Fun fact for you, we used to live in Mount Morris New y0rk right around the corner from the building, old church, where Lamplighter is. You can take a little tour of the book binding area. They have the huge old organ hollowed out where they do the recording for audio books. Another building next door holds the store. We were so close we could walk. My husband almost got a job there but we instead did foreign missions for a bit.
My grandmother is a reader. She would send me books all the time. I still have them but can't get my kids to read them. Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys and some Bobbsey Twins. Love your shelves!
Thanks for showing what is on your bookshelves. I too have so many books. We have a similar taste in books! I love the lamplighter books and the Mcguffey readers (we use both original and revised), I also love generations classics that they put out too. To give a little balance, I also buy some of the sonlight booklist books. I have the Christian Heroes for little kids right now which we love. I want to try the then and now series too. I have 6 kids, only 3 still being homeschooled (the others are now adults) and they are pretty young - grades 1-4.
I love how you have bookshelves everywhere, what a great use of space! Also, yes to the Lamp Lighter books. We have a few of theirs and a number of their audiobooks which are so well done. The Christian Heroes Then and Now series are one of absolute my favorites.
We have those nature journals!! They're amazing! I found a couple of used ones that barely had any markings, on eBay a couple of years ago and we just recently pulled them out. We have so many of the same books. I love how you used the space over your windows for bookshelves!
Out of all the homeschool moms I watch on here, I think I identify with you the most. I was homeschooled, and we're a homeschooling family with five children. The longer I homeschool my own children, the more I realize that less is most often more. I was homeschooled using a rigorous workbook method, but I learned far more from living life and loving to read books on a variety of topics. My kids and I had gotten burned out from one workbook after another, so we're trying to transition to more read alouds, educational videos, etc. Your homeschooling videos have been some of my very favorites. Can't wait for the next one! Oh, and your children would LOVE the "Happy Hollisters" series of books. They are mysteries, solved by a family with five children and their beloved collie.
Julie, I used so feel bad for years that we stop and start things in different seasons. I’m finally becoming okay with our rhythm! So nice to hear you are the same. ❤️
Hahah hey look the read aloud video! So nice to see what you’ve enjoyed. We are only 3 years in to homeschooling so we have many readers ahead of us. I’ll have to check out the Christian hero’s books. I THINK I may have seen them somewhere before...
I really look forward to being able to get back to the library. I don't tend to own a lot of books (I don't really like re-reading and I have 1 kiddo so I don't read again to a young set of kids) so I am feeling the weight of the library being closed. That said today our library is giving away free books outside.. you better believe I will be there w/ bells on ;-) I loved seeing how you have creatively stored your books!
This is just what I needed as we are finishing up most of our books while at home. Would love a video in the future of your tried and true favorite children's books for younger and older children. I too cling to the whole children's books and struggle to find them.
Baby Island, All of a Kind Family Series, Gone Away Lake, Return to Gone Away, Mitchell Series by Hilda van Stockum, Bantry Bay Series by Hilda van Stockum, Cowboy Sam Series ( really old books) LOVE the Carolyn Haywood Books and Bobbsey Twins and the Borrowers...fun seeing those on your shelves!
We enjoy the Christian Heroes Then and Now too. The same authors write Heroes of History also. If you ever see any Carl Sommer books they are really good for younger kids. Lamplightler books are great too. My 8 yr old son enjoys reading the Wally McDougal book series. Red Rock Mystery series has been a favorite and my older kids have enjoyed the kid's Left Behind series also the Mandie series and Elsie Dinsmore.
All books by Terri Fivash.... Joseph, Ruth and Boaz, & Davheed. We family read them then give them to the oldest kids to read. Then family read them again 3-4 years later and repeat.
The Nature Connection by Clare Leslie is a great nature journal/workbook option. It's hardback and easy to use. I don't have little kid's books anymore (I did keep Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day) but I have a lot of classics and some young adult books, several Agatha Christies and different Christian fiction writers. The two favorites that I have are called Hungry Planet and Material World (non-fiction). They're full of pictures of other cultures and what they eat and the things they own. It's just great, big, coffee table size books that are great to read through and look at. I've always been an avid reader and at least 3 of my 6 children are also. They all enjoy reading, but just different things. I would like to have the whole Little House on the Prairie series. I'd also like to have all of Grace Livingston Hill books. I have some of her stories. Thanks for sharing your books. Made my book-loving heart happy!
