What My Child is Reading May 16 - 21, 2010

This week the boys have enjoyed their selection of books. We started a Dinosaur unit study last week but had to postpone it until this week due to flooding in our area.We had a great selection of books and had to narrow our choices from the many books that we saw at our library. We already have many Dinosaur books in our own family library so the boys and I decided to read the ones we have not

"Dinosaurs!" Book and fun grouping activity!

This week we resumed our Dinosaur unit study. We read a wonderful book on Dinosaurs and how they are classified.Dinosaurs by Gail Gibbons is a book for that introduces young children to Dinosaurs. It explains what the word Dinosaur means and the time period when dinosaurs lived. Readers learn how fossils are formed and when they were first discovered. Since fossils were discovered,

Dinosaur A to Z and a craft

My youngest son loves ABC books so we knew we have to find one on Dinosaurs. Luckily, we found one to read this week!Dinosaur A to Z: For kids who really love dinosaurs by Simon Mugford is a book that introduces young readers to twenty six Dinosaurs that begin with each letter of the alphabet. Each page in the book shows the letter and the Dinosaur that represents it with a description,

Book Sharing Monday: Shadow of the Dinosaurs

This week we continue our unit study on Dinosaurs. We went to the library recently and my youngest son picked out this book for our reading list. He loved the cover because it features a dachshund on it that looks like my younger brother's dog Olive.Shadows of the Dinosaur written and illustrated by Dennis Nolan is a story begins when a young boy's dog named Shadow finds a bone buried in the

"Boy, were we wrong about Dinosaurs" Book and a Dino Fossil Craft

This week we started our Dinosaur unit study and found an assortment of books to read. One definitely appealed to the boys called "Boy, were we wrong about Dinosaurs!" Boy, were we wrong about the Dinosaurs by Kathleen V. Kudlinski, illustrated by S.D. Schindler is a picture book that teaches readers about the past ideas people had about the dinosaurs that over the years has been proven wrong.

Book Sharing Monday: Minmi and other Dinosaurs of Australia

During our study of Australia last month, we came across an interesting book that we planned on using for our Dinosaur unit study called "Minmi and other Dinosaurs of Australia."Minmi and Other Dinosaurs of Australia by Dougal Dixon, illustrated by Steve Weston and James Field is a book that describes the dinosaurs that once roamed the forests, shorelines, and rocky slopes of Australian continent