Reading and Writing As a Family

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Tis the Season: What Matters Most - While everyone else is scrambling, how about sitting back and reading about what matters most?

Writing a Bio-Poem - Learn to create your own biographical poem.

Living The Old Fashioned Way - Living in a city or urban area does not necessarily mean you have to live an ultra-modern lifestyle. Old-fashioned living is often less expensive and hectic.

Teaching Poetry to Children - Poetic Grammar and Language Study Materials: chalk or white board selected works of poetry. Preparation: Select a few short poems that relate to a current topic of study or season, and copy them to the chalkboard. Read the poem with your children, or have them read aloud independently. There aremany ...

A Gardener's Diary - Have you ever thought about keeping a gardener's diary to record what you plant and where you plant it? Keeping a diary will help you plan next year's garden by recording which plants grew well and which ones didn't. You can also note which colors do or don't look good together, or which ...

Improbable Headlines - by Tamera Bastiaans Editor's Note: We thought Tamera's lesson plan would also make a great party game or a fun activity for adults as well, so we put the answer key on another page! Another one of my all time favorite lessons. I have no recollection as to where I originally got this, but I made ...