Marty Layne

fun, insightful and practical mothering &
unschooling/homeschooling information

Autumn Stories

Two stories about animals preparing for the coming of winter told in simple language illustrated with photographs of needle felted animals.

I love the vivid colors of the pictures as contrasted to the softness of the figures in them. It almost feels three-dimensional. I also love the way the simple story draws the young child into a world of fantasy that is actually based on pure, real, joyful emotion and sharing. My nine-year-old son enjoyed it, so it’s not just for tiny children. ” Kelly Green

 

PDF download $5.00 CAD

One dollar from the sale of each book goes to Foodbanks Canada

The Happy Snow Friends Counting Book

“One happy snow friend was wondering what to do.” And thus begins a short picture book story called The Happy Snow Friends Counting Book – featuring a collection of needle felted snow friends as they gather together on a winter’s day. The book, written and crafted by Canadian author Marty Layne, aims to bring together the joviality of snow people with the early skill of numbers and counting. Written in a lilting style of poetry, this story is also able to be sung. You can find the music notes on the inside of the back page. By the end of the book, you meet 10 ridiculously cute little snow friends of all shapes and styles and sizes…”  from a review by Lisa Marie Fletcher.

Take a peek at a few of the pages in this sweet 28 page 5.5″ x 8″ full colour paperback picture book for all ages.

Paper back perfect binding. $10 Canadian +$2 shipping. I ship all around the world. 

Fingerplays and songs that babies, toddlers,and children enjoy and are easy to remember

* 32 pages to print on your choice of paper
* 43 fingerplays, songs and rhymes
* for newborns – 5 years old
* illustrated
* easy-to-follow instructions
* play tested

I developed and taught the Games to Play With Little Ones program for 10 years. This book includes many of the rhymes and songs I used in my classes. 

The photo shows a printed copy bound with a plastic coil. When you purchase Games to Play, you will receive a PDF file that you can print at home and bind with a similar binding or put the pages together with a stapler. You can print the pages as a double sided page or just on one side.  $4.00 CAD

 

  • Inviting Children to Write   $4.50 Canadian
  • ideas and suggestions that inspire
  • This 15 page PDF book is packed with suggestions to help children express themselves in writing and offers adults a different point of view about children and writing.

Contents:

  • Be a Scribe
  • Story Starts
  • Ideas for homemade books
  • Nonfiction writing
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Just starting to homeschool? unschool? learn at home?    For 25 years,  Learning At Home: A Mother’s Guide To Homeschooling has been helping parents make the transition from brick and mortar schools to a family-based way of learning.

This book is more than a how-to-book. It’s filled with wisdom that makes it unique in the field of homeschooling books.”

Intro

  1. Can I Do This – Teach My Child At Home?
  2. Creating a Learning Environment
  3. Helping Your Child Learn to Read
  4. Inviting Children to Write

 

5.Mathematics
6.The Arts: Music, Art, Dance, Drama, and Phys. Ed
7.Life As Curriculum: Science and Social Studies
8.Burn Out
9.Beyond Homeschooling

Follow the links to order your copy.           Canada Chapters/Indigo * Amazon.ca     US  amazon.com * Barnes&Noble   England amazon.co.uk     France amazon.fr    Germany amazon.de     Japan 

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