![]() I decided to make them a special Book Seed issue for The Mitten, to pause from our normal routine for a little while and invite a little enchantment. ![]() We especially love the version by Alvin Tresselt and illustrated by Yaroslava. My youngest daughter’s favorite winter book is The Mitten. ![]() This year, I couldn’t sustain that kind of commitment to large-scale outings, but we still needed something to shake things up and sprinkle some fairy dust on our late-January heads. We took one almost every single day–to the museum, to the zoo, to the butterfly pavilion, to the library (so many trips to the library!) It was fun, it fixed the slump, but it was also pretty exhausting. ![]() Last year when we hit the slump, I resorted to overdrive mode on field trips. Anyone who’s been homeschooling long enough has likely experienced the winter slump–that little gray zone after the holidays and before the spring thaw when everyone is suffering from a mix of boredom, cabin fever, and a lack of motivation. ![]()
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