National Geographic Kids has a line of gorgeous paperback pictures books for children.  They are full of colorful photography and wonderful words that make the books so much more enjoyable and vivid to read.  They are also beautifully designed and make the most of the photography and text.  Overall they are just a visual treat!

We’ll be enjoying these three this fall:

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There are other books in the series as well.  Enjoy! 

I wanted to share this resource even though Christmas is upon us because the information is helpful beyond Christmas as well.

This is a link to a PDF of a Holiday Helper packet for Christmas put together by Living Books Curriculum.  They offer a variety of materials and curriculum related to the Charlotte Mason method.

They offer these free Holiday Helper packets to those on their mailing list.  I’ve received a number of them since joining their mailing list and every one is nicely done. I asked Shelia if I could share this link and she was happy to have me do so.

Living Books Curriculum also has a free Get Acquainted Sample Packet on their left sidebar if you want to learn more about their curriculum and join their mailing list.

Enjoy! 

Homeschool Freebie of the Day has two free ebooks today.

The first, Family Holiday Memories, features many simple and easy to implement ideas for making the season special.

The second, Christmas Candy Recipes, has 40 recipes for different holiday treats.

Check them out for some good ideas! 

We’re using this book this year and enjoying it quite a bit.

It is a cute board book with a padded cover with a short little reading, an activity idea, a verse and a prayer.  The illustrations are colorful and cute.  The language is simple and it covers many different aspects of Christmas in an easy to understand way.  Most of the activities are simple little ideas so they are easy to implement.

The first activity in the book is to make a paper chain to count down the days until Christmas. Each day we cut off a piece of the chain and then read the book.

I’m also using this as a way to get us in the habit of doing a little devotional each day with Caroline.  After we finish this Christmas book, we’ll start on this one:

It is a child’s version of My Utmost for His Highest, one of my favorite devotionals. I’m looking forward to getting started with this as well. 

My friend, Amy, sent this link.  I’m going to save this one for use next year, I think.

Free Printable Christmas Nativity

Enjoy!