make joy normal: cozy homeschooling
In the context of promoting joy, fun and an environment of love, Bonnie welcomes you! Bonnie is a homeschool mom of seven kids, 32 years in - writer, speaker and cheerleader. Meet her cohosts who bring your questions and theirs to the table: Elizabeth, mom of six, in the thick of glorious family life, and Christina, just starting the homeschool journey with three littles. Join us for some honest discussion about how to make home education cozy. Just like you imagined.
make joy normal: cozy homeschooling
Our favourite story books
In this episode, Elizabeth and I discuss the importance of reading and some of our favourite story books - here are the links to the books we talked about:
Go Dog Go
Clown of God
Something from Nothing
My Very First Mother Goose
D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths
The Tale of the Three Trees
books by: Tomie de Paola
Journey Aaron Becker (wordless)
Elephant and Piggie books my Mo Willems
Ignis by P.J. Lynch
The guardians of Childhood series by William Joyce
any books by Don and Audrey Wood
2:04 - Importance of reading books that we like
6:16 - Elizabeth and Bonnie share their story book selections
33:37 - How to pull curriculum out of a book
35:25 - Books create a family culture
39:07 - Wordless books
And a few resources for reading:
books
reading gets an upgrade
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