Here is our March list. I started working off of the wrong list near the end of this month and knew we read enough but only had 70 something books on the list. I was scratching my head. Then I noticed that I was working off of the wrong list and had to do a bit of research to see what we had added to the wrong list. Phew!! I'm glad I got it all sorted out. Here is our final list!
Read to both Austyn and Zoe:
1. ABC Dentist by Harriet Ziefert (They helped read)
2. A Bus of Our Own by Freddi Williams Evans
3. Ace Lacewing Bug Detective by David Biedrzycki
4. A Fine St. Patrick’s Day by Susan Wojciechowski
5. A Glorius Day by Amy Schwartz
6. A Manatee Calf Grows Up by Katie Marsico
7. A Manatee Morning by Jim Arnosky
8. And To Think I Saw It On Mulberry Street by Dr. Seuss
9. Animals Asleep by Sneed B. Collard III
10. Arthur’s Teacher Trouble by Marc Brown
11. A Treasure at Sea for Dragon and Me by Jean E. Pendziwol and Martine Gourbault
12. A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker
13. Baby Bear’s Chairs by Jane Yolen
14. Bath Day by Julia Noonan
15. Beetle McGrady Eats Bugs by Megan McDonald
16. Big Brave Brian by M.P. Robertson
17. Bumble Bugs and Elephants by Margaret Wise Brown
18. Cherry Time by Daniela Bunge
19. Chester the Chick by Jane Burton
20. Clever Tom and the Leprechaun Linda Shute
21. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
22. Comets, Stars, The Moon, And Mars by Douglas Florian
23. Daniel O’Rourke an Irish Tale by Gerald McDermott
24. Do Princesses Really Kiss Frogs By Carmela Lavigna Coyle
25. Easter by Gail Gibbons
26. Elephant’s Story by Harriet Blackford
27. Energy Makes Things Happen by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
28. Everglades by Jean Craighead George
29. Finders Keepers for Franklin by Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark
30. Flamingo Sunset by Jonathan London
31. Forces Make Things Move by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
32. Franklin Has a Sleepover by Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark
33. Franklin In The Dark by Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark
34. Franklin is Bossy by Paulette Bourgeois and Brennda Clark
35. George Crum and the Saratoga Chip by Gaylia Taylor
36. Gorilla! Gorilla! By Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross
37. Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
38. Hickory Dickory Dock by Keith Baker
39. How Do You Sleep? By Louise Bonnett-Rampersaud
40. Hugs and Kisses by Christophe Loupy and Eve Tharlet
41. Imagine You Are a Crocodile by Karen Wallace and Mike Bostock
42. James in the House of Aunt Prudence by Timothy Bush
43. Jason’s Bears by Marion Dane Bauer
44. Jenny Found a Penny by Trudy Harris
45. Little Buggy Runs Away by Kevin O-Malley
46. Little Quack’s New Friend by Lauren Thompson
47. Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
48. Milo the Really Big Bunny by Stephen Krensky
49. Mission to Mars by Franklyn M. Branley
50. My Brown Bear Barney at the Party by Dorothy Butler
51. My Life With The Wave by Catherine Cowan and Mark Buehner
52. My Red Balloon by Eve Bunting
53. Mystery at the Club Sandwich by Doug Cushman
54. NASA by Steve Kortenkamp
55. No More Bottles for Bunny! By Bernette Ford and Sam Williams
56. Once Upon a Saturday by Leslie Lammle
57. One Tiny Turtle by Nicola Davies
58. Paddington Bear Goes to the Hospital by Michael Bond and Karen Jankel
59. Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley by Aaron Blabey
60. Piccolina and the Easter Bells by Pauline Priolo
61. Quiet! By Paul Bright
62. Railroad John and the Rock Run by Tony Crunk
63. Ready or Not, Dawdle Duckling by Toni Buzzeo
64. Russell’s Secret by Johanna Hurwitz
65. Saint Patrick’s Day by Ann Heinrichs
66. Seven for a Secret by Laurence Anholt and Jim Coplestone
67. Shoe Baby by Joyce Dunbar
68. Silly Billy by Anthony Browne
69. Stanley’s Party by Linda Bailey
70. Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
71. St. Patrick’s Day in the Morning by Eve Bunting
72. Supersnouts! By Steve Bjorkman - 2 times
73. Ten Tiny Tickles by Karen Katz
74. The Bag I’m taking to Grandma’s by Shirley Neitzel
75. The Boy Who Wouldn’t go to Bed by Helen Cooper
76. The Cello of Mr. O by Jane Cutler
77. The Country Bunny and the Golden Shoes by Du Bose Heyward
78. The Dancing Tiger by Malachy Doyle
79. The Enormous Potato by Aubrey Davis
80. The Girl Who Wanted To Dance by Amy Ehrlich
81. The Good Little Bad Little Pig by Margaret Wise Brown
82. The Great Easter Egg Hunt by Michael Garland
83. The Easter Bunny That Overslept by Priscilla and Otto Friedrich
84. The Enchanted Storks by Aaron Shepard
85. The HICCUPotamus by Aaron Zenz
86. The Magic Mustache by Darwin Jorisch
87. The Manatees of Florida by Bill Lund
