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Climbing up here for the first time? (About us)
- A View from the Blog
- Our Interview on Frugal Hacks (2007)
- Why there weren't enough children's books...and there aren't enough children's books
- Love of Learning with Planning and Purpose
- The Weight of Too Much Liberty
- Notes from a Book Talk
- Math Posts
- All Around the Kitchen
- 50 or so Things About Mama Squirrel (now with You-tube!)
- From the Mind of Crayons
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Mama Squirrel's Reading List for 2012 (R means reread, § means finished)
- J.B., by Archibald MacLeish §
- Our Man in Havana, by Graham Greene §
- The Big What Now Book of Learning Styles, by Carol Barnier (Recommended!) §
- For the Family's Sake, by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay (R)
- The Myth of Ability: Nurturing Mathematical Talent in Every Child, by John Mighton (R) §
- The Idea of a University, by John Henry Newman
- Feynman's Rainbow: A Search for Beauty in Physics and in Life, by Leonard Mlodinow
- Rumpole and the Age of Miracles, by John Mortimer §
- Rumpole and the Golden Thread, by John Mortimer §
- Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders, by John Mortimer §
- Remembered Death, by Agatha Christie §
- An Expert in Murder, by Nicola Upson (not recommended) §
- The House of Silk, by Anthony Horowitz (Sherlock Holmes, but not for weak stomachs) §
- The Nine Tailors, by Dorothy L. Sayers §
- Strong Poison, by Dorothy L. Sayers §
- Busman's Honeymoon, by Dorothy L. Sayers (R) §
- The Complete Stories, by Dorothy L. Sayers §
- On the Beach, by Nevil Shute (R) §
- Lorna Doone (abridged), by R.D. Blackmore §
- The Mind of the Maker, by Dorothy L. Sayers
- Dante, The Divine Comedy, III: Paradise, translated by Dorothy L. Sayers and Barbara Reynolds
- Sesame and Lilies, by John Ruskin (R)
- Fermat's Last Theorem, by Amir D. Aczel
- Leisure: The Basis of Culture, by Josef Pieper
- Exuberance: The Passion for Life, by Kay Redfield Jamison
- On the Art of Reading, by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
- On the Art of Writing, by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch §
- Parts of Pilgrim's Progress (RRR)
- 84, Charing Cross Road, by Helene Hanff (R) §
- Q's Legacy, by Helene Hanff §
- Imagining Anne: The Island Scrapbooks of L.M. Montgomery §
- Emily of New Moon (R) §
- The Ringmaster's Daughter, by Jostein Gaarder § (strong adult content) §
- Crimson Mountain, by Grace Livingston Hill §
- Where Two Ways Met, by Grace Livingston Hill §
- In the Company of Others, by Jan Karon §
- The Pond, by Robert Murphy §
- Bookless in Baghdad, by Shashi Tharoor §
- Goodbye to All That, by Robert Graves
- Things as They Are, by Paul Horgan (adult content) §
- Crossing Unmarked Snow: Further Views on the Writer's Vocation, by William Stafford §
- Your God is Too Small, by J.B. Phillips §
- Your Money or Your Life, by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin §
- It's All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff, by Peter Walsh §
- The Tightwad Gazette Volume 3 (R) §
- I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What it Was, by Barbara Sher §
- QuickBooks 2011 for Dummies §
Our Homeschool Curriculum
2011-2012 School Plans
Charlotte Mason Homeschooling
- Posts from "A Month with Charlotte Mason"
- The Great Wide Road, The Adventure We Are Given (2011)
- Multiplication without Vexation
- Kings and Heroes
- Only Three Tools
- What's a Japanese curtain?
- Too Much British History?
- Permission to be serious
- The Thing That Lives in Your Brain
- Don't Talk Over the Music
- No Guarantees
- Children Shouldn't Read Dead Things
- Charlotte Mason, Beyond Us
- Prophets in the Home
- Review of Marva Collins' Way
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On the Treehouse fridge
More Acorns in the Hole (Frugal Stuff)
- Our guest post on Grocery Cart Challenge
- Abundance of the Heart (less money, more joy)
- 2010-2011 Homeschooling (Mostly Frugal)
- Low Cost/No Cost Homeschool Stuff
- Is there a homeschool store in your cupboard?
