December 5th, 2007

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The Homeschool Gathering Place

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

North Carolina is full of wonderful things, and sometimes I take a day and do a road trip to Raleigh and visit some places that I love.  Today I went to The Homeschool Gathering Place.  What is The Homeschool Gathering Place?  It is a store for homeschoolers.  It is full of all kinds of new and used homeschool curriculum.  I could literally spend hours in there (and sometimes do) just leafing through books and checking out new homeschooling resources. 

Today I checked out their shelf of used “how-to” books.  Some of these books I have had my hands on before via our local library, but today I found all these books at around 4 dollars apiece.  There were many more, but these were some I especially wanted in my own collection.  The exception to this, in regards to pricing, is the book by Karen Andreola called Story Starters: Helping Children Write Like They’ve Never Written Before.  I gladly paid 28.00 for this, as I just love Karen Andreola’s style.  This book, like her others, gives me a sense of peace and control as I read it.  She inspires me to inspire my children!  It works.  Of course, I am Charlotte-Mason-minded, so that is part of the charm of Karen Andreola’s books working for me, but mostly I think it is Mrs. Andreola’s sweet way of writing and the beautiful illustrations she chooses.

I look forward to reading these and then sharing more about them on my website, The Healthy Homeschool.

Lynn

PS — Just wanted to add that this is NOT the fieldtrip I have promised to take pictures of and share.  The Homeschool Gathering Place was great, yes, but there’s another store on my list.  More to come…