Category Archives: books we are reading

#abookandagameaday, Thurs. 1/30/20, Gameschooling Day #19 of 2020

Posted on January 31, 2020 by treeoflifemama

    Here’s what we did for #abookandagameaday on Thurs. 1/30/20… On Thursdays we drive 90 minutes one way to participate with other homeschoolers in a co-operative type school run by homeschooling moms. At this co-op, I teach a Hero … Continue reading →

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Out of the Best Books: What We’re Reading for January 2020

Posted on January 21, 2020 by treeoflifemama

  I’m reading the above for my Hero Project class that I’m mentoring, a repeat of 6 years ago. It’s about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, definitely a hero of mine! Elder Christofferson quoted him in General Conference.      Bugsy, age 10, … Continue reading →

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#abookandagameaday: Tuesday 1/7/2020, Gameschooling Day of 2020 #2

Posted on January 9, 2020 by treeoflifemama

Tuesdays we do math for our gameschooling. So we played Qwirkle and 7Ate9. I love Qwirkle because it’s strategy and patterns. I love 7Ate9 because it hopefully motivates kids to get their adding and subtracting math facts down. The game … Continue reading →

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#abookandagameaday: Monday 1/6, Gameschooling Day #1 of 2020

Posted on January 8, 2020 by treeoflifemama

I am taking on thewaldockway.com book/gameschooling challenge of 2020, where I read aloud a picture book a day and play at least one board/card game to boot. #abookandagameaday. Cheers to more picture books and gameschooling in 2020! The book and … Continue reading →

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Out of the Best Books: Classics We Studied in April and May 2019

Posted on June 21, 2019 by treeoflifemama

It’s time to do another recap of classics we’ve been studying in our home, for homeschool and family life. Words that I hold sacred, from the holy writ of my church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, says … Continue reading →

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Out of the Best Books: Classics We Are Studying From in Feb. and March 2019

Posted on March 19, 2019 by treeoflifemama

Before we get any  more into March, I want to share the classics we learned from and studied in February and this first half of March. The above photo shows some of the picture books that I picked up from … Continue reading →

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Mr. Rogers Meets Swing

Posted on February 7, 2019 by treeoflifemama

So I’ve been falling in love with Mr. Rogers. My son’s Mastering Knighthood group studied him as a hero for January. Hence, we’ve been reading a book about him written by a Texan journalist, Tim Madigan, appearing in the video … Continue reading →

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Out of the Best Books, Classics We Studied: Jan. 2019

Posted on February 2, 2019 by treeoflifemama

Can we celebrate?! January is over!!! I’ve decided the best thing about January (beside it being the anniversary month that I had a home birth, of my second daughter) is that it’s a great month for reading. Not much else … Continue reading →

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