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Winter offers so many great opportunities for creative writing projects! If you are looking for something to add a little variety to your writing time, here are some easy winter writing projects, ideas, and writing prompts to encourage developing writing skills. Cabin Fever Idea List Brainstorm fun activities that can be done inside when the …
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Mice Skating falls into the category of instant favorite. It is so incredibly charming that I can’t imagine a child not liking it (or an adult who enjoys children’s picture books!). Author Annie Silvestro and illustrator Teagan White have teamed up to create a truly delightful book. The story is meaningful and the illustrations are …
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The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder is a must-read American pioneer children’s novel. It is one of my favorite novels in the Little House series. My husband, David, didn’t read the Little House books growing up and decided to read them all a few years ago. He thoroughly enjoyed them! So you are never …
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Snowed In by Barbara M. Lucas and Catherine Stock is a cozy story I happened across at a book sale. I bought a used copy that had been discarded by a school and am so glad I found it! The book is an lovely cozy combination of story, history, and illustrations. Snowed In The story …
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It was a foregone conclusion that Winter Days in the Big Woods would be a book I would add to my cozy collection. When fall begins to approach, my mind always turns to Little House in the Big Woods. There is something warm and cozy about the scenes described in that Wisconsin log cabin that draw me …
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Many of you have probably heard the term carschooling which is about homeschooling on the go. But I would guess you’ve never heard of the opposite – Hibernation Homeschooling. That’s because I made it up to describe what Caroline and I have done this winter. Rather than going through a detailed telling of all the …
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When you live in a place with long winters, you need to develop ways of not just coping with winter but thriving in it. Winter in Michigan begins sometime in November and ends sometime (hopefully) in March. That’s many weeks of cold, snow and dark. On top of that, West Michigan can be rather cloudy …
