READY TO ROW: Cover Art: The boys created their cover art page in their FIAR notebook. BIBLE: My daughter helped me create the artwork for our The Old Woman Who Named Things Bible Verse pack. You can purchase your copy here. There’s a FREEbie tracer in the preview! SOCIAL STUDIES: Character: The old woman was … Continue reading The Old Woman Who Named Things
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
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
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
We savored each moment rowing this book. We explored bees, honey, trees, Michigan, Canada, and SO MUCH MORE! READY TO ROW: I made a simple kick-off breakfast with Honeycomb cereal, fruit, and milk. The boys created their cover page using our beeswax crayons. Jordan added our story disk to Michigan on our world map. BIBLE: … Continue reading The Bee Tree
READY TO ROW: I made a fun Castaway breakfast with a thunder cloud, a red canoe, and a bacon shelter on a fruit island! The boys created their title pages and we were ready to begin our adventure! BIBLE: Memory Verse: I created a Bible Verse Pack for this book. You can purchase your copy … Continue reading Henry the Castaway
BIBLE: Memory Verse: I created a Bible Verse pack for Truman's Aunt Farm. You can purchase your copy here at our TPT Store. There's a bonus FREEbie in the Preview! Jordan traced his Bible verse the first day. We cut apart his Bible verse and he glued it together in his FIAR notebook. Jordan worked … Continue reading Truman’s Aunt Farm
READY TO ROW: We started rowing Daniel's Duck at the end of January. It was a wonderful winter row. As with our other rows, I challenged the boys to create a cover page with an element from the story as well as the author and illustrator. BIBLE: Memory Verse: I created a Bible Memory Verse … Continue reading Daniel’s Duck
