Oh the Places You'll Go!

We read this book, then watched this YouTube video...

The kids spun around and pointed a finger at our world map, then did a mini-project on a place they could go...

CHILD..........PLACE...........................................YEARS

Jonas...........Indonesia...........................................November 2015-2017
Leslie..........Japan.................................................April 2018-2019
Owen..........La Paz, Mexico.................................March 2020-2022
Troy............Paraguay............................................March 2020-2022
Micah.........Australia.............................................August 2022-2024
Evelyn........South Africa.......................................October 2025-2026
Reuben.......Brazil.................................................August 2027-2029
Gideon........Rio de Janeiro, Brazil........................December 2029-2031

Book Reports

Last week we had some fun book reports.

Micah reported that "Calvin and Hobbes" comic books are great!

He really got into the presentation.

Troy read Janitors and part of Janitors #2.  They are "awesome".

Owen taught us about Greek and Roman gods and 

really loves the Percy Jackson series and the Lost Hero series (so far!)

Not to be left out, Evelyn reported that the Barbie book was fantastic and she does read this a lot!

Reuben loves to read too!

(Jonas and Leslie had an extra week to pull off their reports on Utopia and The Hiding Place)

Book Reports

The kids dressed up as a character (for the most part) and presented a book they read this past week/month.  

Micah and Evelyn read The Magic Treehouse Tonight on the Titanic.

Here they are as Jack and Annie.

Leslie read One White Dolphin (so did I!)

She dressed up as an older character in the novel and read her favorite part.

Owen packaged himself up and presented the book, Brother from a Box.

Troy read the second Liberty Porter book and dressed up as Sam, the "Secret Agent Man".

Jonas summarized the Count of Monte Cristo (no costume for him, booooo!) 

but his book was long and we also watched the not so true to the book movie.  

Anne of Green Gables

I love Anne of Green Gables. I love all the books, characters, imagery, stories, ALL OF IT! I had a roommate in college who was identical to Anne (in character) and so I even got to live with Anne! So last week when I went to the library and found a new book entitled "The Prequel to Anne of Green Gables - Before Green Gables", I was apprehensively excited. Who knew if it was going to fly or flop?
Yet again, my kids had to fend for themselves this afternoon as I devoured the book. It combines all the clues from the other books about her pre-Green Gables life, and of course the author (Budge Wilson) takes liberties, but she does so very well. I loved reading about Anne and how her character forms...
I loved it! I highly recommend it!
Enjoy!