READY TO ROW: Kick-off Breakfast: This was more like a wrap-up breakfast. Pancake art isn’t my specialty, but I managed to craft tree-shaped pancakes with Nutella frosted trunks. What they lacked in visual appeal they made up for in taste. It sugared-us-up enough to power through our last week rowing The Tree Lady. Story Disk: … Continue reading The Tree Lady
READY TO ROW: Story Disk: Parker colored the story disk and placed it on the southern part of the United States. Cover Art: Parker drew Grandma’s chair and the rug underneath. It looked beautiful! BIBLE: Bible Lessons: Having both the old and new teacher’s manual allows me to have access to Jane Lambert’s wonderful Bible … Continue reading The Hickory Chair
READY TO ROW: Cover Art: Parker drew a beautiful picture of the Budapest Zoo for his cover art. Story Disk: Parker colored the story disk. He located Hungary on our world map and placed the story disk there. BIBLE: Bible Verse: I created a Bible verse printable for this row. You can purchase your FREE … Continue reading Hanna’s Cold Winter
READY TO ROW: Story Disk: Parker colored the story disk and placed it on Japan. BIBLE: Memory Verse: My daughter created the artwork for Grass Sandals. I used it to create a Bible verse printable. You can purchase your copy here at our TPT Store. There’s a bonus FREEbie tracer in the preview. Bible Lessons: … Continue reading Grass Sandals
I decided to start our row at the end of the school year, light row during the summertime, and pick it up again in the fall. READY TO ROW: Kick-off Lunch: We kicked off our row with a clam chowder lunch! We set up a fishing net and filled it with stuffed sea creatures. At … Continue reading Arabella
With spring in full bloom, I thought it might be fun to row Higgins Bend Song & Dance. READY TO ROW: Story Disk: Jordan colored the story disk and added it on Mississippi. Cover Art: The boys LOVED this story! It was an instant favorite! They created their cover art after reading the story aloud. … Continue reading Higgins Bend Song & Dance
I chose to row Albert in the springtime, since there were so many fun spring-related activities we could tie in. We rowed this book for a good 4-5 weeks. We read the story every day the first week, several times the second week, and just referred to it when needed. READY TO ROW: We kicked … Continue reading Albert
This was certainly one of our longest rows. We easily spent five weeks rowing Mailing May. In fact, we finished a few units after we started rowing our next book. READY TO ROW: Since we rowed Mailing May in February, we enjoyed a sweet Valentine inspired pancake breakfast! Cover Art: The boys created a cover … Continue reading Mailing May
We set out all the pumpkins Parker grew in his pumpkin patch! I put together a special basket for this row. It was full of Australian and pumpkin items. Some we used, others we didn’t. READY TO ROW: We started our row with delicious pumpkin pancakes, fruit, and bacon. Story Disk: Jordan colored our story … Continue reading The Pumpkin Runner
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
