I love the seven seas anime art style books. We have a few of them as well as the classic mangas. Since my daughters love this art style it makes them so much more interested in the classic books.
I’ve been reading a few of Shakespeare’s plays alongside The Literary Life Podcast’s old episodes. They’ve done A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello and Winter’s Tale. Super helpful, fun and educational! Also just got A Little Princess and The Secret Garden and I’m super excited to read those with my daughter this spring 😊
@@IntentionalHomeschooling they go through a lot of classic books and C.S. Lewis as well! I just finished Mansfield Park with some older episodes. They’re a great find!
So glad you mentioned No Fear Shakespeare at BookOutlet. I had already ordered Twelfth Night from Amazon to use as a play study in the 5th grade. I will order the other NoFears under your link. Mastery is great if your kids want to go at their own pace. Spiral seems trickier in that regard. We use Math-U-See for mastery but I have seen a few people who really like Learn Math Fast. BTW, my daughter read a bunch of books because your daughter did reviews on them on your channel: Bliss, Winterhouse and (I think) Pre-Meditated Myrtle & Wishmakers. Thanks!
So many great books!! The A.A. Milne poetry books are not among my favorite, but my kids love them so much. I'm definitely going to check out that Bible Atlas!
I love Winnie-the-Pooh books but I don't love reading them aloud. My kids are older now but they all loved them. I'm sure I'll be reading them to grandkids one day. 😅 We also use Learn Math Fast and we are CM/eclectic, and it works great for my kids. Math is my weak point.
We used Learn Math Fast to cover everything again to prepare for algebra. It was great. It went over everything to make sure there was no holes in her knowledge. Now we use Denison Algebra which I can’t say enough good things about.
Robin Hood by Howard Pyle was a win here this year! Ah and the Little Princess! I didn’t know there was a ‘95 movie! I can only picture Shirley Temple! We’ve also struggled with WTP, but your making me want to give it another try lol I love books for Easter too! We usually do that and a treat and a baby plant :)🪴
I LOVE the idea of a baby plant for Easter, such a great idea! I am totally biased because I grew up watching the 1995 A Little Princess but it's a million times better than the Shirley Temple version (now I think people will come after me).
Fun 🤩 books, Chantel! I need inspiration to finish strong. We love manga classics, but I’ve never had that series that’s text and half page illustrations! You’re the second person I have seen recently who had the Little Princess title!
@@IntentionalHomeschoolingthe kids seem to like the Hamlet and Macbeth ones the best. Depressing and violence, anyone?! 😮🤔😬🤪🤣 My oldest loves the Jane Austen ones. My 12 yo has the Anne of Green Gables title.
Yes, I've never read A. A. Milne's mystery book but it's always on my radar when I go to used bookstores, have you read it? And you are right about seven books in Learn Math Fast, my bad!
Did you adopt again, or do you have other foster kids? Have your kids read about Corrie Ten Boom? My kids learned about her in our homeschool co-op this year 😊
Our foster kids came back into our home about ten months ago, the same ones we've had for the past few years on and off. And yes, we have read the Christian Heroes Corrie Ten Boom and my daughter and I both love The Hiding Place!
Love the Pyle version of Robin Hood! There's a great audio version on Libby too. Pollyanna is a sweet book, but the movie was awful by comparison. Much like Heidi the movies cut out all the beauty of the books. Those Pooh prints look like beautiful copies. We have the treasury and it's just too big to read with littles I feel. Also, Ms. Rumphius is a delight! My 5 year old absolutely loves the Biggest Story Bible. There are two trailblazer series about missionaries. The older version by the Benge's is for upper elementary (grades 3+). The new version (you can tell by cover) are upper elementary to middle school. My kids devour both! Of course YWAM is amazing! My 8th grader just finished Kisses from Katie and loved it. She loves music, so I think I'm going to assign Then Sings My Soul or similar next year for her to read about some of the composers of the classic hymns.
Yes, we've read a number of the Trail Blazers books as well! I have enjoyed some of them, I felt like they weren't as consistent as the YWAM books, we've enjoyed those ones more. Then Sings My Soul is a great book! I haven't used it much with my kids but I remember my high school choir teacher reading them with us and I loved it.
Great book haul! The Shakespeare books sound so cool! That's the only way I would get through his work!
Yeah, I need Shakespeare retellings to have any clue what's going on.
I love the seven seas anime art style books. We have a few of them as well as the classic mangas. Since my daughters love this art style it makes them so much more interested in the classic books.
Yes, I think there is something to that, if they can be interested by the cover or interior art it helps remove a bit of a barrier to some classics.
I usually buy them a book and candy for Easter, too! 😅
I’ve been reading a few of Shakespeare’s plays alongside The Literary Life Podcast’s old episodes. They’ve done A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello and Winter’s Tale. Super helpful, fun and educational! Also just got A Little Princess and The Secret Garden and I’m super excited to read those with my daughter this spring 😊
I'll have to look into The Literary Life podcast, thanks!
