I'm so glad to hear about your new baby due in October, Rachael! I may give Kahn Academy a try this year with my rising 3rd grader. Thank you for continuing to write and share!
I'm grateful for these book lists, Rachael! I should read Count of Monte Cristo alongside Parker, in fact... (the movie is a family favorite, by the way; add to the jar!).
I meant to ask, with baby on the way–– are you tutoring this year??
Rachael, a baby! How wonderful! Congratulations!! I’m interested in Kahn … Daughter attends public school, but she could use extra help with math. And Lord knows she will take any excuse to be on the computer.
Huge congratulations! What wonderful news. I love how you are thinking about adapting the homeschooling for the arrival of a new baby instead of just trying to keep everything going as normal.
Also, please tell me more about the financial incentives for reading books. Do you think it’s affecting how the child reads, are they just turning the pages to get the $$$ or do you think the money is incidental once they get going? And does their experience of a good, classic book seem different to their experience of a graphic novel?
Good questions! I don’t think it’s affecting how they read. It seems to be just added incentive. If I had just put up a checklist, they probably would have been a little overwhelmed by it, and possibly ignored it. I think the payment signals a one-by-one accomplishment that adds up. But once they are reading the book, it doesn’t seem to matter what got them there in the first place.
I can’t speak to how they are experiencing it—guessing that’s more of an interior mental process—graphic vs described/imagined?
It’s a big relief for me to see non-illustrated books being read and enjoyed though. Feels like it’s been awhile!
And while I’m leaving comments, has Summa Domestica changed your domestic life? Or even just made you feel differently about it? I’m desperate to buy it ($$$!), but also painfully aware that although I want it to change my house, what will actually change my house is doing the dreaded housework, which is a free option but much less appealing than just buying a pretty set of books…
Hmm. I think I just enjoyed reading the articulation of the value of the work. And the acknowledgement of what a hurdle frugal meal planning could be, yet the acknowledgment of how very important it is.
So you can probably cheaply replicate the experience by saying your most encouraging points to yourself about how much your work will/could pay off!
(Mentally adding these books to the list of books I’ll bring you in London someday, and take a whole suitcase back home of Usborne’s…)
Congratulations, Rachael! Thank you for the book list for kids. Inspiring! I wondered if you would consider putting together one for rising 3rd graders? Many thanks.
I'm so glad to hear about your new baby due in October, Rachael! I may give Kahn Academy a try this year with my rising 3rd grader. Thank you for continuing to write and share!
I'm grateful for these book lists, Rachael! I should read Count of Monte Cristo alongside Parker, in fact... (the movie is a family favorite, by the way; add to the jar!).
I meant to ask, with baby on the way–– are you tutoring this year??
I will add that one, thank you! No, not tutoring this year—looking forward to learning from the back of the room for the first time in a long time.
Congrats on your pregnancy!! I definitely want to check out that online math program for my oldest…he is going into 4th.
Yes give it a try! Khan Academy’s recommendation is just 20 minutes a day.
Rachael, a baby! How wonderful! Congratulations!! I’m interested in Kahn … Daughter attends public school, but she could use extra help with math. And Lord knows she will take any excuse to be on the computer.
Huge congratulations! What wonderful news. I love how you are thinking about adapting the homeschooling for the arrival of a new baby instead of just trying to keep everything going as normal.
Also, please tell me more about the financial incentives for reading books. Do you think it’s affecting how the child reads, are they just turning the pages to get the $$$ or do you think the money is incidental once they get going? And does their experience of a good, classic book seem different to their experience of a graphic novel?
Good questions! I don’t think it’s affecting how they read. It seems to be just added incentive. If I had just put up a checklist, they probably would have been a little overwhelmed by it, and possibly ignored it. I think the payment signals a one-by-one accomplishment that adds up. But once they are reading the book, it doesn’t seem to matter what got them there in the first place.
I can’t speak to how they are experiencing it—guessing that’s more of an interior mental process—graphic vs described/imagined?
It’s a big relief for me to see non-illustrated books being read and enjoyed though. Feels like it’s been awhile!
And while I’m leaving comments, has Summa Domestica changed your domestic life? Or even just made you feel differently about it? I’m desperate to buy it ($$$!), but also painfully aware that although I want it to change my house, what will actually change my house is doing the dreaded housework, which is a free option but much less appealing than just buying a pretty set of books…
Hmm. I think I just enjoyed reading the articulation of the value of the work. And the acknowledgement of what a hurdle frugal meal planning could be, yet the acknowledgment of how very important it is.
So you can probably cheaply replicate the experience by saying your most encouraging points to yourself about how much your work will/could pay off!
(Mentally adding these books to the list of books I’ll bring you in London someday, and take a whole suitcase back home of Usborne’s…)
Congratulations, Rachael! Thank you for the book list for kids. Inspiring! I wondered if you would consider putting together one for rising 3rd graders? Many thanks.
Yes, actually she asked for the same thing! I will work on that.