Free Books!! About rabbits with swords!!!! And get your own sword!!

Interested in getting a great series for a super awesome price? For a short time, and a willingness to hit a couple sites, you can….

We originally heard about this series from a beloved Podcast you’ll hear more about when I eventually finish my series on “Audio Education“, The Read Aloud Revival.

After hearing the book praised a few other places as well, and many comparisons to the much loved Chronicles of Narnia, I added it to my “To Be Read” list for the kids.  Continue reading “Free Books!! About rabbits with swords!!!! And get your own sword!!”

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Did you know it was Shakespeare week, too?!?

I don’t know about you guys, but we’ve had a lot to do this week. We already have a 1/2 eaten apple pie & two partially made pumpkin pies for Pi Day & Einstein’s birthday on the 14th, we had to “ask Google” (while driving – the wonder of modern technology!) why Julius Caesar was assassinated (History is NOT my strong-point) for the Ides of March (15th). And let’s not even get into the whole St.-Patrick’s-Day-is -a-family-holiday I married into….

By the way, Google did not have a good answer on the killing of Caesar, but I did still manage to teach my children the phrase “Et tu, Brute?”  Little did I realize how prophetic this was, because that phrase is famous because of its inclusion in Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar, and I just found out today it is ALSO Shakespeare Week!

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Audio education, Part 1-Podcasts for kids, and my favorite podcast app

Audio Education, Part 1: Kids Podcasts

all 3 kids eating and listening to podcast in car
Feeding their bellies and their brains on the way back from a field trip

I don’t know about you, but we spend an inordinate amount of time in the car*.  A couple of years ago I discovered a way to keep it from being a totally time suck: audio programs.  There are actually a few different types of audio programs I use with our kids.  To keep this from being one monster post, we’ll break them into a few different categories. Today we’ll talk about podcasts for kids, and my favorite podcast app . Continue reading “Audio education, Part 1-Podcasts for kids, and my favorite podcast app”

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