We are working on a project related to the Childcraft books which will take many months to complete. As we are working on that project, we do not have time to wrap our heads around every volume as quickly as we would like. We don’t want families to have to wait to see inside any…

We are working on a project related to the Childcraft books which will take many months to complete. As we are working on that project, we do not have time to wrap our heads around every volume as quickly as we would like. We don’t want families to have to wait to see inside any…

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The Bug Book – The 1981 Childcraft Annual  is one of my favorite Childcraft books. Since I do not own this one yet, discovering this one was a real treat. In an effort to research this project, I borrowed this annual from the library and found myself swept up in the intriguing content and beauty. We…

Every time I open up a new to me volume of Childcraft, three things happen: 1. I marvel at the intelligent and child loving content. 2. My kids find me (no matter where I am) and pore over the pages with me. 3. My sense that these books are the key to elementary education is…

This wonderful book has been printed (in different forms) at least one more time by Childcraft. In 2010, it was trimmed, re-named, and updated. For my money, this is the version to own. The year doesn’t matter – the name does. Look for Childcraft: The Puzzle Book. For details on the differences between this version…

In 2010, Childcraft created a new annual title called Brain Games. The thing is, I am not sure that it is all that new. In fact, I think that it is just a reorganized version of their 1982 The Puzzle Book annual. And by reorganized, I mean trimmed, condensed, and slightly updated. The 1982 annual, The…

Last week, we talked about Mathemagic – an annual volume that was so popular that later publications included it as #13 in the primary set. This week, we want you to fall in love with Magic of Words, an equally compelling volume. What Mathemagic does for math, Magic of Words does for language. Magic of…

In the series starter, I explained how I acquired my Childcraft set. Once I had it, however, I was still uncertain of how to use it.  As I participated in homeschool discussion groups, I noticed that many people would reference Mathemagic in the same conversations which included Sir Cumference, Greg Tang, and other math picture…