88. The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
89. The Night Worker by Kate Banks
90. The Princess Mouse A Tale of Finland told by Aaron Shepard
91. The Pumpkin Fair by Eve Bunting
92. There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback
93. The Scarecrow’s Hat by Ken Brown
94. The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse by Beatrix Potter
95. The Tale of The Flopsy Bunnies by Beatrix Potter
96. The Tale of the Pie and the Patty Pan by Beatrix Potter
97. The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes by Beatrix Potter
98. The Wizard The Ugly And The Book Of Shame by Pablo Bernasconi
99. Thirsty Baby by Catherine Ann Cullen
100. Tim O’Toole and the Wee Folk by Gerald McDermott
101. Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang
102. Too Many Monsters by Eve Bunting
103. Trouble at the Dinosaur Café by Brian Moses and Garry Parsons
104. Two Old Potatoes And Me by John Coy
105. Welcome to the River of Grass by Jane Yolen
106. We’re Going On A Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury
107. We’ve All Got Bellybuttons! By David Martin
108. What is so special about Planet Earth? By Robert E. Wells
109. When You Visit Gerandma and Grandpa by Anne Bowen
110. You Were Loved Before You Were Born by Eve Bunting and Karen Barbour
111. Zarafa the Giraffe who Walked to the King by Judith St. George
112. Zen Shorts by Jon J Muth
Read to Austyn:
1. Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman by Dav Pilkey (Dr office) – 8 chapters?
2. Comes a Wind by Linda Arms White
3. Floating In Space by Franklyn M. Branley
4. Grandfather Buffalo by Jim Arnosky
5. Our Canadian Flag by Maxine Trotter and Brian Deines
6. Our World by National Geographic
7. Parrotfish and Sunken Ships by Jim Arnosky
8. Pictures at an Exhibition by Anna Harwell Celenza
9. The Great Math Tattle Battle by Anne Bowen
10. The Leprechaun in the Basement by Kathy Tucker
11. The Missing Manatee by Cynthia DeFelice – 4 chapters
Read to Zoe:
1. Another Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown
2. Dogs on the Bed by Elizabeth Bluemle
3. Fiddle-I-fee by Santiago Cohen
4. From Head to Toe by Eric Carle
5. Henry the Fourth by Stuart J. Murphy
6. Hush, Little Ones by John Butler
7. It Wasn’t My Fault by Helen Lester
8. Jess was the Brave One by Jean Little
9. Little Donkey Close Your Eyes by Margaret Wise Brown
10. Mad Summer Night’s Dream by Ruth Brown
11. Mr Gumpy’s Outing by John Burnnighham
12. Shy Vi by Wendy Cheyette Wewison
13. The Big Sneeze by Ruth Brown
14. The HICCUPotamus by Aaron Zenz
15. This Little Chick by John Lawrence
16. The Nickle Nackle Tree by Lynley Dodd
17. The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
18. The Story of Miss Moppet by Beatrix Potter
19. The Tale of Tom Kitten by Beatrix Potter
20. Tiana’s New Dream by Disney
21. What’s the Opposite, Piggy Wiggy? by Christyan and Diane Fox
22. Zen Shorts by Jon J Muth
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
We are leaving soon! Road-schooling vacation, again!
Well, we've finished up what we could of our library books. We have finished any outstanding activities around the house (except some lap-books that I'm bringing). I've gathered some things to learn about where we are as we travel the highways through some states. I'm cleaning and packing. We'll be ready to go in no time and hitting the road! We'll have so much to share when we get back. I think that I can keep the kids busy enough in the van so that they don't drive us batty.
I know, I know, you are wondering why we are going again, so soon. Didn't we just get back from a vacation? Well, we did. But we didn't accomplish what we wanted the last time. We hit bad weather and didn't get to see a very highly anticipated shuttle launch. So, back we go to do some more fun, educational things and hopefully with better weather.
We have one thing holding us back now... Austyn has the flu. I hope he is over it soon. My hubby is the only one who hasn't gotten it now and we need him to drive. So, I made him a vitamin drink with oregano oil in it today. I hope that does the trick.
Have a Happy Easter Everyone! Happy Egg Hunting!
I know, I know, you are wondering why we are going again, so soon. Didn't we just get back from a vacation? Well, we did. But we didn't accomplish what we wanted the last time. We hit bad weather and didn't get to see a very highly anticipated shuttle launch. So, back we go to do some more fun, educational things and hopefully with better weather.
We have one thing holding us back now... Austyn has the flu. I hope he is over it soon. My hubby is the only one who hasn't gotten it now and we need him to drive. So, I made him a vitamin drink with oregano oil in it today. I hope that does the trick.
Have a Happy Easter Everyone! Happy Egg Hunting!
