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July: What is New and Noteworthy

The July subscription booklists are available today! Get ready for a gentle and simple summer routine with A Daily Picture Book’s booklists. Summer is for slowing down, no matter if you school year round or not. It is important to include leisure in our daily life, as mentioned here and here. Summer has a special…

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The Mystery of the Living Book

Education is a life. That life is sustained on ideas. Ideas are of spiritual origin, and God has made us so that we get them chiefly as we convey them to one another, whether by word of mouth, written page, Scripture word, musical symphony; but we must sustain a child’s inner life with ideas as…

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A Daily Picture Book has helped me simplify (and look forward to) our morning time. In the past, I have tried to do too much during this part of our school day. I am grateful to be able to not have to put the brainwork into deciding what to do. I simply pick the book selections we can do and any manageable craft/recipe selections for that day. Sometimes it ends up just being the book and that works too as my boys have really enjoyed the selections! It brings me peace of mind that the books are factually sound so if we miss other history, geography, etc. for the day, at least they've gotten a gem of knowledge from our morning time.
Melissa