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Day 9: Building a Library {10 Days of Language Arts}

November 17, 2011 By Jimmie Quick 2 Comments

Being a master of language means being able to use words. You can read them, enjoy them, and organize them to express yourself. Day 9 of our 10 Days series zeroes in on providing your wordsmiths the tools they need to be masters of words. Actually, they may not realize that they need these resources, […]

Filed Under: language arts Tagged With: books, homeschool, library

Used Book Sale Bargains

May 20, 2011 By Jimmie Quick 14 Comments

On Monday night, our local homeschool group had a book sale. A lot of what was there was Abeka curriculum (which sort of pains my CM soul), but I did find some excellent living books here and there. Here are my finds. Novels How God Stopped the Pirates The Tinker’s Daughter A story of John […]

Filed Under: living books Tagged With: books, sale, used

Banned Books Week

September 30, 2010 By Jimmie Quick 17 Comments

I always knew that freedom is highly valued among Americans. But living abroad has made it real as I see how free we truly are. One of those freedoms is our freedom of speech which impacts reading and publishing. Although I am a conservative Christian, I am not in favor of censorship. I’ve been on […]

Filed Under: living books Tagged With: banned books, books, living books, reading

Enjoying Our New Kindles in China

August 13, 2010 By Jimmie Quick 24 Comments

Before we left China in late April, I ordered two Kindles (sent to a US address since Amazon won’t ship Kindles to China). I bought a Kindle DX for me and a Kindle 2 for Sprite. We got them registered immediately, and I fell in love in a matter of days. I read Little Women, […]

Filed Under: living books Tagged With: books, Expat Homeschool Mom in China, kindle, reading

Artist’s Manikin Because Art Supplies Don’t Count

March 12, 2009 By Jimmie Quick 1 Comment

Since Sprite received her (affiliate link) Draw Squad book, she’s been faithfully working through the exercises, loving it all the while. I thumbed through the book and read the notes to parents and educators, looking to soak up any wisdom Mark Kistler can offer. I was thrilled to see Mona Brookes has written an forward to […]

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