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How Sprite Learned to Read

January 12, 2012 By Jimmie Quick 15 Comments

Carma invited me to join in her blog series on how each of her children learned to read. That’s reaching pretty far back for me since Sprite is twelve years old, but I love the topic. I started blogging when Sprite was already an independent reader, so it is not something that I ever wrote about. […]

Filed Under: language arts Tagged With: language arts, reading

Day 2: Reading {10 Days of Language Arts}

November 8, 2011 By Jimmie Quick 8 Comments

10 Days of Language Arts with Jimmie

Welcome to Day 2 of my 10 Days of Language Arts series. Today I want to share my thoughts, tips, and links about reading. Love of Reading Most homeschool parents want their children to love books and to love reading. There is a good reason for this. Reading forms the basis for all other learning. If […]

Filed Under: language arts Tagged With: audio books, book reports, homeschool, reading, reading journals

Get a Head Start on Bible Reading

November 20, 2010 By Jimmie Quick 16 Comments

Do you tend to have one repeating new year’s resolution each year — to read the Bible through in a year? Or maybe you just want to establish the habit to read the Bible daily. Here’s a tip. Don’t wait for New Year’s to start reading. Start now in November. That will give you some […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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