Category Archives: Lulu

Caught Reading (Double Decker Edition)

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Amy

Lulu’s reading a pictorial abridgement of Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates–just her favorite part, she told me later. (I guess laboring through the unabridged tale was worth it, after all. ) Louise is reading singing (both, really) Sandra … Continue reading →

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Caught Reading

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Amy

In honor of tonight’s big football game which I care not one whit about (but obviously some denizens of the House of Hope do!) , I give you today’s Caught Reading photograph. Yes, that would be Lulu, a reader to … Continue reading →

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Caught Reading

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Amy

We weren’t sure how well the girls would handle their first plane trip, so we brought along all the literary comfort we could manage: stories loaded on the iPod and the paper kind of books, too.

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Weekly Wrap-Up::August 29-September 2, 2011

Posted on September 4, 2011 by Amy

In my life this week…I am amazed and thankful for what we do accomplish, even when we have appointments that disrupt our schedule. I had an appointment mid-morning Monday and early Thursday morning, but we managed to get back on … Continue reading →

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Narration questions

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Amy

It feels like the training wheels have come off this year and we’re pedaling pretty well without too much wobbling or crashing academically. (Organizationally is another thing altogether!) Well, some days are like that. Other days, I feel like we’ve … Continue reading →

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School Day Snapshot–August 22, 2011

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Amy

I documented our day today in order to participate in this year’s {Not} Back-to-School Blog Hop over at Heart of the Matter Online. It’s day-in-the-life week, which is probably my favorite week of the entire thing. It’s fun and instructive to … Continue reading →

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The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Amy

I read this little story in an effort to broaden Lulu’s reading horizons, all the while making sure that my sensitive reader didn’t inadvertently read anything that might upset her too much. A couple of weeks ago she read an American Girl story … Continue reading →

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Weekly Wrap-Up::July 25-29, 2011

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Amy

This has been a week of no (official) schooling here at the House of Hope, but I’m writing up a post anyway because I want to think about how much covert learning took place, despite my lack of micromanaging every … Continue reading →

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Children’s Informational Books about Africa

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Amy

On our tour of the world’s continents, our first stop was Africa. There are a lot of good nonfiction titles available on Africa, I’m sure, but this is what our library had to offer. We enjoyed them very much! Good … Continue reading →