We visit our library all the time. At least once a week, we started when the kids were still at school and to be honest I thought I was pretty smart coming up with this. See I was so sick of going to the shops and going through the whole "Mum can we get something?" Even typing those words makes me want to shrivel up and crawl under the desk - what I'd like to yell is "For goodness sake give me a break, what more could you possibly want!" but of course I don't because I ' always want everyone to be happy' (I am learning this is impossible).
Anyway my answer evolved into 'Yes you can when we get to the library.' Unbelievably it worked! And it continues to work. However now I am homeschooling I need to make sure that their choices are actually literary and educational but of course fun (there I go again trying to please everyone!)
Anyway I just stumbled across this link 100 Best Chapter Books of All Time from K3TeacherResources on Facebook and I am going to use it as a guide to introduce my kids to some all time classics like Charlie and The Chocolate Factory and Huckleberry Finn as well as some newbies even I haven't read - who said only the kids get to have all the fun! I hope you enjoy the resource too.
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About Me
- Chandra
- I was raised on the southern beaches of Sydney, in 1994 I moved with Mum to the Gold Coast to study Naturopathy. As I'm sure was fate I met my amazing husband in an anatomy class. March 2010 I became a Teacher Aide and was employed at my kids’ school. I love my job I use my position to bring a bit of sunshine to their day and ignite their passion for learning. I saw my student’s flourishing at school, whilst my own kids were suffering both in the class and playground-I found this really disconcerting…I have always been a little outside of the norm so when we announced we planned to travel Australia with our 2 kids no one was really surprised, with our house on the market I got to work on the kids’ education. “The Market” however was not so supportive, our house is still on the market but our homeschooling plan is progressing nicely. The purpose of this blog is to share our experiences, resources and information to motivate others who are considering homeschooling, show parents that are concerned with their child’s education that there is another way and to supplement a child’s school based education.
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1 comments:
Oh I highly highly recommend "The Mysterious Benedict Society" series. My boys loved "The Boxcar Children" series when they were younger too. Oh and "The City of Ember" too and all the others in that series. We've just finished the "Hatchet" series and "My Side of the Mountain" series on audio and loved those too. I'm very partial to adventure and survival books. Hubby however recommends all of the books in the Redwall series. I'm not big on fantasy. Thankfully my boys love any and all books.
That list is a great starting point. :)
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