I've been waking with the sun these last few weeks. Not by choice, as I tried my hardest to go back to sleep again, ha ha. 5am is early! But this last week I've pledged to go with it and see why the day is calling me so early. I have been spending this extra … Continue reading Warmth by Edmond Schoorel
Category: Books
Phases of Childhood
"A complete change seems to have come over his feelings as though he has lost their protection of the imaginative world projected outside himself, as though he suddenly, seeing it's worst side, experiences the world as a hostile place. ... The child has become critical. The people he respected most and who had been placed … Continue reading Phases of Childhood
Movement Books
Some of my favourite movement and game resources:Games Children Play - Kim John PayneOut of Sync Child Has Fun and Growing and In-Sync Child - Carol Stock Kranowitz and Joye NewmanHopscotch, Hangman, Hot Potato and Ha Ha Ha - Jack Maguire
Second Grade Book Stack
The discussion about books for newly independent readers has come up a lot in my social circles lately, so I thought I'd share some of the books my 8.5 year old daughter is reading. I do want to add, my daughter LOVES to read picture books, and while everyone pushes for chapter books at this … Continue reading Second Grade Book Stack
A New Coat for Anna
Jumping on super quick to share this wonderful book that will complement the grade three fiber arts block! A New Coat for Anna by Harriet Ziefert is set in the aftermath of World War Two. Anna's mother does not have money to buy her a new coat, so she barters her own belongings in exchange … Continue reading A New Coat for Anna
