READY TO ROW: Kick-off Breakfast: I made chocolate chip “horseshoe” pancakes to kick off this row! Story Disk: Jordan colored our story disk and we added it to the Nantucket area of our world map. Cover Art: The boys sketched and colored a cover page in their FIAR Notebook. BIBLE: Memory Verse: I created a … Continue reading The Wild Horses of Sweetbriar

We chose to row The Hatmaker’s Sign right after Paul Revere’s Ride. We were on a patriotic roll! READY TO ROW: Tea Party: We kicked off our new book with a toast to Paul Revere’s Ride. We celebrated with our own tea party! I set out the new tea set My husband bought me for … Continue reading The Hatmaker’s Sign

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

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