Books!!!!

Did I mention how much I love books? I have so many children's books and now that my son is of age, my collection has been growing. In search of good Catholic novels, I came across a couple of books that are a total must have in our library at home. The first is, The Weight of the Mass by Josephine Nobisso and it's companion, Take It to the Queen. Both by the same author and geared for elementary age children.

Taming the monster that is Curriculum!!!

So, I'm officially overwhelmed! I've seen and tested programs and curriculum for the past seven of the eleven years I taught in a formal school setting. The advantage - samples! I am accustomed to ordering samples from publishers and being able to hold the book(s) in your hands is so much a better experience than just looking at a picture of the cover online! There has to be a better way to present this information to home educators than to expect them to blindly accept the book you are selling them. I know, word of mouth is always a great way to find out about curriculum...but I just wish I could order some samples and be able to sit down at my kitchen table and spread them all out so that I can, I don't know, use a rubric to select what would fit our children best. Is that asking too much? Maybe I was just spoiled by publishers in the past?