@@IntentionalHomeschooling they go through a lot of classic books and C.S. Lewis as well! I just finished Mansfield Park with some older episodes. They’re a great find!
So glad you mentioned No Fear Shakespeare at BookOutlet. I had already ordered Twelfth Night from Amazon to use as a play study in the 5th grade. I will order the other NoFears under your link. Mastery is great if your kids want to go at their own pace. Spiral seems trickier in that regard. We use Math-U-See for mastery but I have seen a few people who really like Learn Math Fast. BTW, my daughter read a bunch of books because your daughter did reviews on them on your channel: Bliss, Winterhouse and (I think) Pre-Meditated Myrtle & Wishmakers. Thanks!
Oh yay, glad you were able to make use of some of those book suggestions!
So many great books!! The A.A. Milne poetry books are not among my favorite, but my kids love them so much. I'm definitely going to check out that Bible Atlas!
I love Winnie-the-Pooh books but I don't love reading them aloud. My kids are older now but they all loved them. I'm sure I'll be reading them to grandkids one day. 😅
We also use Learn Math Fast and we are CM/eclectic, and it works great for my kids. Math is my weak point.
We used Learn Math Fast to cover everything again to prepare for algebra. It was great. It went over everything to make sure there was no holes in her knowledge. Now we use Denison Algebra which I can’t say enough good things about.
That's great to hear!
Why didn't you use Learn Math Fast for Algebra?
@@ReiverGrad14She needed more instruction than I could give her
Robin Hood by Howard Pyle was a win here this year! Ah and the Little Princess! I didn’t know there was a ‘95 movie! I can only picture Shirley Temple!
We’ve also struggled with WTP, but your making me want to give it another try lol
I love books for Easter too! We usually do that and a treat and a baby plant :)🪴
I LOVE the idea of a baby plant for Easter, such a great idea!
I am totally biased because I grew up watching the 1995 A Little Princess but it's a million times better than the Shirley Temple version (now I think people will come after me).
@@IntentionalHomeschooling lol well I’m a Shirley Temple fan here so you have me excited to find another version! 🙌
I want to see them all!
We have a HUGE cumbersome Winnie-the-Pooh collection. I like your small ones better. 😅
I hear you on that, the giant bind ups and treasuries can be hard to read from.
Fun 🤩 books, Chantel! I need inspiration to finish strong. We love manga classics, but I’ve never had that series that’s text and half page illustrations! You’re the second person I have seen recently who had the Little Princess title!
I do love those manga classics as well, I've gotten them from the library before and may have to purchase a few, do you have a couple of favorites?
@@IntentionalHomeschoolingthe kids seem to like the Hamlet and Macbeth ones the best. Depressing and violence, anyone?! 😮🤔😬🤪🤣 My oldest loves the Jane Austen ones. My 12 yo has the Anne of Green Gables title.
@@amyofhearthridge buy hey, if they are choosing Shakespeare, who's going to argue with that?!
If you want a VERY hefty reference book for yourself that can be helpful with Shakespeare, I recommend Shakespeare After All by Garber.
I'll look into that, thanks, Amy!
When you said Ballet shoes I instantly thought You got mail.
Did you know A.A. Milne wrote a mystery book?
Ps: 7 books in Learn Math Fast
Yes, I've never read A. A. Milne's mystery book but it's always on my radar when I go to used bookstores, have you read it?
And you are right about seven books in Learn Math Fast, my bad!
Did you adopt again, or do you have other foster kids?
Have your kids read about Corrie Ten Boom? My kids learned about her in our homeschool co-op this year 😊
Our foster kids came back into our home about ten months ago, the same ones we've had for the past few years on and off.
And yes, we have read the Christian Heroes Corrie Ten Boom and my daughter and I both love The Hiding Place!
Love the Pyle version of Robin Hood! There's a great audio version on Libby too. Pollyanna is a sweet book, but the movie was awful by comparison. Much like Heidi the movies cut out all the beauty of the books. Those Pooh prints look like beautiful copies. We have the treasury and it's just too big to read with littles I feel. Also, Ms. Rumphius is a delight! My 5 year old absolutely loves the Biggest Story Bible. There are two trailblazer series about missionaries. The older version by the Benge's is for upper elementary (grades 3+). The new version (you can tell by cover) are upper elementary to middle school. My kids devour both! Of course YWAM is amazing! My 8th grader just finished Kisses from Katie and loved it. She loves music, so I think I'm going to assign Then Sings My Soul or similar next year for her to read about some of the composers of the classic hymns.
Yes, we've read a number of the Trail Blazers books as well! I have enjoyed some of them, I felt like they weren't as consistent as the YWAM books, we've enjoyed those ones more.
Then Sings My Soul is a great book! I haven't used it much with my kids but I remember my high school choir teacher reading them with us and I loved it.
@@IntentionalHomeschooling agreed about trail blazers