Episode description

In this episode, I talk all things books with Nicole who is the creator of the Instagram page, Book Led Learning. We discuss what it looks like to create a culture of reading within your family, being open to our children choosing the books that speak to them versus controlling their choices, and how books not only connect us to knowledge and information, but to one another.

We touch on the differences in when children read and how they interact with books, incorporating fiction and non-fiction, the beauty of audiobooks, book parties, and being willing to read books again and again to your young children.

Nicole offers great suggestions for books parents can read, too, and shares some things you may not know about her.

We briefly talk about their journey to homeschooling but you can hear a more in-depth discussion on my second episode, “When Did You Know” where Nicole was one of the five moms who shared her story.

Kid’s Books mentioned:

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Elephant and Piggie series

Life of Fred

Who Was biography series

Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey

Basher Science (ages 6-9) https://www.scholastic.com/site/branches.html

Recommended Parent Reading:

The Read Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease

The Read-Aloud Family by Sarah Mackenzie

The Enchanted Hour by Meghan Cox Gurdon

The Book Whisperer and Reading in the Wild by Donalyn Miller

The Self-Driven Child by William Stixrud and Ned Johnson

Find more of Missy's writings and offerings @letemgobarefoot and www.letemgobarefoot.com.  You can purchase our ebook, Life Unschooled: A Guide to Living and Learning Without School.