READY TO ROW: Story Disk: After looking at a world map of deciduous forests, we decided that our characters would live in a European forest. So Parker placed the story disk near the UK. Cover Art: Parker drew the love letter over a large moon as his front cover for this unit. Sweet Treat: Though … Continue reading The Love Letter
READY TO ROW: Kick-off Breakfast: We didn’t have an official kick-off breakfast; however, we had many special breakfasts this month. We had a soft start as we wrapped up The Thanksgiving Door and gradually started our Christmas row. We celebrated Haley’s 15th birthday while rowing The Nutcracker. I made pancake muffins topped with sugarplum sprinkles … Continue reading The Nutcracker
KICKING IT OFF: Cover Art: Parker created his cover art page. It was really colorful and fun. Story Disk: Parker colored the story disk. He decided to place it on Russia. BIBLE: Bible Verse: My daughter created the lovely cover art for The Thanksgiving Door Bible Memory printable. You can purchase your copy here at … Continue reading The Thanksgiving Door
Ready to Row: I made yummy mooncakes over the weekend. They already looked so moon-like, I just added a homemade cream cheese frosting glaze. Story Disk: First, Parker colored the story disk. Afterwards, he placed the story disk in Florida, home to the Kennedy Space Center. Cover Art: Parker did a wonderful job creating the … Continue reading A Kite For Moon
READY TO ROW: Kick-off Breakfast: Our breakfast was nod to the “Bagel Hut” and the perfect way to start our Bird Count row. The cup of hot cocoa just sweetened the deal! Story Disk: Bub did a wonderful job coloring our story disk. He placed on our map. Cover Art: The boys created their cover … Continue reading Bird Count
READY TO ROW: We chose to row Cranberry Christmas during the holidays. It seemed perfect since we were on our second year of U.S. History. Kick-Off Breakfast: We kicked off our holiday row with a fun snowman bagel breakfast. Story Disk: Jordan colored our story Disk and placed it in the Northeastern part of the … Continue reading Cranberry Christmas
The Pumpkin Runner took a bit longer to complete, so we only had about one and a half weeks to row a Thanksgiving book. I chose to row Fry Bread by Kevin Noble Maillard this Thanksgiving, because I thought it would tie in nicely with Parker's U.S. social studies lessons. Though this was a mini … Continue reading Fry Bread
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: 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
