November 25, 2022
Holiday shopping doesn’t have to be stressful. There is a bookish gift for everyone in your life. Let me give you some ideas to make your holiday shopping easy peasy! For your scientist in training: How Machines Work: Zoo Break! by David Macaulay How We Got to Now: Six Innovations that Made the Modern World … Continue reading "A Very Bookish Holiday Gift Guide 2022"
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November 18, 2022
Daniel has just moved to a new house in a new town far from his friends. But something is weird about this new place – there’s a strange leak in his bedroom ceiling and sometimes it makes weird sounds. Could it be haunted? When he discovers it isn’t a ghost, but a talking bat in … Continue reading "Lit Bite: Megabat"
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November 18, 2022
Welcome to Build Your Library’s Homeschool Tidbits: Episode 37 – Five Reasons to Consider a Literature-Based Curriculum. In this weekly video series, I will delve briefly into a topic related to homeschooling and will share some of my knowledge and expertise as a long-time homeschooling mother of 4 children. Three of whom have graduated … Continue reading "Homeschool Tidbits: 5 Reasons to Consider a Literature-Based Curriculum"
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November 11, 2022
Welcome to Build Your Library’s Homeschool Tidbits: Episode 36 – Starting Your Day on the Right Foot. In this weekly video series, I will delve briefly into a topic related to homeschooling and will share some of my knowledge and expertise as a long-time homeschooling mother of 4 children. Three of whom have graduated high … Continue reading "Homeschool Tidbits: Starting Your Day on the Right Foot"
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November 4, 2022
Welcome to Build Your Library’s Homeschool Tidbits: Episode 35 – Simple and Fun Ways to Teach Geography. In this weekly video series, I will delve briefly into a topic related to homeschooling and will share some of my knowledge and expertise as a long-time homeschooling mother of 4 children. Three of whom have graduated high … Continue reading "Homeschool Tidbits: Simple and Fun Ways to Teach Geography"
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November 1, 2022
The following post will be a blog archive copy of Build Your Library’s November 2022 Monthly Newsletter. If you missed the email, you can subscribe to our mailing list here. [Scheduled to be sent 10/1/22 8:00 AM EST] [November 1, 2022 ] – Welcome to our November Video Newsletter! You should have gotten our regular … Continue reading "November 2022 Monthly Newsletter"
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October 31, 2022
This past month for our October 2022 contest (won by Maggie P. from MN), we posed two questions: What is your favorite creepy, scary or Halloween themed movie? What is your favorite creepy, scary or Halloween themed book? If you are looking for any last minute Halloween movie or book recommendations for tonight, here are … Continue reading "What is your favorite creepy, scary or Halloween themed movie and book?"
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October 28, 2022
Welcome to Build Your Library’s Homeschool Tidbits: Episode 34 – How to Integrate Lite Bites in Your Homeschool. In this weekly video series, I will delve briefly into a topic related to homeschooling and will share some of my knowledge and expertise as a long-time homeschooling mother of 4 children. Three of whom have graduated … Continue reading "Homeschool Tidbits: How to Integrate Lit Bites into Your Homeschool"
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October 24, 2022
“When we’ve lost the strength to save ourselves, we somehow find the strength to save each other.” How long can you survive without water? When the drought becomes bad enough for the taps to run dry across Southern California, everyone scrambles to find water however they can. Alyssa and her family hope that the government … Continue reading "Lit Bite: Dry"
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October 23, 2022
I’m excited to bring you a brand new product: Lit Bites! Lit Bites are small literature unit studies, based on just one book. These bites contain everything you need to study a piece of literature with your child. They include vocabulary, discussion questions, and activities based on the story. I am frequently asked what I … Continue reading "Purchase: Lit Bites"
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