Stuff We Like :: 8.5.16

around the web

Let’s take a moment to appreciate Roald Dahl’s contributions to the world of food.

Finally, a fashion “get the look” I can get behind.

I wouldn’t say that I’ve been running around gloating about passing The Strand’s new hire book test, but some of the people I live with might. (You should take it, too!)

Maybe it is all the Hamilton, but this article about the secret language of colonial handwriting was fascinating.

 And speaking of history, this was kind of depressing.

This article about the Olympics Refugee Team made me want to cry, hug my children, and cheer these guys on. (I would love to see them earn a medal.)

at home | school | life

on the website: So I always want to share good book deals when I see them, but I also stress about cluttering up people’s feeds with stuff they don’t want to see. I finally bit the bullet and set up a page on the website where we can highlight notable books on sale. (Don’t worry — this isn’t one of those crazy every-book-that’s-cheap lists — we’re only listing books we genuinely recommend for your reading list. And if you’re not interested in book sales, you never have to see it!) 

on the blog: Sometimes you just want to look at pretty school supplies and imagine how they could make your homeschool so shiny and organized.

in the classroom: Registration for fall classes is open!

on the podcast: I brag a little about getting my AP U.S. History syllabus approved this week, but it was all very exciting.

in the magazine: We’re starting the (months-long!) process of collecting data to update our Best Cities for Homeschool Families, and we’d love to hear from other homeschoolers about their favorite places to homeschool.

reading list

on my night table: All the Birds in the Sky (our next podcast read pick), The Memoirs of Aaron Burr (resistance was futile), Don’t Tell the Grown-Ups: The Subversive Power of Children’s Literature, The House of the Seven Gables

on my 14-year-old’s night table: A Separate Peace (I encouraged her to pick this one up, but she’s really not digging it), The House on Mango Street, The Princess Bride

on my 8-year-old’s night table: Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School, The Complete Brambly Hedge

together: The Blood of Olympus (we have successfully binged this whole series over the summer), The BFG

at home

watching: Like everyone else in the world, we binged Stranger Things. #bringbackbarb

eating: I made a giant batch of blueberry jam to give as favors at my sis-in-law’s baby shower.

knitting: My daughter and I have teamed up on a project: I’m knitting the Snug as a Bug sleep sack, and she’s making a matching pea shoot hat to make a sweet pea baby sleep set.

listening: Invisibilia

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