The May Carnival of Children’s Literature is up at Here in the Bony Glen. Melissa did a great job stepping in as last minute hostess. I’m looking forward to perusing the entries.
Archive for May, 2008
Carnival of Children’s Literature
Posted in Uncategorized on May 31, 2008 | No Comments »
Poetry Friday: Sonnet 54
Posted in Uncategorized on May 30, 2008 | No Comments »
M and I have been reveling in all the beautiful roses blooming around us for the past two weeks, and we’re going to plant a bush in our yard tomorrow that my parents rooted from a bush in their yard that used to be at my grandmother’s house. So with roses on my mind, [...]
My Monastery is a Minivan by Denise Roy
Posted in parenting, reading on May 26, 2008 | No Comments »
Over the last several weeks, I’ve been reading essays from My Monastery is a Minivan by Denise Roy. As she says in her introduction, it’s a book that isn’t meant to be read straight through but picked up when you have a few moments and need to be refreshed. I find her essays [...]
Swiss Chard and Shitake Crepes
Posted in Uncategorized on May 22, 2008 | No Comments »
We got our first basket of vegetables from our CSA (community supported agriculture) this week and I’m determined that this year I’m going to use up all the produce unlike the summer before last when we joined a CSA and far too much went to waste. I’ve been reading lots of recipes and learning [...]
Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright
Posted in chapter books, reading on May 22, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I’ve got a long list of chapter book recommendations to eventually share as read-alouds with Meg but there are several that she isn’t ready for which I want to read now. Most of these come from lists like the ones I shared here and most are older books I missed out on as a [...]
Playful Parenting by Lawrence Cohen
Posted in parenting, tagged gentle parenting, respectful parenting on May 18, 2008 | No Comments »
Playful Parenting is my favorite of the parenting books I’ve read lately. I like the way Cohen advocates a gentle, playful approach with kids but also admits how hard it is to achieve that rather than piling guilt on parents for feeling too tired to be playful and too overwhelmed not to scold. [...]
The Penderwicks
Posted in chapter books, reading on May 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Several months ago, I checked out The Penderwicks because I’d read several glowing reviews from bloggers with similar reading tastes. I thought it was probably a bit too long for M to enjoy as a read-aloud, but she saw it, asked about it, and wanted to give it a try. We got a few chapters [...]
Non-Fiction Monday: Bird, The Definitive Visual Guide
Posted in Non-Fiction Monday, tagged birds, non-fiction on May 12, 2008 | 4 Comments »
As I’ve mentioned before, M love field guides, and we’ve been working our way through all the National Audubon Field Guides at the library. Last week, I was perusing the new arrivals shelf, and I found National Audubon’s Bird, The Definitive Visual Guide.
It is an amazingly gorgeous book filled with glossy colored pages of [...]
My Cleaning Philosophy
Posted in parenting on May 11, 2008 | No Comments »
M: Mom, the stairs are really dirty.
Me (as I look down at the stairs to our basement which are covered in bits of leaves, mud and other yard debris): They are but I can either clean them or keep playing ponies with you.
M (with a bright smile): Play with me!
Me: Ok. That sounds a lot [...]
Why We Love Super Why!
Posted in parenting, reading on May 9, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m fairly middle-of-the-road when it comes to allowing my kids to watch TV (at least among my friends). I see TV as something that can provide fun entertainment like one of our family movie nights and as something to use for a little down time especially in the late afternoon when we are all grumpy. [...]
