This is my favorite time of year: it's curriculum planning time! And Anthony Esolen's new book came just in time as my...
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A 2nd Grade Curriculum
Posting the 2nd Grade Curriculum I'm planning for our youngest at the request of homeschooling friends. (And as...
Life Lessons from a Game of Chess
Two weeks ago, I beat my six-year-old at chess. At first I worried if I should let him win some of the time, but after...
Homeschooling First Grade Science (A Sample Curriculum)
Posting this for my friend Madora who asked for a bit of guidance on how to homeschool Science with a first grader...
How I Didn’t Teach Science
A close friend and fairly new homeschooling mom recently asked, "How do you teach science?" I told her the truth. "I...
What Nino Read, October 2014
Religion The Monk Who Grew Prayer New Catholic Children's Bible - he reads this on his own Catholic Children's...
What Nino Read, September 2014
Corduroy Makes a Cake It's Milking Time (didn't like this one that much -- maybe he can't relate since we hardly ever...
What Nino Read, August 2014
5 Stars: Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, Ill. Mary Azarian The Children's Book of Heroes, Ed. William...
Nino’s First Grade (After-the-Fact) Curriculum, 2014-2015
(the STARS ***** = Nino's rating) August 2014 Fix-It Duck by Jez Alborough ***** I loved it because it was funny and...