This is our second year of homeschooling and this year has been filled with great reads already! As a rookie homeschool mom of 4 our reading looks different everyday. During our first year I got really disheartened when attention spans only lasted 15 minutes. I felt like I simply wasn’t reading enough. Now being into our second year, I realized we just needed a year to warm up and adjust to our new normal. We have read more this year and my youngest who is 2 is also a lot more willing to go with the flow as well. Huge win for my mental state!
If you are in the trenches as a new homeschool mom, hang in there and dont throw in the towel! The adjustment phase for us was not a few weeks or months but an entire year of pivots and repostioning! It gets better, I promise.
Let’s get into it!
Audiobooks + Storytelling Podcasts We’ve loved:
- Grim, Grimmer, Grimmest (podcast)
- Six Minutes (podcast)
- The Hollow (podcast)
- Harry Potter
- Tale of Despereaux
- Coraline
- Fantastic Mr. Fox
- Holes
- Spy School
- Beatrix Potter
Read-A-Louds We’ve Loved:
- Matilda
- The Wild Robot
- The Wild Robot Escapes
- Heartwood Hotel
- Georges Marvelous Medicine
Independent Reads My Kids Have Loved:
Ages ranges from 2-9 years old. For my younger ones I read 1 on 1 while the older kids are completing independent work or reading their books.
- Bailey School Kids series
- Magic Tree House series
- Dr Seuss
- Golden books
- The Last Library (great for older kids!)
- The Bad Guys series
- The Action Bible
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