Poolside Professional Development (Plus Fun Books to Read this Summer!)

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The sisters are chatting books! Yeah!

They’re sharing fun books, plus books to get you ready for homeschooling *next* year- what Cait calls, “Poolside Professional Development” books. (Doesn’t that sound so fancy?!)

The gals are going to help load your Amazon cart or make the librarian look at you a little funny, but you’ll also get a ton of ideas for books that take you away from it all, and then get you inspired for next year.

Warning: Don’t try to keep up with them all while listening- we’re linking to all of them in the show notes for this episode.

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LINKS FROM THE EPISODE | Poolside Professional Development

• [easyazon_link identifier=”0977985253″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]Arithmetic for Parents: A Book for Grownups about Children’s Mathematics[/easyazon_link] by Ron Aharoni
• [easyazon_link identifier=”1945899018″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]Avoid Hard Work!: And Other Encouraging Mathematical Problem-Solving Tips for the Young, The Very Young, and The Young at Heart[/easyazon_link] by Maria Droujkova, James Tanton, Yelena Mcmanaman 
• [easyazon_link identifier=”1626253730″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]Balanced and Barefoot: How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident, and Capable Children[/easyazon_link] by Angela J. Hanscom
• Books for the New Year | Kortney Garrison, One Deep Drawer
• [easyazon_link identifier=”0310329302″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]Cold Tangerines: Celebrating the Extraordinary Nature of Everyday Life[/easyazon_link] by Shauna Niequist
• [easyazon_link identifier=”0778330680″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]Confessions of a Domestic Failure: A Humorous Book About a not so Perfect Mom[/easyazon_link] by Bunmi Laditan 
• [easyazon_link identifier=”0143108069″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That’s Transforming Education[/easyazon_link] by Ken Robinson Ph.D.
• [easyazon_link identifier=”0804137382″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less[/easyazon_link] by Greg McKeown
• [easyazon_link identifier=”1888947004″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]Free at Last: the Sudbury Valley School[/easyazon_link]by Daniel Greenberg
• [easyazon_link identifier=”1444722174″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]Get Some Headspace: 10 Minutes Can Make All the Difference[/easyazon_link]by Andy Puddicombe
• [easyazon_link identifier=”0310344131″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]Give Your Child the World[/easyazon_link] by Jamie C. Martin
• [easyazon_link identifier=”B00HCIW9XO” locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]Headspace[/easyazon_link] (mindfulness app)
• [easyazon_link identifier=”0201484048″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]John Holt[/easyazon_link]
• [easyazon_link identifier=”156512605X” locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder[/easyazon_link]by Richard Louv
• [easyazon_link identifier=”1892083205″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]Let’s Play Math: How Families Can Learn Math Together and Enjoy It[/easyazon_link] by Denise Gaskins
• [easyazon_link identifier=”1532894422″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]Math and Magic in Wonderland[/easyazon_link] by Lilac Mohr
• [easyazon_link identifier=”1611802423″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]Mindful Learning[/easyazon_link]by Dr. Craig Hassed and Dr. Richard Chambers 
• [easyazon_link identifier=”034554806X” locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]No Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind[/easyazon_link]by Daniel J. Siegel
• [easyazon_link identifier=”014312885X” locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World[/easyazon_link]by Adam Grant 
• Poolside Professional Development | Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley, My Little Poppies
• [easyazon_link identifier=”1599474808″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]Raising Grateful Kids: The Science of Building Character[/easyazon_link]by Jeffrey Froh and Giacomo Bono
• [easyazon_link identifier=”0345507983″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids[/easyazon_link] by Kim John Payne
• [easyazon_link identifier=”1501158791″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]Simply Clean: The Proven Method for Keeping Your Home Organized, Clean, and Beautiful in Just 10 Minutes a Day[/easyazon_link] (Audiobook) by Becky Rapinchuk 
• [easyazon_link identifier=”1539560473″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]Strength Finder 2.0[/easyazon_link] by Tom Rath
• [easyazon_link identifier=”1324001259″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]Teach Like Finland: 33 Simple Strategies for Joyful Classrooms[/easyazon_link]by Timothy D. Walker
• [easyazon_link identifier=”B001S51VFO” locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]The Great Courses: Basic Math[/easyazon_link]
• [easyazon_link identifier=”0143129988″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]The Importance of Being Little: What Young Children Really Need from Grownups[/easyazon_link] by Erika Christakis
• [easyazon_link identifier=”1607747308″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing[/easyazon_link] by Marie Kondō
• [easyazon_link identifier=”0307338401″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]The Secret of Mental Math: The Mathemagician’s Guide to Lightning Calculation and Amazing Math Tricks[/easyazon_link] by Arthur Benjamin and Michael Shermer
• [easyazon_link identifier=”1455508373″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined[/easyazon_link]by Salman Khan
• [easyazon_link identifier=”0062247026″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money[/easyazon_link] by Ron Lieber
• [easyazon_link identifier=”0553386697″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]The Whole-Brained Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind[/easyazon_link] by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson

LINKS FROM THE EPISODE | just for fun

• [easyazon_link identifier=”1501173219″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]All the Light We Cannot See[/easyazon_link]by Anthony Doerr
• [easyazon_link identifier=”0062398911″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]A Study in Charlotte[/easyazon_link] (series) by Brittany Cavallaro
• [easyazon_link identifier=”0718031822″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards[/easyazon_link] by Jen Hatmaker
• [easyazon_link identifier=”0141441143″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]Jane Eyre[/easyazon_link] by Charlotte Brontë
• [easyazon_link identifier=”0316058432″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]Mr. Popper’s Penguins[/easyazon_link] by Richard Atwater
• [easyazon_link identifier=”0440212561″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]Outlander[/easyazon_link] (series) by Diana Gabaldon
• [easyazon_link identifier=”0380730405″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]Rebecca[/easyazon_link] by Daphne Du Maurier
• [easyazon_link identifier=”0761169253″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]Steal Like an Artist:10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative[/easyazon_link] by Austin Kleon
• [easyazon_link identifier=”0143113496″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]Tana French (series)[/easyazon_link]
• [easyazon_link identifier=”0986223506″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]The Green Ember[/easyazon_link] (series) by S.D. Smith
• [easyazon_link identifier=”1250080401″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]The Nightingale[/easyazon_link] by Kristin Hannah
• [easyazon_link identifier=”159514188X” locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]Thirteen Reasons Why[/easyazon_link] by Jay Asher
• [easyazon_link identifier=”0312663153″ locale=”US” tag=”thehomeschoolsisters-20″]Winter Garden[/easyazon_link] by Kristen Hannah

Finnegan & the tufted titmouse

kara’s birthday book stack

You guys … WHAT IS HAPPENING????? ?

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