September 8th is International Literacy Day. If you’ve been reading at the Freehold for a while you’ll know that literacy is a cause near and dear to my heart. Adults who have a less than adequate ability can live with shame and also… Read more
Image by !!sahrizvi!! via Flickr A majority of schools in North America, and many in other jurisdictions too, run on a ten month calendar that leaves students with the two summer months free. While no doubt a lot of our kids are happy for the… Read more
One of my visitors commented in his own blog about acting Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night when he was a student. This passage is one that he recited, and it reminds me a great deal of my husband, when he was courting me. So this is for Jason Boyd, who… Read more
Oh, this is fabulous! The good folks at Florida’s Educational Technology Clearinghouse offer Lit2Go, a collection of free audio files for educational use. Many of the entries in the collection are full-length books; others are as short as a single… Read more
It’s not always easy to know if a book will be a good fit for your kids. This is especially so when you order books unseen, be it an online purchase or even just an inter-library loan for an upcoming lesson. I often receive book lists, or links to… Read more