- Shopping Bag Homeschool
- Improvised French Curriculum
- Birthdays and Frugality
- A Non-Stupid Christmas
- Frugal Christmas 2006
- December is Putting Together
- Gift Baskets
- January Grocery Challenge 2010
The Apprentice
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Other Links
- Good ideas for frugal recipes
- Los Banos Homeschoolers: a site with great printables
- The Why Homeschool blog - owners of the Carnival of Homeschooling
- HomeschoolBuzz.com - homeschooling news from around the world
- If Blue Eyeshadow's Illegal, I Should Be In Prison (by the apprentice)
- Stump The Bookseller
Carnivals We've Hosted
- Carnival of Homeschooling #334: Floatin' Down the River
- Festival of Frugality #330: Before You Take Out a Lion
- Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival: It's About Time
- Festival of Frugality #309: Don't Be a Cash Potato
- Carnival of Homeschooling #304: Rollerskating in a Buffalo Herd
- Carnival of Homeschooling #280: Ten and Counting
- Carnival of Homeschooling #253: Singing a Happy Song
- Carnival of Homeschooling #226: Wrinkly Superhero
- Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival: Stuff CMers Like
- Carnival of Homeschooling #194: Creatures and Critters
- Carnival of Homeschooling #162: Identity Crisis Edition
- Carnival of Homeschooling #130: Homesick Campers' Edition
- Carnival of Homeschooling #101: Snowed-In Edition
- Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival #4
- Carnival of Homeschooling #85: School Stuff Edition
- Carnival of Homeschooling #70: The Yes No Yes Edition
- Carnival of Homeschooling #55: Parents' Meeting Edition
Nominated: Best Methods Blog
Nominated for Best Thrifty Homeschool Blog
Winner of "Best Cyber-Buddy Blogger"
Nominated for "Best Cyber-buddy Blogger" and "Best Thrifty Homeschool Blog"
Nominated for "Best Canadian Homeschool Blog"
Blog Archive
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- What's up at the Treehouse?
- A grammar quiz for smart homeschoolers
- Thrift Shop Wednesdays: Work, work, work
- Choose weep, and you weep alone: standardized test...
- Making it from scratch: Stephanie's spice mixes
- Carnival of Homeschooling #334: Floatin' Down the ...
- Miss Maggie does dolly headcoverings (updated)
- Reminder: Carnival of Homeschooling coming up her...
- For your entertainment: Eugene, Katrina, and prema...
- YahOOO, we get spam
- Crayons illustrates Princess Padmini
- From the Archives: Big Blow, by Ponytails
- Thrift store Wednesdays: Old Favourites
- Have some cake with your icing?
- Carnivals this week: updated
- From the archives: "Pizza with the works curriculu...
- The Big WHAT NOW Book of Learning Styles (book rev...
- What's for supper? Odds, ends, counting and measur...
- From the archives: Upside-Down Rhubarb Muffins
- How We Kept Mother's Day, by Stephen Leacock
- Charlotte Mason and the Three Faces of Education
- Thrift store Wednesdays: books as usual
- What's for supper? General Tso and Co.
- In memory of Maurice Sendak
- What's happening around the Treehouse
- George Lindsey has passed away
- From the archives: Intelligent Design and Poetry
- Laugh for the day, or, this page is worth its weig...
- The whole rest of the world discovers slow cookers...
- Saturday yard-saling: shillings and spoons
- What's for supper? Stir fry night / cleaning out t...
- What's for supper? (so hot out)
- Ten Ways to Use Leftovers
- What's for supper? Pizza chicken.
- Thrift store Wednesdays: The Book of Knowledge
- From the archives: Why I won't unschool
- From the archives: Katie's Shakespeare wisdom
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- What we did in school today (Crayons' Year 5)
- What's for supper? Garlicky pasta casserole
- Teaching them to read...and more...for very little...
- A new era in Treehouse life
- Life is too short to be too grim (Rumpole of the B...
- What did we do in school today? (Crayons' Year 5)
- Are your Yahoo groups not posting?
- Crochet Class #7: Final Project
- Thrift Store Wednesdays: Liars, Rascals, and More...
- From the archives: Northrop Frye on young poets an...
- What we're doing in school today (Crayons' Grade 5...
- It's not about recycling
- Quote for the day: that's an all right kind of ig...
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2 comments:
Nice work, Crayons!
Well done, Crayons - you've managed to get the curve of the neck and the proportions just right!!
Jeanne
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