tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post3062044735735814852..comments2024-02-15T11:55:02.998-08:00Comments on Why Homeschool: Do you want your children to do better on math tests? Buy a 100 booksHenry Catehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03097237237859928969noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-65793553829108006862007-11-26T22:00:00.000-08:002007-11-26T22:00:00.000-08:00I have this sneaking suspicion that those people w...I have this sneaking suspicion that those people with fewer than 10 books in the home would consider my family absolutely insane to have spent 3 years without TV reception, cable, or satellite. Even now that we do have cable, I rarely watch it...Crimson Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03254830856234479999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-37453899250860226172007-11-23T09:57:00.000-08:002007-11-23T09:57:00.000-08:00Ditto, ditto!I started collecting children's books...Ditto, ditto!<BR/>I started collecting children's books when I found out I was pregnant and we were moving to Italy, a place which might have a library on base or not and no English books in the local library. By the time baby #1 was born I had over 400 books and now 4 more kids later, we have over 4000 children's books. <BR/><BR/>What would their childhood be for them or me without Dr. Seuss, Francis the badger, or the hundreds of other authors and characters who are part of our life? <BR/><BR/>While I gripe about having to put dozens of storybooks back on the shelf each day and finding library books under the bed, I am grateful that my kids love to look and read books. I am grateful that they think going to the library as fun as a trip to the playground, and trips in the car are not punctuated by audio from the van's DVD player(we don't have one), but by giggles from excited readers in the backseat.kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00138818343753454140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-90758854813868503422007-11-20T11:54:00.000-08:002007-11-20T11:54:00.000-08:00"I have trouble imagining a house with less than t..."I have trouble imagining a house with less than ten books." Me too. I have a friend that's a preschool teacher and she tells me of kids that have NO books at home. None. I probably had well over 100 children's books in my house by the time my firstborn was 6 months old. Not having books in the house is just an insane concept to me. Might as well say you don't have running water.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12463371508970237621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-10375016383152628042007-11-20T04:57:00.000-08:002007-11-20T04:57:00.000-08:00well, my kids must be super smart! we have close t...well, my kids must be super smart! we have close to 4,000. i noticed they never stopped to think it might have something to do with WHAT TYPE OF BOOKS people might have or how involved the parents are with the kids education. i know people with no books in their house yet every member of the family maxes out their library card every week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com