READY TO ROW: Story Disk: Bub colored our story disk and placed it on Massachusetts. Cover Page: Since the illustrations in Paul Revere’s Ride were created with watercolor, I asked the boys to use watercolor to create their cover art too! BIBLE: Bible Verse: I created a Paul Revere’s Ride Bible Verse pack. You can … Continue reading Paul Revere’s Ride
READY TO ROW: Saturdays is pancake day at our house. This week, I made “sheepy-cakes” in honor of our new book, Warm as Wool. Story Disk: Jordan colored our story disk. He placed the story disk on Ohio. Cover Art: I normally ask the kids to draw something inspired by the illustrations in the book. … Continue reading Warm as Wool
READY TO ROW: This FIAR unit had so many wonderful topics to explore that it took us a good four weeks to finish rowing this wonderful book. I tried to organize this post by subject, so it won't be in chronological order. I made snowflake pancakes to start us on our Snowflake Bentley journey. Winter … Continue reading Snowflake Bentley
BIBLE: Memory Verse: I printed the second verse from our Philippians 4:6-7 Bible pack. You can download your FREE copy here at our TPT Store. On Monday, the boys traced their verse and on Tuesday, they illustrated it. On Wednesday, the boys cut and pasted them in their Bible notebook. SOCIAL STUDIES: Christmas Around the … Continue reading Sonlight Level D (Week 13)
READY TO ROW: This year, I chose The Great Spruce as our holiday row. We started immediately after Thanksgiving and rowed through the entire month of December, even after our "Christmas Break" with fun activities and read-alouds. I made SPRUCE cakes to infuse us with a little more Christmas spirit! Jordan colored the story disk … Continue reading The Great Spruce
READY TO ROW: Balloon pancakes seemed like a great way to kick-off our holiday row! Jordan colored our story disk and added it to New York! We've read Balloons over Broadway: many times, but this was the first time it was our featured FIAR book. Everyone was excited about our Thanksgiving row! The boys created … Continue reading BALLOONS OVER BROADWAY
We love to row circus themed books this time of year to align with our Church Harvest Festival. Since we rowed Andy and the Circus last year, we chose Andy and the Lion this year. READY TO ROW: I made lion paw pancakes to kick off Andy and the Lion (Picture Puffin Books). Cover Art: … Continue reading Andy and the Lion
READY TO ROW: Fall was in the air. Though the weather was hot, the leaves were crunching under foot. We were dreaming of apples, pumpkins, and spiced treats. Cover Art: Jordan decided to go black and white with his cover art this time. Jordan added our story disk to Wyoming. BIBLE: Memory Verse: I created … Continue reading Amber on the Mountain
Normally we start our school year with FIAR and Sonlight simultaneously, but this year, we decided to delay Sonlight so we could study a couple of FIAR books together as a family. READY TO ROW: I made cactus-shaped pancakes in honor of our desert themed row. Colors of the Southwest: I set out our colored … Continue reading ROXABOXEN
I chose to row Babar to Duet or Not to Duet as our first book of the new school year. It was a really cute starter book that EVERYONE loved! READY TO ROW: We kicked off this row with elephant toast for breakfast. Cover Page: As with all our other FIAR rows, I asked the … Continue reading BABAR TO DUET OR NOT TO DUET:
