Every fall, they start popping up in craft and home decor stores, they are collected by many and embraced by all. What are they? Nutcrackers, of course! Everyone knows and can hum the tune of the famous ballet. Many of our little girls have had at least one experience of being on stage as a…
November is almost gone Thanksgiving is around the corner, exactly 10 days away! Check out the Thanksgiving booklist and start a gratitude journal. We have had a wonderful All Saints Day, celebrating with friends. We also had our first snow storm this month and it was a good one: 8 inches over 4 days! And…
Geography is something that I have always enjoyed and appreciated. Map-making and map-reading have something so mysterious and magical about them. They can, literally, take you anywhere. At A Daily Picture Book, we practice both map-reading and cartography regularly. Right now my girls and I are working on a map of the USA over a…
Imagination… It is such a treasure for our children. How do we awaken it and nourish it? How do we help them discover this inner wonder that they carry with them? There are so many ways to awaken our little ones imagination, but there are also so many ways for it to be stolen away…
October recap October has been a lovely month here in Colorado, we have been blessed with a beautiful Indian Summer! We were able to go up to the mountains to explore the aspen leaves changing color. The October booklists were chock full of discoveries from Pablo Picasso to how the first bandaids came to be…
With All Souls Day (or Dia de Los Muertos) approaching on November 2nd, it brings to mind picture books that impart family history. For many of us November is a time to remember family members that have died. And as we talk about them, we tell their stories so that they may be remembered by…
Hello, I thought I’d pop in here with a little home education update. We’ve been back at our learning since the beginning of August, and it has been a wonderful start of the year. I only have 3 students for the first time in a very long time! I started with my 3 oldests when…
Is A Daily Picture Book just for homeschoolers? NO! My tagline reflects that. A Daily Picture wants to ignite wonder and excitement in children, and their grown ups, no matter their academic affiliation. What is A Daily Picture Book? A Daily Picture Book was born from my desire to provide my children with a well…
This is a follow-up post to Favorite Bedtime Stories, Part 1 and The Importance of Bedtime Stories. So, your little one is growing up and ready for some more meaty bedtime stories, what do you do? You slowly move to chapter books by reading longer picture books and then short chapter books and finally dive…
As the 15th of the month is around the corner and the October membership booklists are almost ready to hit the blog, I wanted to do a quick run through the different memberships that I offer. I hope that you and your family will come to enjoy many Daily Picture Books. I carefully hand pick…
