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Mar. 17, 2009 - Our Homeschooling is Always Improving

I recently found and loved the guidelines set in The Well-Trained Mind. It goes along with TJED so well, but I needed a more rigid idea of what needs to be done for my kids but with the classical mentality that I love and feel strongly about. I've been ordering some of the books suggested.

In addition I have a friend, a mentor, who owns hundreds of Classic children's books I had NEVER even heard of! I thought I had at least a mediocre idea of children's literature. I found that I am but a babe, a child myself in this wide world of classical children's literature. I spent two separate days copying all of the book titles in her many bookshelves. I still have another day or two to go to finish. I have hundreds of books on my list to get. When I have some extra time I will be sharing this list. She then took me to the numerous used book stores and helped me pick out additional titles of children's classics to get, many for $1 or less.

Two of those books are from the Mrs. Piggle Wiggle series of which there are four, I believe. We begun reading the first one aloud. I highly recommend this book! It is an easy to read aloud book meaning it is easy to imitate the characters and it is enjoyable. My five year old and up absolutely love this book and beg me to read just another chapter. Even my husband laughs with the kids during some of these funny adventures. We have read almost half of the book in three separate sittings, so it is also a quick read. I am so glad we found this series!

M, my almost eight year old daughter, is listening to the CD that is the audio companion to The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading. She loves it and the songs that go with it. I love hearing the younger children repeating all the alphabet sounds too.

Hope your homeschooling life is going as well!
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Mar. 17, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by KarenW
I loved Mrs. Piggle Wiggle as a child. Enjoy!
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Mar. 29, 2009 - Well-Trained Mind

Posted by Anonymous
I love this book! I checked it out from the library to research about homeschooling and have decided to base my whole curriculum on it. I got a great deal on it through Amazon. There is also one for adults that is on how to get the classical education you may have missed out on. I was relieved because I was starting to feel like I had been gipped out a fantastic education and now I know I can still get it!
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Apr. 23, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by pinkginghamom
We're now on book two and she is a favorite among the entire family!
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Apr. 23, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by pinkginghamom
"There is also one for adults that is on how to get the classical education you may have missed out on. "

Thank you so much for letting me know that! I am excited to get that one too. I'm very impressed thus far!
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May. 22, 2009 - exciting

Posted by babler
Hi. I too have 7 kids that I am homeschooling, and I am new to blogging. It is exciting when you learn something new with your children. That is on my list of things i love about homeschooling. In addition to my blog here, I have one at blogspot. busymama7.blogspot.com. Happy homeschooling!!
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Books Read for 2009
31 Hours by Masha Hamilton
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Raising Real Men by Hal and Melanie Young
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Detectives Don't Wear Seatbelts by Cici McNair
The Runner's Diet by Madelyn H. Fernstrom
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
The Biggest Loser Fitness Plan
The U.S. Constitution for Everyone by Mort Gerberg
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
You Can Heal Your Life Companion Book by Louise L. Hay
The Well Trained Mind
Doctrine and Covenants
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
You Can Heal Your Life By Louise Hay
1776 by David McCullough
Follow the River by Thom
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Through the Window of Life by Suzanne Freeman
The Chosen by Chaim Potok
Judge Me, Dear Reader by Erwin Wirkus
Cheaper by the Dozen by Gilbreth
FedEd by Allen Quist
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis


Books Read for 2008
The Chimes by Charles Dickens
Prevention's Shortcuts to Big Weight Loss By Chris Freytag
Shrink Your Female Fat Zones By Denise Austin
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
The Love Languages of Children by Gary Chapman
Anna Karenina By Leo Tolstoy
The Virginian by Owen Wister
Feelings Buried Alive Never Die by Karol K. Truman
The Bonds That Make You Free
Adrenal Fatigue: The 21st Century Stress Syndrome by James L Wilson
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Hiding in Plain Site By Ken Bowers
Going Home (Brides of Webster County #1) by Wanda E. Brunstetter
Thomas Jefferson Education Home Companion
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
It Takes a Mother to Raise a Village By Colleen Down
Ten Peas in a Pod by Arnold Pent III
One Tattered Angel by Blaine M. Yorgason


Finished 2007:
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Emma by Jane Austen
Homeschooling Methods by Paul and Gina Suarez
I'm Going to be the Greatest Mom Ever by Terri Camp
If it Weren't for Eve, I'd be a Perfect Wife by Terri Camp
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
She's Gonna Blow by Julie Ann Barnhill
I Didn't Plan to be a Witch by Linda Eyre
Things I Wish I'd Known Sooner: Personal Discoveries of a Mother of Twelve by Jaroldeen Edwards
The other Eminent Men of Wilford Woodruff By Vicki Jo Anderson
Arm the Children by Arthur Henry King


Books Read as a Family 2007:
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
King Arthur Tales of the Round Table by Andrew Lang
Ten and Twenty


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