Eggs - Day 2
"Easter is also celebrated as a non-religious holiday that is derived from Pagan customs related to the arrival of spring. As most people know, today's traditions have evolved from these ancient customs to include Easter egg hunts and bunnies." ~ Unknown
Inspiration!
Monday, March 29, 2010
Book Sharing Monday
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Home-schooling and Home-working
Some benefits of Home-schooling and Work-schooling with both parents home are as follows:
FLEXIBILITY! This seems to be the biggest benefit!
- We can go where we want when we want within the confines of the business we run (ours is very flexible and we can work while we travel)
- When we have a subject that creates interest we can go to some places to learn more (field-trips, road-school)
- We can work when we want (within reason)
- We can homeschool when we want
- When I need a break or vise-versa my husband and I can take turns with work or do things with the kids
- We can be spontaneous and do things last minute, even during a week day
- We can take last minute vacations
OTHER BENEFITS
- My husband and I can both be apart of the learning and fun
- The kids get first hand knowledge of the in's and out's of running a business at home by witnessing our experiences with it
- The weather (snow) doesn't affect us as much because nobody has to travel.
- Illnesses don't happen as often because my husband is not bringing illnesses home from an off-site job
- If anyone is sick we don't have to go anywhere (spreading it) and can keep it better confined to our home
- We spend a great deal of time bonding as a family
- Less of a need for two cars (and better for the environment)
- We can get more projects done at home together when we want to
- My husband doesn't feel left out or like he is missing the vital moments in his kids lives
- The bond between my husband and I is better because we spend more time together and understand everything the other person is going through throughout the day.
I'm sure there are more benefits and, as I said before, there are downfalls too. It seems like the right lifestyle for us. We took a huge risk doing what we did and it worked out for us.
Remember that the next time your spouse loses his job, it could be a HUGE opportunity for something much more wonderful. Is there something that you always wanted to do but you just felt that it was too risky? Maybe our story will inspire you! :)
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Our EGG fun! - Day 1
I purchased an inexpensive Egg study online and we had a great time with it. I thought it would be a great subject to mess around with before Easter. In this picture they are dissecting a hard boiled egg and eating them.
Zoe isn't as fond of eggs as Austyn so she made art with hers.
This little guy pooped all over, from what Zoe explained to me. LOL!
She made a pretend egg drink and used the tooth pick as a pretend straw.
Then we dissected a raw egg. This egg came from a local farm in our area. I chose it so they could see that it had some raised areas on the shell. Not every egg in the world looks like the beautiful perfect white eggs we purchase in the grocery store. I read online that the bumps usually just indicates that the chicken is older.
I found that with these local eggs the internal and external membranes seem stronger compared to the eggs we purchase in the store, so it made these eggs perfect for this study. I was able to peel the shell away on the entire top so that we could open the membrane to expose the inside parts of the egg as they would appear inside the egg, undisturbed.
Here is the egg open. It is showing us the parts. You can see the yolk clearly with it's membrane around it and in the left circle you can see the germinal disk (where the egg gets fertalized). In the right circle you can see one chalaza ancharing the yolk inside the thick albumen. The unit I purchased had simple names. I downloaded another chart to use and told the kids both the simple names (eg. egg white) and the more scientific names as well.
Shortly after dissecting we moved on to our next egg project - making our own paint. I placed two yolks in a bowl and made sure it was just yolk and smooth (no membrane etc.). I added a tiny bit of water to the yolk and mixed it in. Then I poured the liquid into this paint container.
We then chose food colouring colours to make the yolk mix into paint. I know there is another version of this where you can add other things (chalk, berries etc.) but I just kept it simple. We talked about how people throughout history would make their own paint and in many instances used egg in it.
I gave each child a brush, water and a piece of bread, since the cool thing about this paint is that it's edible. They painted on the bread and I toasted their painting to cook the egg paint onto the bread and lightly buttered for them to eat.
This is Zoe's toast design. It's a girls face.
Austyn did a rainbow design on his toast.
There was paint left so I decided that recycling some cardboard cereal boxes would make nice canvases for this paint.
When they dried the paint ended up really glossy on the cardboard.
Zoe continued to paint. she decided that it would be cool to make strawberries on papertowel and cut them out. The bottom one is a purple strawberry and some blueberries. She cut them out and everything dried on a cookie sheet.
Some colour pages came with our study. Austyn isn't all that into colouring, so Zoe painted them. I'm not sure if you can tell from this picture but if you look closely the eggs in the nest have little baby bird heads pecking out of them!
They played an egg memory game, with different egg photos.
Along with the above activities we read information on my computer and watched videos online of eggs hatching. Austyn was amazed by this video we saw of snakes hatching and he went off to make lego snakes hatching out of eggs and other egg hatching type things.
We have some more egg activities to do. I'll have to update you guys with another post for our continued egg fun.
“The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.” ~ Arnold H. Glasgow
We have some more egg activities to do. I'll have to update you guys with another post for our continued egg fun.
“The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.” ~ Arnold H. Glasgow
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