We decided to start our school year altogether rowing Swashby and the Sea. We kicked off our row with fun ocean creature pancakes. I filled up our basket with fun ocean-themed treats. BIBLE: Bible Verse: I created a Bible verse pack for this book. You can purchase your copy here at our TPT Store. There’s … Continue reading Swashby and the Sea
Every year, we select an ocean themed book to row as our last FIAR unit of the school year. This year we chose Hello Lighthouse. READY TO ROW: We kicked off our row with an overnight french toast casserole that closely resembled the rocky island foundation of the lighthouse in our book. Story Disk: Jordan … Continue reading Hello Lighthouse
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
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
