January 16, 2025
I originally wrote this unit as a part of a full-year history and literature curriculum for my daughter. After many, many requests, I decided the best way to go about this was to publish it in units rather than a full year level. This unit is all about cannibalism. In fact, it spurred on the … Continue reading "Morbid Curiosities: Part 1 – Cannibalism"
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January 1, 2025
The following post will be a blog archive copy of Build Your Library’s January 2025 Monthly Newsletter. If you missed the email, subscribe to our mailing list here. [Scheduled to be sent by 1/1/24 8:30 AM EST] [January 1, 2025 ] – Welcome to our January Video Newsletter! If you subscribed, you should have gotten … Continue reading "January 2025 Monthly Newsletter"
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December 13, 2024
December has always been one of my favorite months. Of course, it’s the holiday season, but I also enjoy making goals and planning for the new year. I love setting reading challenge goals for myself and I try to encourage my children to do the same, with various degrees of success. For the past six … Continue reading "2025 Build Your Library Reading Challenge"
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December 2, 2024
The following post will be a blog archive copy of Build Your Library’s December 2024 Monthly Newsletter. If you missed the email, subscribe to our mailing list here. [Scheduled to be sent by 12/2/24 8:30 AM EST] [December 1, 2024 ] – Welcome to our December Video Newsletter! If you subscribed, you should have gotten … Continue reading "December 2024 Monthly Newsletter"
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November 17, 2024
Hey everybody, it’s Emily from Build Your Library. Our December newsletter won’t be out for a while, but I wanted to make this announcement today! To kick off the 2024 holiday season (perhaps a bit early, but who doesn’t need a little cheer just now?), we’re having a sale you won’t want to miss! No lines, … Continue reading "Shop Our Black Friday – Holiday Sale!"
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November 1, 2024
The following post will be a blog archive copy of Build Your Library’s November 2024 Monthly Newsletter. If you missed the email, subscribe to our mailing list here. [Scheduled to be sent by 11/1/24 8:30 AM EST] [November 1, 2024 ] – Welcome to our November Video Newsletter! If you subscribed, you should have gotten … Continue reading "November 2024 Monthly Newsletter"
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October 1, 2024
The following post will be a blog archive copy of Build Your Library’s October 2024 Monthly Newsletter. If you missed the email, subscribe to our mailing list here. [Scheduled to be sent by 10/1/24 8:30 AM EST] [October 1, 2024 ] – Welcome to our October Video Newsletter! If you subscribed, you should have gotten … Continue reading "October 2024 Monthly Newsletter"
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September 17, 2024
“Everybody wanted something, and they were all depending on Janet to help them get it. And who was I to saythat art class mattered more than the rest of it?” Politics starts in the community, and The Campaign, by Leila Sales is an excellent way to explain that to children! Maddie loves art and struggles … Continue reading "Lit Bite: The Campaign"
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September 6, 2024
Welcome to Build Your Library’s Homeschool Tidbits: Episode 72—Planning and Routine in the High School Years. In this weekly video series, I will delve briefly into a topic related to homeschooling and share some of my knowledge and expertise as a long-time homeschooling mother of four children—three of whom have graduated high school and two … Continue reading "Homeschool Tidbits: Planning and Routine in the High School Years"
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August 19, 2024
Do you long to be a world traveler? Do you get excited thinking about life in distant countries? Then this is the unit for you! Self-education is a major benefit of homeschooling. Parents often learn alongside their children, but we sometimes want to take it further and dig deeper. That’s where our self-education units come … Continue reading "Self-Education: World Cultures, Part 1"
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