Nope, on cold windy days we can stay home wrapped in soft billowy blankets, drink hot tea and read books to each other and nibble warm buttery toast next to the hearth. Warm sunny days we can head out doors to picnic in the sun and talk about all the little things that pop into our heads.
When academics drags us down, we will take a break and paint, draw, make play dough, do science experiments, play board games, and do puzzles.
When being "at school" gets under our skin, we will escape to various museums, events, and nature reserves to learn more by being there.
As the public school kids begin to sit in their seats and "learn" my children will be up and out of their seats moving, talking, and experiencing life!
I am looking forward to the 2009-2010 school year!
With that said I have a small library of books lined up for this years reading aloud time. Or as we call it D.E.A.R Time (Drop Everything And Read).
We have started the year off by reading an abridged King Author and the Knights of the Roundtable, it was not as exciting as unabridged might be, but this book was already in the library.
Now we are reading The Never Ending Story by Ende (American translation). The kids like this one, but one chapter is all they can sit through thus far. I am sure later when the flying dog appears they will want to sit through longer stints.
Here are the other books I pulled from my library that we have not yet and will do so this school year.
Stanley, Flat Again! by Brown
The BFG by Dahl
Matilda by Dahl
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Dahl
The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs by Birney
The Secret of the Old Clock by Drew
A Christmas Carol and Other Holiday Tales (unabridged) by Dickens
The War of the Worlds by Wells
I also have our science and history to read. Not to mention bedtime stories, and helping Jonah learn to read. James reading to Zane while I work with Jonah, and all the other ends and outs of "school."
Let's get to work!
