A read-along with my favorite book, "Welcome to the Symphony" by Carolyn Sloan and illustrated by John Williamson.
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Warning: this may very well be the longest Gettin' Skooled post in history...(which isn't really saying that much since I just started this ...
In February, we rowed The Rag Coat by Lauren Mills. This is the story of a little girl named Minna who lives in the Appalachian region wi...
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This Week's Row was The Glorious Flight by Alice and Martin Provensen. It was about Louis Bleriot, the first man to fly over the English Cha...
We are using Five In A Row as a literature curriculum this year. It is directed at J, who is a kindergartener. However, all three of the giggly girls want to be a part of it, so we are trying hard to differentiate the activities so that all of them get something out of it.…
Lentil, by Robert McCormick is a beautifully illustrated story about a boy who can't sing or whistle and takes up playing the harmonica instead. He ends up using his new talent to save the day and make a huge difference in his small hometown. On monday:
This week we read Lentil by Robert McCloskey each day in our Five in a Row study. In this story, a boy named Lentil wants to make music...
We have been on our Summer break for a few weeks. I wanted to do some light school for the Summer, so we picked a few Five in a Row titles t...
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Go on a magical adventure with a girl named Clara as she is whisked away by a nutcracker prince to the Kingdom of Sweets. Give the gift of classical music by sharing this classic tale — and Tchaikovsky's unforgettable melodies — with your little ones this holiday season.
the nutcracker, a custom warhammer I made for a customer, 30 inches and 25 lbs of mild steel with a hardox axe blade on the back side, testing video coming soon
We finished up our final unit in MBTP, which was Community. That was a lot of fun, but I didn't get many pics for some reason. It was more o...
Kicking off our school year with Five in a Row's Volume 1 storybook selection,The Story About Ping. So many great ways to learn with this hands-on unit study!
This week's row was The Story About Ping. We learned about ducks and China. Lily was excited about this. She has told me before that Chin...
As part of our slavery mini unit, I thought I would take the little ones through two Five in a Row selections: Follow the Drinking Gourd and Who Owns the Sun? For both we will be following the FIAR suggestions for study, but in addition to those I will be focusing our studies on one… Continue reading Who Owns the Sun {FIAR}
