorial on making Crystal Snow Flakes. This post has been deleted so I've shared it on my blog you can find the full tutorial here: Crystal Snow Flake {Tutorial}


A couple of years ago Sir N and I tried our hand at growing crystals from a kit set.  While this was fun to do it took a L.O.N.G. time.

On my many Pinterest travels I discovered a wonderful pin on Pinterest on making Borax Snow Flakes.

Pop on over to see a tutorial on how easy it is to grow crystals in 24 hours at home.

For those of you who love Snow Flakes the Twisted Sifter has the most amazing macro photographs of snowflakes to look over.


Blessings
Chareen

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