The current read aloud books in this homeschool are Cheaper by the Dozen and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. We watched the movie of Cheaper by the Dozen the other day, and all of us agreed that we wished that someday someone would make a movie that was actually based on the book of the same name. I’m enjoying reading about Dad Gilbreth’s educational techniques which involved a lot of painting things on walls and some “external motivation,” i.e. rewards for outstanding performance. We don’t paint Morse code on the walls and ceiling, but we do have a map of the world on the living room wall (wallpaper). I can’t say my children are expert geographers, but I think they have absorbed something just by having the map readily available.