Advent Approacheth

I know I just posted my list of Thanksgiving books but Advent (the 24 days leading up to the celebration of Christmas) will be up on us very soon. No one should miss Karen Edmisten’s wonderful series for a no-panic Advent.  She has a host of wonderful suggestions to help families enjoy the season rather [...]

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Thanksgiving Books

I looked at my list of favorite Thanksgiving books for kids and realized it was quite short.  I’d love to hear more suggestions!
Here are our favorites:
In November by Cynthia Rylant
Cranberry Thanksgiving by Wende and Harry Devlin
Squanto’s Journey by Joseph Bruchac
Over the River and Through the Woods by Lydia Maria Child
Thanksgiving on Thursday (Magic Tree House [...]

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What We’re Reading This Week, November 4

M is reading the first story in The Norby Chronicles by Janet and Issac Asimov with her dad. She and I finished up Ballet Shoes by Noel Streffeild and read Dolphin Treasure by Wayne Grover.  Now we’re reading Twenty and Ten by Claire Huchet Bishop.

Every time I sit down to read with C before her [...]

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Non-Fiction Monday: Life on Earth by Steve Jenkins

I’m making plans for a prehistory/evolution study with 6yo M, so when I saw Life on Earth: The Story of Evolution by Steve Jenkins on top of a library shelf, I grabbed it.  C (2yo) saw it in the library bag and asked me to read it, so the three of us sat down and [...]

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Art Activity with Ghosts in the House

Happy Halloween Everyone!!!!

We’ve been reading Ghosts in the House by Kazuno Kohara several times every day for the last week.  We all love the quirky story and the fun black, orange, and white art. Inspired by a Ghosts in the House art project at Journey Into Unschooling, I came up with a simplified art project [...]

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Non-Fiction Monday: What Makes A Magnet?

What Makes A Magnet? by Franklyn Branley is another title from the excellent Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science series. M and I checked it out and did several of the suggested experiments a few years ago, but she remembered it recently and asked me to get it again.  She’s been wanting to do some magnet experimen,t but she [...]

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What We’re Reading This Week, October 22

M had a big week.  She realized she was ready to start reading some short chapter books on her own.  So she’s been reading Dolphins at Daybreak and Lions at Lunchtime, both part of the Magic Tree House series.

I read Surprise Island, the second book in the Boxcar Children series to her, and now we’re [...]

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You’re Never Too Old for Picture Books

When I write What We’re Reading This Week posts, I typically talk about chapter books I’m reading to M and picture books I’m reading to C. I realized I may be giving the false impression that I rarely read picture books to M now that we are engrossed in the world of chapter books.  That [...]

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Activities with Angus Lost

C picked out Angus Lost by Marjorie Flack at the library last week and has been asking me to read it every chance she’s gotten since.  She is completely in love with Dog Lost as she calls it, and she now refers to her gray stuffed Scottie dog as Gray Angus.
M and I also love [...]

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Collage-Style Fall Trees – A stART Project

A Mommy’s Adventures hosts a wonderful feature called stART (Story + Art = A Great Start).  Hop over there to see lots of other story and art activities.
C has been asking for many re-readings of The Little Yellow Leaf by Carin Berger.  (As often as you will let her, she will tell you emphatically that [...]

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