Meet Mary Katharine Goddard. She was born before her country, she defied societal norms, she had the courage to add her name to the Declaration of Independence, she is a hero of our national history. Her Name Was Mary Katharine: The Only Woman Whose Name is on the Declaration of Independence by Ella Schwartz, illustrated…
A Delicious Chat with Bryt Taylor We are back with Bryton Taylor chatting about her beautiful new book: Once Upon a Time Cookbook: A Treasury of Recipes Inspired by Timeless Children’s Books, illustrated by the very talented Emma Adams. Let’s jump right back in! (first part of the interview can be found here). You mention…
A Delicious Chat with Bryt Taylor Don’t I have a treat for you today! Pun very much intended! I would love to introduce you to a brand new LITERARY COOKBOOK! No more looking high and low for ideas for our bookish Tea Times, Bryton Taylor has just provided the ultimate guide: Once Upon a Time…
On June 3rd is the feast day of the woman who brought France from paganism to Christianity. On that day we celebrate the life of Saint Clotilde, wife of Clovis, the first king of France to be baptized. I have a great devotion to this beautiful saint and I would love to introduce her to…
Very often I am reluctant to even take a break in the summer… Because of “I’m bored”. And it is so hard to restart and to implement a routine and a schedule again in the fall. It makes taking a summer break almost not worth it. So how is a mother to get a break…
It is finally spring on the farm! We’ve had a couple of freak snow storms, hard frosts (finally) but now it is officially spring, and really it’s summer as the temperature went from freezing to the 90s in under a week. You gotta love Colorado and its crazy weather! Last year we purchased two goat…
This picture book, like so many, came into our life at a used book sale and surprised us. I had never heard of Gilbert, nor Sullivan, but I knew the writing of Jonah Winter was always excellent and the illustrations enchanted me. Yes, I do totally judge a book by its cover. And most times…
And just like that it’s May! May is always such a busy month… We have three birthdays, we will be wrapping up the school year, and start planning for the next one. There are graduations, confirmations, First Holy Communions,farm work picks up drastically… And then Memorial Day weekend announcing the grand days of summer. “How…
In order for our children to have the opportunity to fall in love with poetry, they have to have poetry readily available. Through the years, we have built a small poetry library and we all enjoy having easy access to it. From A.A. Milne to Maya Angelou, building your Poetry Library is a delightful endeavor!…
Poetry is a wonderful topic to linger on, isn’t it? There is so much to it: the poetry itself, its author, the poet, and the mechanics of poetry. I was hoping to have a wonderful year-long poetry curriculum ready to introduce to you this month, but time was not on my side to accomplish that….
