Kindergarten - Day 57 and Day 58

Day 57 - Thursday

Bible story - "Unselfish Ruth"

Living Long Ago - Discussing French court fashions and french noblemen's homes

Poetry: "Evening Thought", "Scrub-A-Dub", "Night-Light Magic" (this concludes our Heartsongs book), and "The Clever Hen"

We finished our latest chapter book - "Mary on Horseback"

Math:

 Language Arts:

The dangers of giving Hunter a catalog in which he can circle things he wants for Christmas. Hint - everything gets circled!!

My sweet girl cleaning up after dinner (without being asked):

Bible verse:

Day 58 - Friday

I love to see the kids playing nice! Here is Bri with her "baby" Hunter:

They love to lace while I read:

 Talking about Ruth's story:

Missionary story: "The Search Among Thieves"

Poetry from a new book, "A Pizza the Size of the Sun": "A Pizza the Size of the Sun", "Eyeballs for Sale!", "My Elephant is Different", "Spaghetti Seeds", "News Brief", "A Frog, A Stick"

 Math:

 New game alert! Okay, I found a website that has a ton of math games and all you need are Uno cards! This was a game called "Snappo". Basically, you lay out your cards one at a time and have to match the pairs that add up to 10. It was a great game to practice addition, and of course you could take some cards away and change the numbers, or switch over to subtraction. We really enjoyed this.

 You see the winner's pile! (I normally don't let my children beat me in card games but I made an exception!)

Hunter's math work:

Bri's math:

 Language Arts: Writing down her blend words from the day before:

 Listening to me say four words and she had to spell them out:

Reading a new book in the most comfy spot!

Bri filled up her reward chart, so she got Purple Penguin!

Our favorite library books this week:

 Brianna's reading books:

This is a 3-minute video of Brianna reading one of her Orton-Gillingham books:





This video is 2 1/2 minutes long. Almost every night, Bri makes up a song at bedtime. I always wish I had my camera to tape her. This particular night, I did! I really hope you can understand her. We were trying to be quiet so we didn't wake up Hunter in the next room. For some reason I got tickled about something she said so I was trying to hold in my hysterical laughter and keep quiet, which resulted in lots of snorting while laughing! I apologize for that! (I was leaving for the beach with some girls from church the next day, which is what she is talking about at the end)

Neil Patrick Harris Autobiography (Review)

This review is for the book "Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography" by Neil Patrick Harris. I honestly do not usually read autobiographies, biographies, memoirs, or anything of that nature, but when I saw this particular one is based off the old Choose Your Own Adventure books - I was sold!

Needless to say this book is chock full of hilarity. I really do not know much about Neil Patrick Harris. I know the basics - I remember his Doogie days - and I know people who enjoy his TV show HIMYM, but I really didn't know much else about him. What better way to tell your life story than by letting readers choose their path in your life?

After reading this book it is completely obvious what a great sense of humor Harris has. Thanks to this book I now have one magic trick I can actually perform. I also have a couple of recipes from his husband who is apparently a trained chef. And the letters from friends of Harris add another hilarious touch to the book.

If you are a fan of NPH you'll love this book. If you don't know much about him, you'd enjoy it anyway, in my opinion.

Thank you to Crown Publishing for a copy of the book in exchange for my honest review.

The Brickmaker's Bride (Review)

This review is for the book "The Brickmaker's Bride" by Judith Miller. The story begins with Laura and her mother returning to the brick factory her father built up. Now that he has passed away, they need to sell the business. Unfortunately, the people they sell to are slightly crooked - well, one of them is, and the other has some sense.

The story is primarily about Laura and Ewan falling in love, but other stories are mixed in together. I felt this story was a bit slow-going and took me a while to get through. It is a historical novel set in the 1800s. I will say by the end I was starting to enjoy it more.

Thank you to Litfuse Publicity and Bethany House for a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

Pound Foolish (Review)

This review is for the book "Pound Foolish" by Neta Jackson and Dave Jackson. This is the second book I have read by this couple, and the fourth in the Windy City series. I have actually read this book and the third. I enjoyed this one. I really enjoyed how it had the same characters but this book relayed the stories of the characters who were mere background characters in the book I read before this one. You could read this one without reading the others in the series, but knowing what happened in the previous book made this one better for me.

I recommend this book. The writing is laidback and appeals to those who want an easy read and a good story.

Thank you to Litfuse Publicity and Castle Rock Creative for a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.