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August 30, 2021
This past week I ran a series of articles helping you (and me!) get ready for the new school year. Personally, I love this time of year – like Anne Shirley, I excitedly look forward to a whole new year with no mistakes in it yet. We collect our materials, plan our schedules and get … Continue reading "Back to “Home” School Series (B2HS)"
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August 14, 2021
On August 22, Build Your Library will have been in business for 9 years! 9 years or 108 months or 468 weeks or 3,285 days or 78,840 hours or 4,730,400 minutes of building young minds, one book at a time… But who’s counting? That also means next year will be a whole decade. Whoa. For … Continue reading "Anniversary Sale"
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August 13, 2021
Have you ever thought that you were learning more homeschooling your child than you did in school? What if you could expand on that? Enter Mother Culture. What is Mother Culture? Charlotte Mason believed that for parents to be good teachers, we should ourselves be taking the time to learn and be educated. If … Continue reading "On Mother Culture, or How to Homeschool Yourself"
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August 2, 2021
The following post will be a blog archive copy of the Build Your Library’s August 2021 Monthly Newsletter. If you missed the email, you can subscribe to our mailing list here. [Scheduled to be sent 8/2/21 8:15 AM EST] [August 2, 2021 ] – “BYL August 2021 Video Newsletter“ – Welcome to our August Video … Continue reading "August 2021 Monthly Newsletter"
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July 18, 2021
For many years, Build Your Library had used the Story of the World series (SOTW) as history spines for BYL Level 1 – The Ancient World and BYL Level 2 – The Medieval World. At the time those levels were written, SOTW was one of the best comprehensive narrative history texts on the market for … Continue reading "Build Your Library’s “Quest” for a World History Spine"
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July 1, 2021
The following post will be a blog archive copy of the Build Your Library’s July 2021 Monthly Newsletter. If you missed the email, you can subscribe to our mailing list here. [Scheduled to be sent 7/1/21 8:30 AM EST] [ July 1, 2021 ] – “BYL July 2021 Video Newsletter“ – Welcome to our July … Continue reading "July 2021 Monthly Newsletter"
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June 30, 2021
What makes a good summer read? Is it a book that takes place during the summer months? One that evokes the feeling of freedom and fun that summer captures? Maybe it’s a book that takes place at your favorite summer destination, a travel story or a fluffy beach read. Even if your summer vacation … Continue reading "10 Books to Read For a Summer Escape!"
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June 1, 2021
The following post will be a blog archive copy of the Build Your Library’s June 2021 Monthly Newsletter. If you missed the email, you can subscribe to our mailing list here. [Scheduled to be sent 6/1/21 8:30 AM EST] [ June 1, 2021 ] – “BYL June 2021 Video Newsletter“ – Welcome to our June … Continue reading "June 2021 Monthly Newsletter"
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May 30, 2021
We would like to introduce one of our latest projects: History Book by Book (HBBB). HBBB is a standalone website that can be used in conjunction with your Build Your Library studies, or completely on its own. It is designed for both students and parents to find history-related book recommendations of all historical topics and … Continue reading "History Book by Book!"
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May 30, 2021
I don’t know about you, but at some point all four of my children have gone through a dinosaur phase. For one, it was a passion that lasted for many years. Over the course of these obsessions, we have collected an obscene number of books about dinosaurs and prehistory. There are so many fantastic books … Continue reading "Unit Study: Prehistory"
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