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Reading to Kids

  • Story of the Orchestra
    Story of the Orchestra
    With CD!
  • My Big Book of Catholic Bible Stories
    My Big Book of Catholic Bible Stories
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  • The Little Red Hen
    The Little Red Hen
    Hooray for a good work ethic! The little red hen asks but receives no help in her efforts to put bread on the table. Yet all who wouldn't help would like to eat. In a refreshingly old-fashioned triumph of moral consequences, they don't get to!
  • Noisy Nora
    Noisy Nora
    Poor Nora! The loveable mousette experiences all the pangs of the child-in-the- middle, caught between the demands of baby brother and bossiness of big sister. Catchy meter, playful illustrations make for a wonderfully satisfying mouse's tale. Baby-Preschool
  • A Chair for My Mother
    A Chair for My Mother
    A remarkably beautiful story told by a young girl whose mother is a waitress. Since they lost all their furniture in a fire, they've been saving mother’s tips in a jar – so they can buy a big comfortable chair for their whole family to enjoy – daughter, mother and grandmother. Life has its ups and downs, but there’s always lots of love. Ages 4-7
  • Caps for Sale
    Caps for Sale
    Be dramatic! Shake your fists! Stomp your feet! You and your toddler will have so much fun with this wonderful story, in which common sense prevails over temper tantrums! 3-7

    See more great kids' books under Barbara's Picks
  • Character Sketches From the Pages of Scripture, Illustrated in the World of Nature
    Character Sketches From the Pages of Scripture, Illustrated in the World of Nature
    Institue in Basic Youth Conflicts

Homeschooling

Why homeschool preschool? Part 4

Is homeschool for everyone?

Why homeschool preschool? Part 3

Why homeschool preschool? Part 2

Why homeschool preschool? Part 1

Homeschool Preschool? you already are!

Handwriting worksheet maker

Montessori at home: building a work ethic in kids

Reviving the Constitution - homeschooling resource

Critical thinking - in the elementary years

Critical Thinking - teaching kids to think for themselves

20 great reasons to homeschool

DeMille and Truman: We need God's law

HSLDA: Homeschooling the preschool years

Homeschooling: sacrificing social skills?

Vickie Farris needs our prayers

Anagrams - share with your kids . . . .

Architecture books for teens

Art for Children - Part 1

Art for Children - Part 2

Animal cams - kookaburra, owl, eagle, prairie dog, many more!

What were you doing on 9/11?

Movie Classics: Lessons in Leadership

Building better families - Movies 101

NH Court orders homeschool girl into public school - time to stand up for parental rights!

Expand your child's imagination: Adventures in Odyssey and Radio Classic Theater

Altered books - art at home projects

Children's book recommendations

Bible map - study helps

Florida Quarterback Tebow: virgin and proud of it!

Writers helps - for teens, too!

Improving Reading Comprehension in children

Choosing Children's Literature - Part One

Prismacolor $10 rebate - art with colored pencils

Teaching kids about maps and their place in the world

Loudoun County: art workshop for children

20 Great Reasons to Homeschool

Right at Home Homeschool Resource - July Links

Youth Orchestra event for kids today at Ida Lee 3:00

Homeschooling? Please order through MommyLife!

Factory Tours - check your state

MakeBeliefsComix - kids create cartoons

Political cartoons - teach your kids

Classic Movies for Boys - stir their masculine spirit!

Alphabet song - phonemics/phonetic approach

Alphabet song in sign language - two versions

Print free flash cards, games, clocks, math helps

Online art resources for kids - Metropolitan Museum of Art

WolframAlpha - new Internet research tool launches

2009 Spelling Bee - get your kids involved! Say hello to Santos!

Homeschool Links for May

A Lego a Day

Parental rights amendment - sign the petition now!

Mike Farris HSLDA, Parental Rights Amendment

Barbara Curtis on HSLDA Homeschool Heartbeat

Homeschooling history recommendations?

Free downloadable flash cards, coloring pages, art

Teen dating, courtship - your thoughts, plans, experience?

Can a 2 1/2 year old mop?

Print free flash cards, games, clocks, math helps

Why homeschool preschool? Part 4

Is homeschool for everyone?

Why homeschool preschool? Part 3

Why homeschool preschool? Part 2

Why homeschool preschool? Part 1

Homeschooling Spelling Software

Should I homeschool?

Mommy, Teach Me to Read! success story

Homeschooling curriculum enrichment - National Gallery of Art

Raising politically aware and confident teens

Writing practice worksheets - free custom downloads

Writing practice worksheets - free custom downloads

Perfecting handwriting - plus a big dollop of parenting philosophy

Pegboards: building pincer grasp and concentration

Montessori at home - getting started

Montessori at home: growing carrot tops

Franklin Park - Loudoun youth art show - call for entries

Homeschooling - memo to grandparents

Phonetic sounds - pre-reading

Even the littlest can help! Montessori at home

Art for families - a whole new world

Father Kelly - why we still pray for him

Homeschool numbers up, higher test scores too!

Kid-friendly art at home

National Bible Bee

Down syndrome and homeschooling - your input, please

Teaching children compassion: book ideas

Elisabeth Elliot on Homeschooling

Remembering Pearl Harbor

Joy Behar: homeschool kids "demented"

Putting on a jacket - your toddler can do it herself!

Color your own electoral college map - for kids and grownups

Momma Votes 2008 - pictures, please!

