What my children are reading from May 18 to May 31

During our month long blogging break we did a lot of reading (both the kids and I) and recently this month we embarked on a gardening unit. 

Reading books on gardening appeals to my boys if it has bugs in the story or something that interest them, so I gave it my best shot at finding some books that I thought they would enjoy.


Books we read this week


Here are some of the boys'

What my children are reading March 28 to April 8

We have been reading books on Spring as part of our unit study on the season of Spring and animals in Spring .  We took our time reading through our books but it was worth it. 

The  boys enjoyed our selection of books that explored what some animals do in Spring, trees and flowers that begin to bud or bloom and the activities people do I the Spring. 

Turtle my youngest son, has some favorites

Book Sharing Monday: What makes a rainbow?

We read a wonderful book about Rainbows that my youngest son loves called "What makes a Rainbow?What Makes a Rainbow? (Pop up board book) by Betty Ann Schwartz, illustrated by Dona Turner. When Little Rabbit asks his mother "What makes a rainbow?" She tells his to ask his friends to find out. As little Rabbit asks insect and animal in the forest. each one tells him a different color based on

What my children are reading March 1 to March 8

This week we continued our unit study on birds. During our first week of our study, we learned what birds are, which birds fly and which do not. We read books about birds, painted with feathers. It was a fun filled week that included our Nature Study on birds in our area. You can read our book reviews for our first week, HERE. This week we focused on and spent time learning about birds in general

What my children are reading: February 21 to 26

This week we began our two week unit study on birds. We learned what birds are, which birds fly and which do not. We read books about birds, painted with feathers. It was a fun filled week that included our Nature Study on birds in our area.The boys enjoyed the selections of books we read about birds. The book that we found valuable as a resource was Baby Birds by Bobbie Kalman. My youngest son

What my children are reading: January 10 to 15

Now that we are officially back from our winter break, we started our new year with a wonderful unit study on Woodland Animals – Animals in Winter.Last month we read books on Winter and Snow and with the cold weather we have been having the boys were still interested in winter books. We had some great books that were given to us from my older sister“R” which included “The Mitten: and “Creatures

What my children are reading December 12 to 18

It has been a while since we wrote a weekly reading post. It’s not that we have not been reading because we have. We have been so busy enjoying Advent and making ornaments that I had forgotten to post one.This week read some more books on snow and winter. We read a few books on snowmen some time ago and the boys wanted another week of snow books so I could not resist. BOOKS WE READ THIS WEEK:

The Little Red Hen makes a Pizza by Philemon Sturges.

As part of our study of a Harvest theme, we read "the Little Red Hen makes a pizza." We had read this book last Fall and the boys requested it again. The book is one of our favorites!The LIttle Red Hen makes a Pizza by Philemon Sturges tells a different version of The Little Ren Hen. In this version of the industrious Little Red Hen, she wants to make a pizza. Little Red Hen discovers that she

What my children are reading October 25 to 30

This week was a week of discovery and fun as we did a unit study on one of the boys favorite subjects: Pumpkins. We went to a pumpkin patch this month and picked a a good number of pumpkins.We read a few favorites from last year and found some new books we had not seen before. it was a good week and the boys are doing well. We are picking up more emergent readers that the boys like. Next week we

What my children are reading October 18 to 23

This week we had a great week as we learned about the Autumn season and trees. We revisited a few favorites from last Fall that the boys wanted to read again.We found a series of books by Nadine Brun-Cosme that my youngest son adores. At bedtime, My husband and our little son cuddled up and read “Big Wolf Little Wolf." I have become a fan of the book too!My sons loved the illustrations from David

Book Sharing Monday: Autumn Leaves by Ken Robbins

Autumn Leaves by Ken Robbins is a picture book that provides children an introduction to tree and leaf identification. The author shows the leaves of popular North American deciduous trees in the United States. The author provides life-sized reproductions of leaves, shown clearly against a white background which makes it easy to recognize their distinctive characteristics. Each leaf shown is

What my children are reading Sept. 13 to 18

We completed our fourth week of homeschooling but it was a light week. The boys were both sick and we were unable to make it to the public library but I had some recent books in our own personal collection that we had not read.With the boys laying in bed and having plenty of Mommy’s homemade Chicken soup we read some wonderful books that told stories about families and the love they share.BOOKS

What my children are reading – Sept. 6 to 12

We entered our third week of homeschooling and we continued our study on weather. During our second week we read about clouds and this week we are reading about the seasons, rain and learning about wind and air pressure.The boys enjoyed some of our selections and they learn quite about weather. One thing I leanred this week is that we need more fiction books on our topics.While my oldest son

What my Children are Reading – Aug. 30 to Sept. 4

Last week was our first week of homeschooling and we spent the majority of that week busy with assessments and showing the the boys to some of the books for our new curriculum.Over the summer I looked at our previous book lists from our weekly reading and tried to find new books that we have not explored. That is not to say that we won’t revisit some of the boys favorites, because I know it would

What my child is Reading for June 7 to 12, 2010

On Tuesday we started our second week on our study of Kenya, one of the many nations in the continent of Africa. We read several books on Kenyan wildlife and one on a very special tree that grows in Africa.The boys were excited about our book selection this week. We found some great picture books and reference books on the African animals. Some books had wonderful photos of real wildlife in the

What my child is reading this week for June 1 to 5, 2010

On Tuesday we started our study on Kenya, one of the many nations in the continent of Africa. We read several books on Kenyan life and history as well as some African (Kenyan) tales.The boys may not have been as interested in the books on Kenyan history or Culture that were factual but they did enjoy the selection of Children's pictures books that we had on hand to read this week (some of which

What my child is reading for May 24 to 28, 2010

This week the boys had fun reading our selection of books on Bugs and Insects. What boy wouldn't? We had a wide assortment of story books on Insects and made some new favorites to add to our family library.

My youngest son was delighted to add a new author that he likes to his list of favorite books. Bob Barner writes some delightful children books and we plan on looking for more is his books

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

What my child is reading this week for May 2- May 8, 2010

This week the boys wanted more books on the creatures that live in the Coral Reef so we have another list of great books about them.We really enjoyed last week's selection of books and I did not think we would find any more great books but we did!We read books about Fish, Sea Horses and other sea life so without further ado here's what my children are reading this week!Here are some of the boys'

What my child is reading for April 26-- 30, 2010

This week we resumed our study on Australia and read about on Australia's Great Barrier Reef as well as books on Coral Reefs.We had originally planned to read books about Australia's animals this week but the boys were more interested in the Ocean life of Australia than the Animals on the Continent.It was a fun week of reading stories about Coral Life and learning about the different species that