Beginning readers are not always eager to read. It’s something that can still be difficult for them, something that feels more like schoolwork than a fun activity. And you as a teacher may be in need of creative ideas for helping them learn to enjoy reading. If so, stay tuned;…
It is a cold winter evening, and the Reid family is gathered in the living-room. Grace sits on the couch, a coloring book on her lap, busily coloring the flowers in the picture. On the rug before the fireplace, Joseph is constructing a model airplane. Mr. Reid and the other…
A girl follows her mother through a bookstore, browsing the shelves, looking for the perfect Christmas gift for her friend, Grace Reid. “I want to get her something reading-related, since she loves reading so much,” she thinks to herself. “But what should it be?” She stops at a shelf with…
Grace Reid wandered into the living-room in that way that a person does when she doesn’t know what to do with herself. She had just finished the last book in an exciting series, and she wasn’t ready to settle down to another book. She needed some fun activities to do…
Today I’ll be sharing another of my favorite authors with you. Her name was Isabella Alden, though she also went by her pen-name Pansy. She was born in 1841 and died in 1930. She wrote dozens of books, some of them full-length novels, others collections of short stories, and some…
As you sit at a nice restaurant, finishing your meal of chicken fried steak, hashbrown casserole, fried okra, and salad, the waiter comes and asks if you want complimentary dessert. Who doesn’t want complimentary dessert? Of course you say yes, and he gives you your choices: vanilla sandwich cookies or…
Hasty pudding. I do not like that stuff. It was a real treat in the Little House books, but I really don’t care for it. Maybe it’s different today, but we did use the same recipe, so that shouldn’t be it. Or maybe our diet today has spoiled our taste…
“This book sounds so interesting! And it’s by my favorite author; I always enjoy her books! They always have really good spiritual applications, too. Oh, it’s available as both a book and an audiobook. I wonder which I should get? There’s not much difference in price. I wonder which one…
“Mom, I’m bored,” a young girl complains. “Well, why don’t you go find something to do with one of your siblings,” her mother suggests. “They’re all reading.” “Then why don’t you find a book to read? The bookshelves are full to bursting with books. Surely you could find something there…
Egyptian history is fascinating to me, and has been for quite a long time, since I was around twelve. I attribute that to the segment of World history class where we studied ancient Egypt. There were three things we did that made it especially fun and memorable. We had real…
What does a pillow have to do with e-readers versus cell phones? Just read the following very sad story, and you just might be able to figure it out. It all began when my siblings and I were on a whirlwind tour of Europe, so much of a whirlwind that…
Bible study and bookmarks. Is there a connection? Until recently, I wouldn’t have been able to come up with a good connection, except that you use a bookmark to mark where you are in your Bible study. But that changed one morning while I was having my personal devotions. And…
Books versus movies? Which would you choose? What are the benefits of each, and what are the downsides of each? That’s what we will be discussing in today’s post. I’ll begin by saying that I don’t watch many movies, and I do read many books, so I may be slightly…
Today I have some exciting news to share with you! So be sure to stay to the end of the post. For now, I'll give you a clue: it involves printable coloring bookmarks. Now, I’d like to ask you a question. What is a bookmark? You probably answered something like…
It’s another last Tuesday, meaning it’s time for another This versus That post. Our topic for today is whether it’s better to read for enjoyment or for educational benefit. Should we spend all our time reading only educational books? Or is it okay to read for enjoyment too? I’ll begin…
If you’ve been a part of my blog for any length of time, I’m sure you’ve noticed that I talk about reading a lot. And today is no exception, though reading isn’t the only thing I’m going to be talking about. Today, I'm going to be talking about something that…
It’s time for our second This Versus That post. Today’s theme is fiction versus non-fiction. We’ll begin by looking at the benefits of reading fiction. Fiction teaches lessons in an interesting and applicable way. True-to-life stories are a good way to teach life lessons. Sometimes a lesson is easier to…
Learning from a book or learning from technology? I guess you can tell my opinion on this question from the title of this post. I do learn from both and see both being useful, but I also believe that learning from a book is better. And here are five reasons…
In case you hadn't noticed, my reading related blogposts come out on Tuesday. This month I’m beginning a new reading series that will be posted the last Tuesday of the month. I guess I could call the series This versus That, because that’s kinda what it’s going to be. I…
Some people do not feel the need to study history and learn what has happened in times long past. There are also those who do not like reading old books with their outdated ideas and old-fashioned words. Do you think I fit into either of these groups? If you’ve been…
Last week my blogpost on reading was on the topic of 5 reasons why we should choose good reading material. Today I’m doing a follow-up post with several websites for some of my favorite reading materials that fit into this category. These websites have lots of great homeschool resources! You…
If you walk into a library or a book store and take a look around at all the rows and rows filled with books, you will realize that there is a nearly endless supply of reading material. You can find books on pretty much any topic you can imagine. But…
Today I will be sharing several ways to help hands-on learners get enjoyment from their reading while they learn from it. You can read my post about visual learners here and my auditory learners post here. Hands-on learners (as their name suggests) learn best when they are using their hands…
Imagine this: You are getting ready for company to come over for a meal. Your house is still rather messy, you need to get a dessert made, the meat for supper is still partially frozen, and it’s only an hour until your guests arrive. So what do you do?
Auditory learners learn best by hearing something. They would benefit less from reading a section in a schoolbook than they would from hearing their teacher read that same section out loud. But, since learning from books is a necessary part of life, teachers need to find ways of helping auditory…
How did I know, when my siblings and I were planning our tour of Europe, that the Netherlands was somewhere I really wanted to visit? How did I know I wanted to see windmills and canals, cheese and wooden shoes? How did I know I wanted to see a particular…
I don’t know about you, but ever since I first read the Grandma’s Attic books, they have been some of my favorites. Before we had our own copies of the books, my sister and I often borrowed them from friends. The stories are simple, often humorous, and teach good lessons.…
Today I will be focusing on visual learners and ways to help them learn through reading. Before I begin, I want to say that no matter what your learning style is, you can still benefit from learning techniques that appeal to the other learning styles. Some of the methods for…
No one else views life exactly the way you do. Or the way I do. Or the way anyone does for that matter. We are all unique; God made us that way.
Pick up the nearest book and quickly thumb through it. Chances are there is at least one word in it that you are not familiar with and do not know its meaning. When we read, it is not uncommon to find new words, words that are not in our vocabulary,…
How the Learning Styles and Reading Relate to Each Other The three main learning styles in which students learn are visual, auditory, and hands-on. That doesn’t mean a visual learner can’t learn by listening or a hands-on learner can’t learn by reading, but it does mean a visual learner learns…
Just walk into a library and look around at the rows and rows of bookshelves filled with books. Books on any topic you can imagine. Books of all sizes and thicknesses. Looking at these books shows us just how much information there is that we still have to learn.
One Book is far more valuable than any other. It is the one Book that we should all be reading, the main reason that we learn to read.
Reading is an important part of our life. It benefits us in many different ways, and is helpful for everyone. In this post I will be discussing six reasons why reading is important for each one of us. 1. Reading Gives Us The Opportunity To Read God's Word. The most…
