Margot Davidson

Margot Davidson

Margot Davidson, married sixteen years to husband Dan, is a homeschooling mother of 5 children, ages 7 to 15. A former public school teacher, she now lives in rural northeast Pennsylvania. She has a Pennsylvania teaching certificate for elementary grades and for secondary home economics and English. She also owns and operates Hillside Education, a small publishing company that produces language arts materials for homeschoolers. In leisure time, she enjoys baking, reading, sewing, and playing guitar and singing with the children--especially around the campfire.

Show, Don't Tell!

Author(s): 
Josephine Nobisso
Illustrator(s): 
Eva Montanari
Show Don’t Tell! Secrets of Writing by Josephine Nobisso About 25 years ago, I attended a workshop for teaching writing in which the presenter talked about writing that "shows" as opposed to writing that merely "tells." As she described her method, I thought it was astounding and could quite possibly revolutionize the writing of my students. When I tried to teach it to middle school students, though, I had to break it down into components: What exactly is “showing” writing? How I wish I had had Nobisso’s book at that time.

Take it to the Queen

Author(s): 
Josephine Nobisso
Illustrator(s): 
Katalin Szegedi
The long awaited companion to The Weight of a Mass (Nobisso, Gingerbread House Books) is finally available. In her new story Take it to the Queen, a Tale of Hope, Josephine Nobisso tells a fable that draws upon the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary and her material and mystical participation in our salvation. The villagers of a once favored city rebel against the goodness of the King, bringing famine and desolation. Eventually they seek the intervention of their queen, who was once of their village.

The Year and Our Children

Author(s): 
Mary Reed Newland

Originally published in the 1950s, The Year and Our Children has been the gold standard by which all other liturgical year activity books are measured. And now, Sophia Institute Press has brought this beloved gem back into print. Those of us with old dog-eared and grease stained copies, and all those who coveted those well-worn editions, thrill at the news of widespread availability of this treasure. I think I was trembling on the phone when I ordered my new copy.

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