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Jul. 22, 2019
6 Ways I'm Turning My Kids into Book-loving Readers
"We are so thankful for all the wonderful books we get to add to our family library each year as we homeschool with Sonlight. Hayden (12) and Sienna (10) are helping put away this year's readers into one of our … Continue reading
Nov. 19, 2018
How After School Reading Develops Emotional Intelligence
We often praise living books for their academic value—as well we should! But what is often overlooked is the emotional intelligence our children develop from exposure to great literature. Though my children attend public school now, we often read books from … Continue reading
Tagged afterschooling, books, emotional, enrichment, intelligence, maturity, reading, wrad
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Oct. 19, 2018
5 Ways Read-Alouds Foster Mature Oral Communication Skills
My whole crew was sick with walking pneumonia and journeyed en masse to the doctor’s office. At the appointment, my six-year-old daughter and four-year-old son collectively informed the nurse that they felt feverish, fatigued, and as if they must gasp … Continue reading
Tagged books, language arts, oral communication, read-alouds, reading, speaking, speech, vocabulary, wrad
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Aug. 6, 2018
5 Rewards of a Reading Lifestyle
Mention Sonlight to someone, and the conversation might turn toward a discussion of living books versus textbooks. But to me, Sonlight is more than the sum of its literature-based parts. Reading is not a philosophy of education; it’s a way … Continue reading
Feb. 2, 2018
Homeschool Habits That Build Readers in an Internet-driven World
Do you remember when we discussed the idea of teaching our kids to focus (since the average American's attention span has grown shorter than a goldfish's)? I often think book lovers like us won't feel the ramifications of a distracted … Continue reading
Tagged culture, internet, popular culture, reading, technology, wrad
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Jan. 26, 2018
The Joy of Revisiting My Childhood by Reading Aloud to My Kids
Just glancing at the cover of a book can draw you back to a moment in time and evoke strong feelings whether heartwarming or heartbreaking. My first memory of my mom reading aloud to me was the unfortunate summer that … Continue reading
Tagged books, childhood, family bonding, memories, parenting, reading, reading aloud, wrad
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