Welcome to
Curiosity Schoolhouse
Our Homeschooling Life in the Carolinas
We are a close-knit, adventurous family of five living in the Carolina foothills, exploring our world, teaching our children, and doing our best to live a kind and curious life.
We hope these small glimpses into our day-to-day educational journey will provide resources, ideas and inspiration to other homeschooling families, classroom teachers, and parents wanting to enrich their children’s learning.
Skiing Penguins and Snowmen
Years and years ago we made skiing penguins in my kindergarten class, and it was so fun. It took me a while to figure out how we did it, and I've got the directions here. These are great for teaching winter themes: snow, winter animals, even the concepts of up and...
Books to Help Kids Read with Fluency
Fluency Can I Play Too? by Mo Willems Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems I Broke My Trunk! by Mo Willems I'm Bored by Debbie Ridpath Ohi The Monster at the End of this Book by Jon Stone Should I Share My Ice Cream? by Mo...
Books About Friendship, Diversity and Acceptance
Friendship/Acceptance/Diversity (Also see Learning Differences and Making New Friends in the big List of Books by Theme) Angel Child, Dragon Child by Michele Maria Surat (getting along/diversity) Bear Feels Sick by Karma Wilson The Crayon Box That...
Books about Perseverance
The Dot by Peter Reynolds Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires Never Give Up! A Children's Picture Book by Adriana Cerrotti Princesses Are Not...
Books About Being True to Yourself
Being True to Yourself/Be an Individual Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes David’s Drawings by Cathryn Falwell Do Princesses Wear Hiking Boots? by Carmela LaVigna Coyle Dumpy La Rue by Elizabeth Winthrop ...
✯Books Boys Love✯
Normally boys gravitate to non-fiction books about snakes, bats, sports, volcanos,etc. It was easy to supply them with those. Finding great fiction that they'd love was harder. After years of teaching, I gathered this list of fiction books the boys in my...
