Back when we lived in Loma Linda, we started an Advent tradition. I collected 25 Christmas and Winter themed books and wrapped them up. Starting December 1st, we unwrapped one book each night and had a read aloud. We did it religiously every season and I really looked forward to it. The last few years […]
Though I have been blogging now for nine years (gasp) and have put up 1,496 posts, Mason has just recently discovered this spot of ours on the internet. This afternoon I found him sitting at the computer reading entries from years ago. He has always been my child who has loved being told personal family […]
Every Friday the kindergartners have story time with a surprise reader. Today, Mason’s class read to their Mass buddies. Mason has demonstrated a lot of patience with younger students over the year and this moment was quite endearing. He read Fly Guy’s Amazing Tricks and Pete the Cat Rocking in My School Shoes.
Mason has fallen hard for Harry Potter. He has been reading through the series and taking as many accelerated reading tests as he can on them. Mason has a chosen a high goal for himself. In fact, his goal is the highest in the class. Since these books are worth a lot of points, they […]
Since the beginning of the school year we have adopted Family Reading Time. Very simply, it’s a 30 minute block of time when we each sit down as a family and read a book of our own choosing. We set the timer, silence our phones and dive into our books. Because the weather was so […]
If you have never had a chance to read Because of Winn-Dixie, I strongly encourage you to do so. Mason’s class studied the book together and the teachers planned a friendship party as the culminating lesson. All of the details of the party here represent their interpretation of events and symbolism from the book. Lozenges, […]
When the boys fall for a book series, they fall hard. They both are smitten with Michael Vey and have been waiting for Richard Paul Evan’s latest book, Hunt for Jade Dragon, to be released. We preordered autographed copies a while ago. Unlike Amazon where the book arrives on the doorstep the day it is […]
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{photo source} When Bill learned that Rick Riordan was going on tour to promote his latest book in the Heroes of Olympus series, he started making plans to take Walker. One of his speaking engagements was part of the 25th Annual Southern Festival of Books in Nashville. The Celebration of the Written Word took place […]
Just like his brother, Mason likes to retreat to the top of the play structure in the backyard with his book. His current favorite reads include the Jack Stalwart series, the Magic Tree House series and the Humphrey series.