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    Reading Report Vol. 28: Junior Review Edition

    This month’s Reading Report is going to be a little bit different! Summer is a great time for reading, but it is also a lot more spontaneous and lacking in routine for our family. (Traveling to visit family, camping, rearranging furniture, and sorting books are just a few of the things we been doing!) This means my reading life is honestly all over the place right now. So instead of the typical what I’ve been reading sort of post this month, I thought I would do something new. I recently signed up to be a reviewer for NetGalley, and the…

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    AmblesideOnline Year 8 in Review, Part 2

    Welcome back for Part 2 in my review of our experience with AmblesideOnline’s Year 8 curriculum. I have been out of town for the last several days and don’t have a lot of time to write this week, so let’s just jump right back in where we left off last week! NOTE: The book titles mentioned in this post are part of the AmblesideOnline curriculum, which is under copyright of AmblesideOnline.org. The information in this post is intended for educational purposes only. Be aware that AO’s curriculum and resources are revised from time to time. Please be sure to check…

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    AmblesideOnline Year 8 in Review

    Here we are at the end of another school year and the end of another stage in our homeschool journey. My son is completing AmblesideOnline Year 8 this week, and that means that next year he will enter high school and be in what Charlotte Mason called Form IV. Every new grade level and form comes with new challenges, and at the beginning of every year I feel woefully inadequate and unprepared for what is coming. Yet, at the end of the year, I look back and am amazed at what we managed to accomplish and how my children have…

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    The Reading Report, Vol. 27: Spring Reading Progress

    Happy May Day, reading friends! I am happy to be back with a new reading update today. I really wasn’t sure what I was going to write about this week when I realized that it was almost a new month, so I just waited until today so I could justify writing about books. These monthly round-ups are not only my favorite posts to write, but they also keep me accountable to stick with my goals! Looking back at last month’s “reading refresh” post, I am pleased to report that I did, in fact, get back on track with better reading…

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    The Reading Report, Vol. 26: Spring Reading Refresh

    Welcome to the April edition of The Reading Report! Although the weather has cooled off significantly from just one week ago when we were having an early taste of 70 degree weather, it is still officially spring. (If nothing else, my allergies are confirming this fact!) I am in denial about the fact that snow is currently in our forecast for this weekend, and choosing to focus on a little spring refresh needed in my reading life! Over the past couple month or so I fell out of the solid reading routine I had going, and I can’t quite say…