What Nino Read January 2017
Abraham Lincoln (COFA) Buffalo Bill Dolphins! Eyewitness Science: Light For the Love of the Game by Michael Jordan Fractals, Googols and Other Mathematical Tales by Theoni Pappas Henry Huggins How We Learned the Earth is Round I Did It With My Hatchet: A Story of...
100 Books Every (Catholic) Woman Needs To Read
Inspired by this post, 100 Books Every Man Needs to Read, I tried to come up with my own 100-book list. I got up to 65, then 118, and then cut it back down to 86, then back up to 112, down to 91, and so on.... I'm at 96 now and tired of trying to decide what should go...
What Nino Read, November 2016
How To Write A Thank-You Letter by Cecilia Minden and Kate Roth What's So Yummy? All About Eating Well and Feeling Good A Gebra Named Al Si Pilandok, ang Bantay-Gubat The Shortest Day: Celebrating the Winter Solstice Don't Let the Barber Pull Your Teeth (Could You...
What Nino Read, September 2016
A Child's Book of Manners A Gift of Gracias Atoms and Molecules Experiments Using Ice, Salt, Marbles, and More Bard of Avon Brother Sun, Sister Moon (Mayo/Malone) Buffalo Bill Bugged: How Insects Changed History Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Chemical Change from...
What Nino Read, August 2016
26 Fairmount Avenue A Kiss for Little Bear A Spider Story Abner Doubleday (Dunham) Alamat ng Ampalaya Billy and Blaze Blaze and Thunderbolt Blaze Shows the Way Charlotte's Web Daniel (Animated Stories Activity Book) Edward Hopper (Venezia) Extreme Machines Eyewitness...
What Nino Read, July 2016
A Boy Named Giotto A Little Pigeon Toad A Swiftly Tilting Planet A wind in the door And Then It's Spring Are You My Mother? Attack of the Clones Basic Aid Training Basketball for Young Champions Bionics Brian Jacques The Tribes of Redwall Otters + Badgers Cam Jensen...
A Rationale for Latin
Just a quick note -- Latin discussion at one of my homeschooling moms' group and the question came up: Why Latin? What are your end goals? My answer: My end goal was simple: for my kids to develop an appreciation for Latin since it's where the Romance languages came...
Resources for Drawing Comic Superheroes
We were just at Michaels to pick up stuff for Nino's sacramental preparation portfolio (will blog that at a later date) and he found a book on how to draw comics, except it wasn't on sale, and the "50% off any item at regular price" coupon we had couldn't be applied...
What Nino Read, June 2016
A Rooster in the Sun / Ang Tandang sa Araw A Spider Story (Isang Kuwentong Gagamba) Alamat ng Ampalaya Alexander Graham Bell Ang Mahiyaing Manok Ang Prinsipe ng mga Ibon Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare Beverly Cleary: Henry and the Paper Route Cam...
What Nino Read, May 2016
Religion 57 Saints A Gift of Gracias Catholic Children's Treasure Box Christopher The Holy Giant Jesus (Brian Wildsmith) Peter Claver, Patron Saint of Slaves St. George and the Dragon St. Martin de Porres The Beginner's Bible The Children's Book of Faith The Miracles...
Abstinence and Chastity Education, An Evolution
1979-1984: St. John Paul II's Theology of the Body Audiences | Michael Waldstein's Outline here 1995: The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality: Guidelines for Education Within the Family 1998: Chastity After the Sexual Revolution Chastity Before Marriage: a Fresh...
What Nino Read, April 2016
101 Secrets A Good Dad Knows - learned how to multiply any number from 1-100 by 11 A Little History of the World (history spine) Abner Doubleday (COFA) Airplanes by Gallimard Jeunesse Artistic Pursuits Book 1 (doing art lessons from this now) American History...
What Nino Read March 2016
The Missing Chums Geronimo Stilton and the Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye The Bungalow Mystery Horrible Harry and the Ant Invasion Cam Jansen and the Scary Snake Mystery Chess for Kids Popular Mechanics: The Boy Mechanic A to Z (Sandra Boynton) Crow Boy The Kid Who...
Humans + Animal Behavior: Offensive or Not?
The Internet seems to have lost its collective brain cells again, this time thanks to boxing superstar and pride of the Philippines Manny Pacquiao's statement on same sex "marriage", saying, Common sense lang. Makakita ka ba ng any animals na lalaki sa lalaki o babae...
What Nino Read, February 2016
Zita the Spacegirl Legends of Zita the Spacegirl The Return of Zita the Spacegirl Little Catechism on the Eucharist Hurricane and Tornado Childcraft World and Space The Hardy Boys Detective Handbook Saint Martin de Porres Star Wars The Yoda Chronicles Airplanes and...