reading aloud time with the Boxcar Children

This week we found a new favorite book . Courtesy of the Homeschool group we belong to and the free table it was a little battered . I am glad I grabbed it sweet old fashioned story.
We even had the perfect snack to go with it coincidence. Brown bread we purchased left over from the firemens dinner . The kids loved it and paired it with milk like in the book. Loving that because The little man not a milk drinker normally. We finished the book in a couple days. Little Bird did really good sitting and listening. It was actually a fun family experience . We do quite
a bit of reading aloud but they are getting more into it.
Another Great surprising book that the kids really got into was the Matchlock Gun by Walter Edmonds great book by a local author. I enjoyed it as well. .25 cents a the curriculim sale. gotta love that. Little man so loved the Boxcar Children he had me purchase #2 and the special #3.
Homeschooling moms if you don't know already bring proof you are homeschooling and get 20%
discount card. hey it helps.
Stephanie

Little bird and reading

Little bird is doing real good in Kindergarten. She loves her reading lessons.
We are using the book the Reading lesson by Micheal Levin M.D.and Charan Langton M.S. She is responding well to it. She is also doing great with a set of raceway readers I picked up at a curriculum sale for $1.00. Cool game I saw hereJan Brett Dolch Word List main
Stephanie

Birds , Birds , birds

We are on break but I snuck in some Bird time yesterday by having them come over to the computer and look at what I was Looking at. We are starting a bird study Starting with the northern cardinalNorthern Cardinal, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the black capped chicadee.Black-capped Chicadeehere is another great site and cosponsor of the backyard bird count cornell ornithology labBirds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology. We are going to do birds as one of our science units for January and Februaury.
Happy Birding
Stephanie

Great Christmas books

My Very First Christmas words by Lois Rock and pictures by Alex Ayliffe,
Christmas in the Manger by Laura Geringer
both for the toddler set but my kids still love them we have had both atleast 3 years now and they are favorites.I love the simple but wonderful stories from the my very first Christmas book
it has eleven stories in it we call it the big red book.
Another great book is Cricket at the Manger By Edith Hope Fine Pictures by Winslow Pels
I love love love this one and so does little bird. When little bird was three she started calling her fisher price nativity toy the cricket in the manger set lol.if you could get one new Christmas picture book this year this would be my choice.
please share your favorites with me
Stephanie

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Things to be thankful for

My beautiful kids, Hubby, My mom and my brother. The farm , my health being somewhat better, being alive, being free. Being able to go to my church and celebrate my religion without being persecuted. Happy Thanksgiving. Remember all you have and be thankful
Stephanie

homemade playdoh and paperwork among other things

Last week we made peppermint playdoh smells heavenly the kids loved it quick and cheap.
I used flour ,salt,red food coloring,and 1/2 cup cooking oil , half cup water. peppermint extract. just a pinch or else whole house smells lol worse stuff house could smell like.
we added glitter too kids loved that.
mix until right consistency.
we don't put cream of tartar in cause I never have any
store in ziplocs
throw out when gets yucky
I had seen on several blogs and wanted to try.
we will be doing cinnamom and pumkin this week.

quaterly time lots of paperwork for those that don't homeschool report time.

cleaning. out kids closets and toys lol that is a couple week job hehe


Stephanie