I did it. Last night I spent a few hours working out our semester long plan for Five in a Row. I have a hard time doing this. I have a hard time picking a book for one week, let alone several months. I want everything to be perfect. And then I get into this…
Continue ReadingLast week we “rowed” Very Last First Time by Jan Andrews and Ian Wallace. This is a really beautiful book about an Inuit girl, Eva, who walks under the ice at low tide to collect mussels. This is a rite of passage for Eva who will be making this journey alone for the first time…
Continue ReadingAs promised, here are some of Henry’s pictures from his experiments with perspective: From the ground, looking up. Sideways Extreme close up Self Portrait He also decided to get creative all on his own today with flight based arts and crafts. For those of you who happen to know him, you know that this is…
Continue ReadingWe have officially started our Five in a Row (FIAR) curriculum this week with the book The Glorious Flight by Alice and Martin Provensen. For those unfamiliar with FIAR, it is a storybook/unit based curriculum designed for use with 4 to 8 year olds. You read each book every day for five days and each…
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