PrincipledMom™

I'm extending a challenge for the summer. I don't know about you, but I find myself reading only things r/t home education. I would like to read for my own enjoyment once in a while.  Here's the challenge:

Books must be new to you (that is, you haven't read them before)

1) 3 non-fiction books on a subject you are interested in that are NOT r/t school

2) 1 fiction work that is not on your list for next year

3) 1 book from your bookshelf you haven't read yet (fiction or non-fiction)

Please comment here with your book list. And you will have two months to read your list. Let's have fun reading up this summer!

 My list

1) The Federalist Papers, How to Write and Illustrate Children's Books, Biblical Womanhood

2) Mother Carey's Chickens

3) The Screwtape Letters

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I am reading this terrific book about children and writing. I literally stumbled across it at a used bookstore and instantly fell in love. One thing jumped out at me right off the bat. I am not teaching writing, I am teaching writers. That little semantic shift made all the difference to me. The Lord has been dealing with me about adding more writing to our home education. Well this book will show you how to spark a passion for writing in any child. We all long to be understood, and good writing will satify that need.

My English goals for this year are to start a writing portfolio and to write something every day. And not only my children, but me. We are going to play with words every day--definitions, poetry, essays, read-alouds, word games, lots of good literature and more. They must not only learn to reason, but to articulate their postition intelligently. And I wnat them to enjoy the process. I think my renewed excitement for language will do just that.

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