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Book Review: You Are the Girl for the Job
I’ll be honest, with a title that includes the word “girl” in it, I’m always a little leery. I usually feel like it’s going to be a superficial dive into a shallow pond without a lot of meat for me to dig into. But this book is excellent. It digs into the life of Moses. You know Moses, the man who led his people, the Israelites, out of captivity from Egypt. We usually look at that story and think that he had a great life. He lived with royalty. He had it all. But he was an adopted child living in a time when his people were slaves. Here are…
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I Taught My Daughter How to Read
You can too This has been one of the most terrifying parts of homeschooling my daughter. She’s only 4, but has been showing a lot of readiness signs for reading. We’ve taken it slow, with little expectation. But I’ve struggled with the fear of whether or not I would be able to teach her one of the most important learning milestones of her entire life. I had never taught someone to read before. I have read countless books to my kids. I have taught and reinforced letters to my oldest son (who was in a charter school for Kindergarten and First Grade). But his teacher was phenomenal and did the…