Also- I wondered if you could type out a few of the classic books that you pulled out and recommended? I would love to add some new ones to our home lib
Yes that is a great book! I will be going into detail some of my favorite books in a couple weeks. Read alouds is one of the upcoming topics in this May “homeschool challenge”
Have you guys read the All of a kind family series? I would say it was similar to the Betsy Tacy series and Happy Little Family series. My eight year old loved it. Also, she loves the books by Wendy Dunham, My name is River and Hope girl. She hated reading and now that we share read she has devoured these series.
Love it!!! We have a lot of the same books!! You can get an updated list of The Good and The Beautiful for free! They have actually started publishing some old out of print books! You have to check them out! If you go to the website just look under library! ;-) When we moved I got rid of a lot of books but of course have a ton more I HAD to keep! Lol 😂
Fun fact for you, we used to live in Mount Morris New y0rk right around the corner from the building, old church, where Lamplighter is. You can take a little tour of the book binding area. They have the huge old organ hollowed out where they do the recording for audio books. Another building next door holds the store. We were so close we could walk. My husband almost got a job there but we instead did foreign missions for a bit.
My grandmother is a reader. She would send me books all the time. I still have them but can't get my kids to read them. Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys and some Bobbsey Twins. Love your shelves!
If you like this type of nature journal you might like funschooling journals and often you can buy one book in pdf format and print it for each kid
Thanks for showing what is on your bookshelves. I too have so many books. We have a similar taste in books! I love the lamplighter books and the Mcguffey readers (we use both original and revised), I also love generations classics that they put out too. To give a little balance, I also buy some of the sonlight booklist books. I have the Christian Heroes for little kids right now which we love. I want to try the then and now series too. I have 6 kids, only 3 still being homeschooled (the others are now adults) and they are pretty young - grades 1-4.
We have not yet tried the Christian heroes for young children! Glad to hear you enjoy them
I love watching your channel ❤️
Awe thanks!
I love how you have bookshelves everywhere, what a great use of space! Also, yes to the Lamp Lighter books. We have a few of theirs and a number of their audiobooks which are so well done. The Christian Heroes Then and Now series are one of absolute my favorites.
Yes , I love that you can teach based on how your child learns .
Indescribable devotion, we love that one! Little house on the prairie, The wind in the willows, those are good books.❤
We have those nature journals!! They're amazing! I found a couple of used ones that barely had any markings, on eBay a couple of years ago and we just recently pulled them out. We have so many of the same books. I love how you used the space over your windows for bookshelves!
Out of all the homeschool moms I watch on here, I think I identify with you the most. I was homeschooled, and we're a homeschooling family with five children. The longer I homeschool my own children, the more I realize that less is most often more. I was homeschooled using a rigorous workbook method, but I learned far more from living life and loving to read books on a variety of topics. My kids and I had gotten burned out from one workbook after another, so we're trying to transition to more read alouds, educational videos, etc. Your homeschooling videos have been some of my very favorites. Can't wait for the next one! Oh, and your children would LOVE the "Happy Hollisters" series of books. They are mysteries, solved by a family with five children and their beloved collie.
Thank you for your sweet comment 😍
We will check out the Happy Hollisters! Sounds like it would become a favorite.
Julie, I used so feel bad for years that we stop and start things in different seasons. I’m finally becoming okay with our rhythm! So nice to hear you are the same. ❤️
Lamplighter books are good! I love your shelves and would love a few more in our house.
A friend recommended your channel and I’m so glad she did! Loving these series of videos. I’m new at homeschooling and I’m loving your style 💕
Welcome! I’m so glad to have you join us 🥰
Hahah hey look the read aloud video! So nice to see what you’ve enjoyed. We are only 3 years in to homeschooling so we have many readers ahead of us. I’ll have to check out the Christian hero’s books. I THINK I may have seen them somewhere before...
I really look forward to being able to get back to the library. I don't tend to own a lot of books (I don't really like re-reading and I have 1 kiddo so I don't read again to a young set of kids) so I am feeling the weight of the library being closed. That said today our library is giving away free books outside.. you better believe I will be there w/ bells on ;-) I loved seeing how you have creatively stored your books!
Ooo that is exciting!! I hope you find some good ones!
This is just what I needed as we are finishing up most of our books while at home. Would love a video in the future of your tried and true favorite children's books for younger and older children. I too cling to the whole children's books and struggle to find them.
