Why this summer's posts will be few:
2011 Books
- Swiss Family Robinson (Wyss)
- Nobody Don't Love Nobody (Bess)
- The Long Road Home (Monroe)
- Power Down (Coes)
- All Quiet on the Western Front (Remarque)
- Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague (Brooks)
- Francis Scott Key (Collins)
- The Striped Ships (McGraw)
- John Bunyan: The Tinker of Bedford (Deal)
- Jules Verne: His Life (Peare)
- American Assassin (Flynn)
2010 Books
- Once Blind: The Life of John Newton (Strom)
- The List (Baker)
- The Wedding: An Encounter with Jan van Eyck (Rees)
- Deliver Us from Evil (Balducci)
- 1212: Year of Journey (McDonnell)
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: His Life (Peare)
- King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (Green)
- The Overton Window (Beck)
- Island of the World (O'Brien)
- Pursuit of Honor (Flynn)
- Muchacho (Johnson)
- The Hiding Place (ten Boom)
- Mister Teacher (Sheffield)
- The Captain's Dog (Smith)
- Prince Caspian (Lewis)
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Lewis)
- 100 Cupboards (Wilson)
- The Betrayal (Bond)
- Dear Teacher (Sheffield)
- A Journey of Souls (Baker)
- Teacher, Teacher (Sheffield)
Visiting
- A Circle of Quiet
- A Life, Reloaded
- A Quotidian Life
- Abiding
- Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Beautiful Libraries
- Beyond the Curtains
- Boo at Shiloh
- Books and Movies
- Buried Treasure
- Classical Bloggers
- Coffee tea books and me
- Creation Exploration
- Dire
- Diva Dishes
- Doug Bond
- Earth is Crammed with Heaven
- Eleventary (George Grant)
- Europeanne
- George Grant
- Great Scientists Series
- Greyfriars Press (Greg Wilbur)
- Havenstorch
- Hidden Art
- Higher Up and Further In
- Hobbits8
- Homeschooling the Doctorate
- Inside Classical Education
- Inside Hatter Studio
- Island Sparrow
- Jewels of My Own
- Julie
- LatinTeach
- Lines - in Pleasant Places
- Logic of English
- Lori
- Magistramater
- Mars Hill Classical
- Math Marathon
- Mennonite Girls Can Cook
- Mental Multivitamin
- Michael O'Brien
- Mindy's Literary Review
- Mommy Brain
- Mr. Dawn Treader
- Mt. Hope Chronicles
- Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
- Omniblog
- Pasta and Waffles
- Permanent Things
- Playground of Words
- Poiema Portfolio
- Quiddity
- Quiet Life
- Reading to Know
- Recipe Tips
- Samuel Pepys' Diary
- Sanibel - Captiva Islands, Florida
- Seasonal Soundings' Savories
- Semicolon
- Shades of White
- Substantive Education
- Susan Wise Bauer I
- Susan Wise Bauer II
- Talking of Dragons
- The Art of Poetry
- The Children's Hour
- The Grammar Gang
- The Journey
- The Leaky Bucket (Ty Fischer)
- The Meaning of Symbols
- The Next Generation of Educational Leadership
- The Shire
- The Upward Call
- Thoroughly Alive
- Through the Ages
- Trivium Academy
- Under the Sky
- Visual Latin
- Vox Vendsel
- Worthwhile Books
- Zinsser on Friday
Map of Visitors
Favorite Teacher Movies
- The Marva Collins Story
- Temple Grandin
- To Sir, With Love
- Mr. Holland's Opus
- Something the Lord Made
- Akeelah and the Bee
- Antwone Fisher
- Tom Brown's Schooldays
- The Great Debaters
- A Touch of Greatness
- Knights of the South Bronx
- Renaissance Man
- The Reading Room
- Coach Carter
- The Man Without a Face
- Conrack
- Music of the Heart
- The Emperor's Club
- October Sky
- Freedom Writers
- The Miracle Worker
- Dangerous Minds
- Finding Forrester
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips
- The Hobart Shakespeareans
- The Ron Clark Story
- Lean on Me
- Stand and Deliver
- To Serve Them All My Days
