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Welcome to this weeks edition of 4 Moms, 35 Kids: How Moms of Many Manage. This week we’re talking about teaching reading. Be sure to visit the other 4 Moms to read what they have to say about this topic: KimC at Life in a Shoe Connie at Smockity Frocks Headmistress at The Common Room…
Welcome to this weeks edition of 4 Moms, 35 Kids: How Moms of Many Manage. This week the 4 moms of many are answering reader questions. Be sure to visit the other Moms to read what questions they’re answering: KimC at Life in a Shoe Connie at Smockity Frocks Headmistress at The Common Room ♦…
Welcome to this weeks edition of 4 Moms, 35 Kids: How Moms of Many Manage. This week we’re sharing some of our favorite books for preschoolers. Although we read lots of books to our preschoolers, I limited this post to mostly picture books I’ve intentionally tried to keep this the short, short list. If you…
Each day Mark or I try to speak with each child about their Bible reading. For the younger ones this usually takes the form of questions to make certain they are completing the readings and understanding what they read. My conversation with Savannah (5) about her reading in Matthew 4 confirms that not only is…
Each year all readers in our family read through the entire Bible. It may be one of the most important things that we do. After all if our kids excel at calculus, read Latin fluently and are able to change the course of history with their oratory skills but do not know what God says,…
Welcome to this weeks edition of 4 Moms, 35 Kids: How Moms of Many Manage. This week we’re answering reader questions. Be sure to visit the other 4 Moms to find out what questions they are answering today: KimC at Life in a Shoe Connie at Smockity Frocks Headmistress at The Common Room Today I’m…
There are often things that I want to post about or recommend, but find that I don’t have time to get a full post together. So here are some of our current favorite resources, tools or blessings. ♥ Among the Pond People (and others in this series) – A delightful living science book with lovely,…
I mentioned in one of my last question and answer posts that our family has successfully used Sonlight Curriculum as a basis for multi-level teaching in our home. Many of you were interested in a more detailed post about Sonlight pros and cons and using it with multi-levels. If you haven’t read my previous posts…
When I found out that I would be receiving a Studypod to review, the first thing that I did was Google “Studypod”. What in the world was this thing that would be arriving in the mail? Was it a new way to present unit studies? A room to lock your children in until they were…
Edited to add: Be sure to read the comments and leave one of your own. We have generally taught our children to read early, beginning around age 3 or4 and having proficient readers by age 4 or 5. Reading allows children to learn on their own and feeds that natural love of information that they…
Hi, I'm Kimberly. I'm a homeschooling mom of 11 and here on Raising Olives I share about what I've learned; tips, ideas and some of the ups and downs of managing a home and raising children for the glory of God.