“Read alouds” is one of the upcoming topics in this May homeschooling challenge, so I will be going into greater detail into some of our favorites 😊
Baby Island, All of a Kind Family Series, Gone Away Lake, Return to Gone Away, Mitchell Series by Hilda van Stockum, Bantry Bay Series by Hilda van Stockum, Cowboy Sam Series ( really old books) LOVE the Carolyn Haywood Books and Bobbsey Twins and the Borrowers...fun seeing those on your shelves!
Thanks for all the ideas!
My daughter loves to buy books from V Stock in the mall. She will save her money and go get books several times per year.
I feel exactly the same way. Missing books. I hate using digital books.
Although Canadian in focus the Dear Canada series is wonderful.
We enjoy the Christian Heroes Then and Now too. The same authors write Heroes of History also. If you ever see any Carl Sommer books they are really good for younger kids. Lamplightler books are great too. My 8 yr old son enjoys reading the Wally McDougal book series. Red Rock Mystery series has been a favorite and my older kids have enjoyed the kid's Left Behind series also the Mandie series and Elsie Dinsmore.
Thank you for these recommendations!
I enjoyed this video so much!
Thanks!
All books by Terri Fivash.... Joseph, Ruth and Boaz, & Davheed. We family read them then give them to the oldest kids to read. Then family read them again 3-4 years later and repeat.
Thanks for the recommendation!!
@@jasonandjulie I'm enjoying watching through your homeschool series.
The Nature Connection by Clare Leslie is a great nature journal/workbook option. It's hardback and easy to use. I don't have little kid's books anymore (I did keep Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day) but I have a lot of classics and some young adult books, several Agatha Christies and different Christian fiction writers. The two favorites that I have are called Hungry Planet and Material World (non-fiction). They're full of pictures of other cultures and what they eat and the things they own. It's just great, big, coffee table size books that are great to read through and look at. I've always been an avid reader and at least 3 of my 6 children are also. They all enjoy reading, but just different things. I would like to have the whole Little House on the Prairie series. I'd also like to have all of Grace Livingston Hill books. I have some of her stories. Thanks for sharing your books. Made my book-loving heart happy!
Thanks for the nature book recommendation! I have not heard of that one before
We just finished, my side of the mountain and we loved it!
Also- I wondered if you could type out a few of the classic books that you pulled out and recommended? I would love to add some new ones to our home lib
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Yes that is a great book!
I will be going into detail some of my favorite books in a couple weeks. Read alouds is one of the upcoming topics in this May “homeschool challenge”
Another good series that my son loved was imagination station. Similar to magic treehouse but they go back to biblical times 😃
Another good series that my son loved was imagination station. Similar to magic treehouse but they go back to biblical times 😃
Oh and those American Kids in History are good books to.
Have you guys read the All of a kind family series? I would say it was similar to the Betsy Tacy series and Happy Little Family series. My eight year old loved it. Also, she loves the books by Wendy Dunham, My name is River and Hope girl. She hated reading and now that we share read she has devoured these series.
Yes we have gotten All of a kind books from the library. Loved them!
I haven’t heard of the Wendy Dunham books. Thanks!
I am looking for a wall map like you have. Where can I find one like that? I really have been enjoying your videos. Thank you
I got it from Amazon! This is the link amzn.to/3fqgBsB
Love it!!! We have a lot of the same books!! You can get an updated list of The Good and The Beautiful for free! They have actually started publishing some old out of print books! You have to check them out! If you go to the website just look under library! ;-) When we moved I got rid of a lot of books but of course have a ton more I HAD to keep! Lol 😂
I will go check out their website. Thanks!
The Kreke Family also their nature notebook pdf is free for the month of May. You could download it for any ideas ;-)
I have a copy of Teach Your Child to Read that we aren't using (switched to hooked on phonics). I would love to send it to you if that's ok.
Sorry for all the typos in my original comment. Typing on my phone with kiddos hanging over my shoulder.
That is so sweet! Thank you! 😍😍
My address is
PO Box 323
Cedar Hill MO 63016
Grace and Truth books is a great website for books- both children’s and adult’s!
Thanks! I’ll check them out
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Good morning!
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Have you read The Saturdays? The Melendy Children Quartet?
Could you tell me the title of the "Little short stories for boys and gitls"? Or is that the actual title?
Are you perhaps talking about the books that came in a box set? There was one set for boys and one set for girls. The set is called “Light Keepers”
It's at 13:38 in the video.
Ok yes. That is the boxed set I mentioned above. This is the Amazon link amzn.to/2T2c2v0 You can also buy the books individually there