Moments to Remember~

I walked in the family room last night to find all of them piled on the sofa...
reserving library books online~

Today I invited SJ to take a book outside and read wherever she wanted to.
I looked out to find her in the treehouse reading to the neighborhood cat~

While EK was inside with all her art supplies out painting this~

Moments to Remember for sure!!!

More Bird Books~

I reserved another stack of bird books and Savannah picked them up at the library for us~

 Literacy going on naturally around our house:

Payne copying words off the dishwasher like the repair man just did.

SJ dressing and bringing her owl friend, Swoops, for mystery reader (all her idea).

 Everyone sculpting with playdoh while listening during read aloud.

Our bible time books are amazing...

I heard about Read Aloud Bible Stories from a podcast on Read Aloud Revival #22~

 We have also been watching Caldecott stories via DVD and LOVE them!

Make Way for Ducklings!

We have also spent much time outside soaking up God and nature~

Kids don't need many toys to play, of any particular one. 

What they need most of all is unstructured time.

 (Simplicity Parenting)

The Carrot Seed~ {BFIAR}

This week we are rowing The Carrot Seed.

We read the story and connected with our planting day on Friday

 then read our Bible story of The Parable of the Sower in Luke 8.

We thought of things we had to be diligent at to succeed and wrote a story in our journals~

 In the midst of school, the UPS man delivered EK's MOST wanted birthday gift so all school halted as we swooned over this wonderful gift~

Window Nest Box

 Do you think she was just a little happy?

We are SO excited to see a bird move in and maybe raise some babies!!!

Dad was able to hang it when he got home from work~

Right outside our school room window along with another birdhouse, a feeder, and our hummingbird feeder!

After just one reading of The Carrot Seed SJ picked up the book and read it to me!~

{THIS is why I don't skip BFIAR (Before Five in a Row) books...

They are SO valuable for new readers in gaining self confidence in their reading journey not to mention...

 they are just plain AWESOME books!} 

AND just look at the youngest student to join our school for the day~

Ummm... can you stand the cuteness???