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Category Archives: Reading/Phonics
Red Sings from Treetops by Joyce Sidman (again)
I don’t think I’ve ever done this before (well, except for the times I’ve gone on and on and on about how much my girls love all things Laura Ingalls Wilder), but I’m highlighting a book today that I’ve reviewed … Continue reading
Another reader at our house!
I snapped this picture on Saturday, but I’m sharing it today in honor of someone’s sixth birthday. Just when I think it’s never going to happen, something clicks with my little reader-in-training and she just takes off. I think it … Continue reading
Favorite Read Alouds
Asking me to pick my favorite read-aloud is like asking me to pick my favorite child–a laughable task. However, when I saw that the Three Thinking Mothers would be writing and posting about read-alouds this week, I knew I couldn’t … Continue reading
Narration questions
It feels like the training wheels have come off this year and we’re pedaling pretty well without too much wobbling or crashing academically. (Organizationally is another thing altogether!) Well, some days are like that. Other days, I feel like we’ve … Continue reading
Read Aloud Thursday–Chapter books for the youngest listeners
Annette @ Live, Learn, Laugh asked me a while back for some recommendations for first chapter books to share as read-alouds with young children. I’ve had this post percolating in my brain for a couple of weeks, but when I picked up … Continue reading
Caught Reading
Both girls love reading about Amelia Earhart, and Lulu has lately been taken with this biography of her, a Goodwill find. Reading this prompted Lulu to head up constructing a trap for a bird, which is something Earhart apparently did at … Continue reading
Read Aloud Thursday–26 Fairmount Avenue by Tomie DePaola
See that list over there in the sidebar that’s titled “Lulu’s Booklog”? Well, I’m removing it as soon as I get a minute to fiddle with my widgets. (Isn’t that fun–fiddle with my widgets. Ha!) There’s no way I can … Continue reading
A Good Problem to Have
Since Christmas, Lulu has been reading like a house afire. In fact, I have to insist that she stop reading and do ___________ numerous times a day. I’ve been attempting to keep a list in the sidebar of the chapter books she … Continue reading
The Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Alice Dalgliesh
Today is the day to share award winning children’s books over at 5 Minutes for Books, and I wanted to share Lulu’s read-aloud for last week. I had never read The Bears on Hemlock Mountain before, but it appears on … Continue reading
Weekly Wrap-Up–October 4-8, 2010
I began this week with a little trepidation, to be honest. After last week, the week-off-that-really-wasn’t, and a jam-packed weekend (always!), I didn’t feel quite as rested as I wanted to, but I did have a new plan. I … Continue reading