Preschoolers: Writing instruments for little hands

For parents: Why Celebrate the Saints?

Easy step-by-step drawing for kids

Win a copy of Mommy, Teach Me! - plus reviews

Hymns for Kids - I Sing a Song of the Saints of God

Montessori Monday: Kid-friendly Art

Preschool at home - Mommy, Teach Me! photos

Why preschool? Why not home?

Early readers - need your recommendations

PHC hosts film premiere 9/6 at Franklin Park

Montessori Mondays - praising the child

Teaching children compassion

Montessori Monday - pincer grasp

Children and theater - a win/win scenario

Montessori Monday - prepared environment

Kumon Workbooks - I like them!

Blue Ridge Leader / Patrick Henry College - yet another baseless attack

Critical thinking skills for elementary age kids

Critical thinking - teaching your kids to think for themselves

Montessori Mondays - set the example

Montessori Mondays - Who was Maria Montessori?

The power of stories in children's lives

Montessori Mondays - teaching kids to be careful

For the kids: Send your name to the moon!

Teaching children compassion

Bless your children every morning

When the mom/teacher role doesn't work

Montessori principles working at home

Montessori Mondays - oops! but now it's fixed

Montessori Mondays - sensitive periods

Montessori Mondays - mixing colors

The BEST jigsaw puzzles

Montessori Mondays - children's puzzles

Starting homeschool during high school - your input needed

Montessori Monday - doing things quietly

HSLDA: Homeschooling through High School report

Homeschooling special needs kids - your input needed

Free downloadable flash cards, coloring pages, art

Today's moms - under pressure

What would you tell a mom considering homeschooling?

Thinking about homeschool?

California homeschool crisis - letter to Schwarzenegger

California homeschool crisis - news roundup

California judge: homeschooling illegal - sign petition now!

Montessori at home - reviews of Mommy, Teach Me!

What your preschooler needs to know

Montessori Mondays - new and improved!

Classics for Kids - The Whole Story Series

Montessori Mondays

When a child balks at work

Preschool worksheets, projects, forms

Homeschooling: Mike and Vickie Farris on Focus on the Family

Montessori at home - the best foundation is love

Montessori at home - the best lessons don't end at noon!

Montessori at home - the best classroom has no walls

Montessori at home - the best teacher is forever

Montessori at home - building a science foundation

Montessori at home - growing carrot tops

Montessori at home: best coloring supplies

Struggling with homework - and it's only first grade

Montessori at home - create a book nook

Montessori at Home - purposeful activity

Montessori at Home - a child-friendly environment

Got a minute? Need a laugh?

Homeschool family video - funny!

Starry Starry Night - Vincent Van Gogh slideshow

When phonetics just don't work

Columbus Day

Teen-friendly news sites without liberal bias

Raising compassionate and aware children

Free coloring pages - top quality

Homeschooling Today reviews of Mommy, Teach Me!

Releasing your child's learning potential

Reading delays

Homeschooling little boys

Art cards on sale

Explore and print art masterpieces at home

Call for photos of learning areas at home

Baby woodpeckers

Bible curriculum

20 ways to encourage reading

Kid-friendly art - at home

Teaching your kids to think for themselves

Mommy, Teach Me! Montessori in the home review

Homeschool - my curriculum choices

If You Give a Homeschooling Mom a Cookie

Montessori and preschool language enrichment at home

Montessori at Home - Developing Concentration

Montessori at home - A prepared environment

Patrick Henry College receives full accreditation

Need input from homeschool students

Kid-friendly home decor

Guest Blogger: Spunky on working wives

Butterfly Garden

Homeschooling while pregnant

Homeschool biography fair - ideas needed

Extracurricular activities - finding the balance

Now - opera for everyone!

Teaching virtues, good manners, and character

Children's table and chairs

My #1 Christmas recommendation - hymns for kids

Stickers, coloring books, and pincer grasp - plus Christmas advice

Celebrating Cliches

Leaf rubbings - Take 2

Children's book recommendations

Parenting Q&A - distractibility in older children

Geography test

Parenting Q&A - keeping 3 year old busy

8th Grade Curriculum

Children at Work - a beautiful thing!

Eagle Update

Eagle Cam

Learning can be fun!

Eagle's nest - live cam

Parenting Q & A: Reluctant Readers

Parenting Q&A Should I homeschool?

Beyond pegboards - the last frontier :)

Pegboards - and a few thoughts on homeschooling

Parenting Q & A -What About Lefties?

Celebrate February with a visit to Semicolon

Oprah disses homeschoolers

Montessori at home/ Birthday request

Head Start on the Arts

Barbara's Picks!

Four Day School Week

Legalism at work

Montessori at Home #8: Building Movement Skills in Toddlers

Homeschooling: What works

Homeschool furniture ideas

Sharing the load

Home sweet homeschool

Film: lessons in leadership

In praise of homeschool moms

Where the Wild Things Are

Blog deprivation, computer suicide, and anti-homeschool policies

Countering a Culture of Plenty

Montessori at Home #5

Guerrilla Parenting #3

Guerrilla Parenting #2

Art for the masses

Montessori at Home #4

Homeschoolers -- a chance to say thanks!

Here, have a kleenex -- it'll be alright

A Valentine for mommies

Montessori at Home #3

Montessori at Home #2

Montessori at Home #1

I'd rather be a mommy

Life Lessons From My Kids #1