Tag: "Toledo Public Library"

Hurricane Katrina – lessons to learn

Ponn Sabra | September 2, 2005 | Comments (0)

Hurricane Katrina is truly a tragic natural disaster! Although are girls are all under 5 years old, there’s many lessons to learn: 1. Geography: We started learning from the Rookie Read-About Geography series just the day before Hurricane Katrina. Great books! Check them out right now! 2. Science. How and where hurricanes form, weather differences [...]

Recommendations for Beginning Readers

Ponn Sabra | July 30, 2005 | Comments (2)

So, everyone rants and raves about the Bob Books, by Bobby Lynn Maslen , but the girls and I are not taking too well to them. So, through trail and error…here’s what we came up with as our recommended starting points for Beginning Readers. Please share your opinions and recommendations in the comments section below…we’re [...]

It’s a Girl-Thang!

Ponn Sabra | July 28, 2005 | Comments (0)

As I absolutely love blogging…I had to find a whole new voice, direction, and focus for us, as we make our “official” first-year’s journey through homeschooling here in the state of Ohio. ..Toledo to be more specific. As I see huge difference in my raising girls than I would if I had boys…this changed our [...]

Toledo has the Best Summer Reading Program!

Ponn Sabra | July 10, 2005 | Comments (1)

Toledo Public Library has the best Summer Reading Program. Since we’re 2 weeks behind from our vacation, we’re quickly catching up on lost tracked-time. We constantly read…even during vacation, but I didn’t think of tracking the hours, books and their authors. Nonetheless, we finished 5 hours each for the week and got our coupon sheet [...]