I am a Christian and a wife and mother of three trying to live out God's purpose for my life. Our homeschooling journey was not a typical beginning. My husband and I had attended public school and had planned for our children to attend there as well. My oldest had attended a pre-k program at a Christian school to get him ready. It had been a bumpy start but he finally settled down and got used to it. When time came to tour the elementary school that our son was zoned for (which was known to be the best one in the county) we decided it wasn't for us. I was floored at what they had planned on teaching them in kindergarten and the learning environment was not inviting. We therefore decided to leave him at the private Christian school he was at and that is where he stayed until 3rd grade. By that time my middle child was ready for pre-k and I signed him up that year as well. Things went pretty well for him but my oldest through the years was bored and didn't want to go. He almost always got perfect scores and never studied. I tried talking with the teachers and they said there was nothing they could do until he got into the upper grades just to be happy that he was bright and "didn't need help." I was tired of paying big bucks for my son to sit and not be challenged so that is the year I took the plunge and pulled him out. It has been a learning road and I have spent many hours studying and learning what is best for my children. Everyone has a story and what works for their family. This blog is what has worked for mine. I hope that what I write will help others who are beginning or those who are always looking for things to help deepen their children's learning. Blessings!

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

SUMMER READING 2015 (Pre-k)

Eskimo Twins
The Moffats
Bible – daily
More Days Go By- reader
Children’s Book of Faith
From Caterpillar to Butterfly
Policeman Small
Mercy Watson Goes For a Ride- reader
Sir Cumcumference and All the king’s Tens
Uncle Arthur Bedtime Stories series
Mother West Wind Why Stories
You’ll Soon Grow Into Them, Titch – reader
George Shrinks- reader
Mercy Watson Something Wonky This Way Comes- reader
Thomas and the Shooting Star
Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel
Sandman Farm Stories
Dan Frontier Scouts with the Army – reader
Franklin Fibs
Cowboy Small
The Little Train
Trashy Town – reader
Mouse Tails- reader
I’ll Talk to God about That
I Love My Bible
Put Me in the Zoo- reader
The Penderwicks
Magic School Bus Rides the Wind
Jim Forest and the Flood – reader
Billy and Blaze – reader
Blace and the Spotted Gray Pony- reader
Too Much Noise –reader
The Children’s Hour (portion)
Adventures of the Berenstain Bears (reader)
This is Mohan
Anthony Gets Ready for Church
Wacky Wednesday (reader)
Oh the Places You’ll Go
Blace and the Forest Fire (reader)
Baking Day
Trains Cranes and Troublesome Trucks
Fast Train Slow Train (reader)
Little Toot
James Herriots Treasury for Children
Richard Scary Mother Goose (portions)
Magic School Bus Gets Planted
Children’s Book of Faith
Poky Little Puppy
Make Way for Ducklings
The Giving Tree
Thomas Gets Tricked
The Busy Bulldozer
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Thomas and the School trip (reader)
Scruffy the Tugboat
B Bears Piggy Bank Blessings (reader)
Three Little Pigs
B Bears Goes to the Doctor
Magic Fishbone
Oliver (reader)
Jack and the Beanstalk
There Was an Old Woman who swallowed a Fly
Mr. Vinegar
The Caboose Who Got Loose
The Star Spangled Banner
The 4th of July Story
The Little Island
The Taxi that Hurried
Pocket for Corduroy
House on East 88th Street
 A Lucky Dog
Little Red Caboose
Gingerbread Man
Shortest Kid in the World ( reader)
Click Clack Moo
The Fire Cat (reader)
A Day in the Life of a Firefighter (reader)
Junior Classics (series)
Oscar Cat Around Town
Hercules
Ramona the Brave
B Bears and the Golden Rule
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible No Good Very Bad Day
Miss Nelson is Missing
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Prince Bertram the Bad
A Birthday Bike for Brimhall (reader)
Magic School Bus Lost in Space
B Bear Meets Santa Bear
Where Did Baby Go
My Puppy
Little Critter Collection
Blaze Shows the Way (reader)
John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat
Burt Dow Deep-Water Man
House in the Rock
The Great Promise
Ask Mr. Bear
A Baby Sister for Frances
Bread and Jam for Frances
Cinderella
A Visitor for Bear (reader)
Corduroy
Fly High Fly Low (reader)
B Bear Big Book of Science and Nature (portions)
Arthur’s Loose Tooth (reader)
What Makes Day and Night
Alexander and the Wind Up Mouse
Greedy Triangle
Bedtime for Frances
Born to Read (reader)
God’s happy Family
Curious George
Arthur’s Birthday Party (reader)
Magic School Bus Gets Baked in a Cake
Dan Frontier with the Indians (reader)
Half Magic
The Horse in Harry’s Room (reader)
The Book House (selections)
The BFG
The Storm Book
Jim’s Dog Muffins
Dooby Dooby Moo
The biggest Bear (reader)
Curious George Blasts Off
What will the Weather Be
Fireflies
Magic Bus and the Missing Tube
A Beetle is Shy
The Man Caught by a Fish
Thomas and the Big Big Bridge
B Bears Gets Involved
B Bears Reaps the Harvest (reader)
B Bears The Bears Vacation
B Bears on the Moon (reader)
B Bears Sick Days
Where the Wild Things Are
Good Night Little Bear
 The Story of Jonah
B Bears Goes to Camp
Goodnight Goodnight Construction Site
Horton Hatches the Egg
Noisy Nora (reader)
Miss Rumphius
Jim Forest and Dead Man’s Peak
A House is a House for Me
Pinocchio
What Your Preschooler Needs to Know (parts)
James and the Giant Peach
The Enormous Egg
Andy and the Lion
My Puppy

Cactus Hotel