Why do we make things mean more than they actually mean? We all do it. We realize a kid doesnât know how to tie their shoes at age 12, and we tell ourselves weâre forgetting to teach SO MANY IMPORTANT THINGS. We feed our kids frozen pizza for dinner twice in a week and think…
Read MoreToday, Iâm sharing a conversation with my friend and colleague, Cindy West. Cindy teaches at No Sweat Nature Study, a homeschool nature study program that takes the guesswork out of nature study by teaching your kids directly. Cindy is also the host of the No Sweat Nature Study podcast, which features short episodes about nature….
Read MoreI have a theory that if I were to ask a hundred of todayâs childrenâs book authors and illustrators to name a book that had a profound impact on them, I bet an unusually large number of those authors and illustrators would mention the work of E.B. White. I cannot count the number of times…
Read MoreEvery year, the Read-Aloud Revival team watches the American Library Associationâs Youth Media Awards together. This is the award show where the medals that are considered the most prestigious in childrenâs publishing are given. Today Iâm joined by Kortney Garrison, our Community Director, Kara Anderson, our Creative Director, and Harmony Harkema, or brand new Managing…
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Nature study can be an intimidating subject that carries a lot of expectations in the homeschooling world. Itâs something we want to do, but it can get pushed to the side because we donât always have the energy to tramp around the woods with a watercolor
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Today, Iâm answering listenersâ questions about their kidsâ reading habits, from bouncing from book to book to getting stuck in a genre rut, and more.
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Find out what we’re reading next, and get the skinny on why we’ve chosen the books we did.
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Iâve invited Kortney Garrison and Kara Anderson from the RAR team to chat with me about a favorite book when it comes to essentializing.
We’ve been talking and thinking about the book Essentialism by Greg McKeown a lot here at Read Aloud Revival, espec
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Today, weâre talking about what makes The Long Winter so gripping and so beloved, as well as how we handle problematic texts with our kids and why I believe that scenes and language we may find troubling arenât reasons to leave great books on the shelf.
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