I waited eagerly for the kids to be old enough and mature enough to read Ender's Game. This was primarily waiting for Princess to be able to handle some of the topics in the book. She tends to be sensitive with topics like this, and so we waited for this book and a movie combo … [Read more...]
10th grade books made into movies
My kids are careening ever closer to graduating high school. Okay, we're all of one semester into their high school career, but it seems to be flying by. To keep ahead of the freight train that is high school, I give you 10th grade books made into movies, part of my ever … [Read more...]
Launch your NaNoWriMo book with this character description
Princess and I are working on NaNoWriMo, and continuing to figure out how to do NaNoWriMo in homeschool. Right now, I'm working on characterization. In particular how to describe characters. This all came about because I was rereading what I'd written so far and I realized on one … [Read more...]
NaNoWriMo Homeschool
Princess and I are going to try out NaNoWriMo this year. For those who aren't familiar with the idea, this is National Novel Writing Month. Your goal is to write 50,000 words in one month. It's going to be the change-up for her independent project for this month, and here's how … [Read more...]
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief book club
I watched the Percy Jackson movies when they came out and vowed I was never going to watch them again. They were awful, they butchered a book series I enjoyed, and it was especially frustrating after the Harry Potter books started out as portraying the books so well.* But, my … [Read more...]
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