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2009 Books Read
- The Mayflower & the Pilgrims' New World (Philbrick)
- John Bunyan (Wellman)
- Rifles for Watie (Keith)
- Pilgrim's Progress (Bunyan)
- The Hobbit (Tolkein)
- John Adams (Benge)
- David Livingstone (Benge)
- The Help (Stockett)
- One Second After (Forstchen)
- The Giver (Lowry)
- The Captain's Dog (Smith)
- Brunelleschi's Dome (King)
- John Calvin (Carr)
- Oh, Rats! (Marrin)
- HoH: Meriwether Lewis (Benge)
- Real Education (Murray)
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Lewis)
- Johnny Tremain
- The World of William Penn (Foster)
- All that Remains (Cornwell)
- Body of Evidence (Cornwell)
- War Game (Foreman)
- HoH: Theodore Roosevelt (Benge)
- The Jungle Book (Kipling)
- Sir Christopher Wren (Gould)
- Do Hard Things (Harris)
- Maggie's Door (Giff)
- Nory Ryan's Song (Giff)
- Racing Odysseus (Martin)
- Anne of Green Gables (Montgomery)
- Pilgrim's Progress in Today's English (Bunyan)
- Take the Risk (Carson)
- Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat (Myron)
Winter '07-'08 Reading
- Matilda (Dahl)
- Gates of Excellence (Paterson)
- Evasions (Jeschke)
- Reclaiming the Future of Christian Education (Greene)
- Expectations (Jeschke)
- Genesis
- Inklings (Jeschke)
- Teaching Outside the Box (Johnson)
- My Louisiana Sky ((Holt)
- The Year of Miss Agnes (Hill)
- Act of Treason (Flynn)
- Village Christmas (Miss Read)
- Home to Holly Springs (Karon)
Autumn '07 Reading Challenge
Summer '07 Reading Challenge
- Papers, Papers, Papers (Jago)
- Life Support (Gerritsen)
- Polycarp: The Crown of Fire (Newsom)
- Outdoor Moments with God (Keller)
- The Contemplative Pastor (Peterson)
- The Graces We Remember (Tickle)
- Harvest (Gerritsen)
- Swimming Lessons (Monroe)
- The Other Side of the Dale (Phinn)
- The Knowledge Deficit (Hirsch)
- Classics in the Classrooom (Jago)
- Walter: The Story of a Rat (Wersba)
- Ordering Your Private World (McDonald)
- Redeeming Love (Rivers)
- The Aquinas Prayer Book (Aquinas)
- Country Days (Taylor)
- Memorial Day (Flynn)
Spring '07 Reading Challenge
- Loving God with All Your Mind (Veith)
- Crisis (Cook)
- Executive Power (Flynn)
- Poetic Knowledge (Taylor)
- The Promise (Potok)
- Wisdom in the Waiting (Tickle)
- The Passionate Learner (Fried)
- The Chosen (Potok)
- Long Journey Home (Guinness)
- Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire (Esquith)
- There are No Shortcuts (Esquith)
- Reading Aloud & Beyond (Serefini)
- Dr. Jenner & the Speckled Monster (Marrin)
- Drums (Boyd)
- The Call (Guiness)
- Moby Dick (Melville) with audio
Winter '06-'07 Reading Challenge
- Realms of Gold (Ryken)
- Not a Chance: The Myth of Chance in Modern Science & Cosmology (Sproul)
- Rediscovering Catechism: The Art of Equipping Covenant Children (Van Dyken)
- Monks and Mystics: Chronicles of the Medieval Church (Withrow)
- Close Friends (Jenkins)
- The Short Day Dying (Hobbs)
- Paul (Wangerin)
- The Quality School Teacher (Glasser)
- The Quality School (Glasser)
- Finding God in the Questions (Johnson)
- What the Land Already Knows (Tickle
- Separation of Power (Flynn)
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- from a 20 year veteran home educator now teaching middle school history and English in a private school.
1 comments:
My husband says I have a disfunctional sense of humor. I laughed too hard after reading this. My summer includes two bonus kids 2 and 3, and planning for a freshman. Here's to work and and rest! Cheer's!
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