Anna’s Present

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Anna’s birthday is October 31st. We sent a present out for her today. We made this sign and then I printed off the picture, laminated it, and sent it along with her present. The kids decorated the sign and we stuck that in with the present also. We also sent her the following: book, nightgown […]

Night of the Moonjellies

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This should be a fun book for the kids next week. A true story of a boy who spends summers with his Grandma, working at a restaurant! Jacob will enjoy it for sure. Monday-Social Studies Tuesday-Science (Moonjellies & Ocean) Wednesday-Art Thursday-LA and Math Friday-Real Life-Running a Restaurant!

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

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This book has been a favorite in our house for a long time. We used to check it out from the library all the time and then when we started FIAR I finally bought the book. It definitely is a classic. Today after we read the book we watched some old steam shovels in action […]

Science-The Frozen Sea

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Jonah’s version of an igloo the Inuit may have built many years ago. (Jacob’s narration of the book) The Very Last First Time was a great book. It is a true story and it talks about a girl going on the bottom of the sea for the first time. So when they wanted mussels to […]

Very Last First Time

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For the week of October 5th, we are going to read Very Last First Time by Jan Andrews. Here is our plan: Monday – Social Studies:Geography Tuesday – Science Wednesday – Art/Math Thursday – Language Arts Friday – Science

Apple Pie

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Today we wrapped up our reading of How to Make an Apple Pie…..It was a fun book to read and gave us lots of good dinner time conversations. Yesterday Sarah and I put together the Fold n Learn. She enjoyed the cutting and glueing. This morning we made the apple pie recipe from the book. […]

Mike Sweeney

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Last night Bob and Jacob went to the Detroit Tigers vs Seattle Mariners baseball game. They went to the game in hopes of getting Mike Sweeney’s autograph. He is one of Jacob’s favorite MLB players from the Champions of Faith DVD. Not only did they get his autograph, but Mike Sweeney took Jacob down into […]

Summertime Poem for Fun and Good Manners!

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The Robin Redbreastsby Mrs. Hawkshawe Two Robin redbreasts built their nestWithin a hollow tree;The hen sat quietly at home,The cook sang merrily;And all the little young ones said,“Wee, wee, wee, wee, wee, wee!” One day the sun was warm and bright,And shining in the sky,Cock Robin said, “My little dears,“Tis time you learn to fly;”And […]