Tuesday Tea Time Poetry-for boys, too!
A reading centered life.
Poetry for kids of all ages.
Our Learning with Literature Series
Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping by Peggy Parish
Angelina Ballerina by Katherine Holabird
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
Fancy Nancy by Jane O’Connor
Fancy Nancy: The Dazzling Book Report by Jane O’Connor in conjunction with Sacagawea: Brave Shoshone Girl by Sneed B. Collard, III
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Go, Dog, Go by P.D. Eastman
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling – birthday celebration with free printables and craft ideas
Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Mitten by Jan Brett
Olivia and Olivia Goes to Venice (a few more Olivia activities here) by Ian Falconer
Penny and Her Song by Kevin Henkes (with links to other Henkes books)
Pinkalicious, Purplicious, Goldilicious & Silverlicious by Victoria Kann and Elizabeth Kann
Pinkalicious and the Pink Drink by Victoria Kann
Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert (with links of other Lois Ehlert books)
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle (with links to other Eric Carle books)
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One of our favorite curriculum selections is Five In A Row. Even if you are not a homeschooler, this is a wonderful resource to enjoy reading with your children using lists of children’s literature that have truly been some of the best books we’ve ever read.
My Five Fun Things to do with each Five in a Row Book post can be found here.
F.I.A.R. Books From Volume I
Grandfather’s Journey (more Japan activities here and here)
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
Lentil (Lentil soap “whittling” photos here)
Madeline (additional activities here and here)
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
Night of the Moonjellies (Jellyfish aquarium photos here; Jellyfish craft here)
A Pair of Red Clogs (more Japan activities here and here)
Papa Piccolo (some more Papa Piccolo activities can also be found here and here)
Stopping By the Woods on a Snowy Evening
FIAR Books from Volume 2
The Giraffe that Walked to Paris
Before Five in a Row
I am so happy to find your blog!! I live in alaska and I am homeschooling my two kids…Saphire 6 and Valon 5. We are also doing FIAR and loving it (I just order Volume 2 !!!!). We also use handwriting with our tears, sounds like we are on the same page. It is great to find someone doing what we are doing! We are homeschooling for many reasons but first and for most to : keep learning outside the box!!! I am so glad you are posting all your ideas online, it was a gem to find and I look forward to reading your posts and sharing your journey!!! Thanks for all your great ideas ……Andrea in Alaska.
Hi,
I am happy to find your blog via a comment you left on Runny Babbit on my blog! I’m wondering up to what level the Five In A Row series goes. I’m not a homeschooler, but I like the selections you’ve included. I am also curious about what your Tuesday Tea Time readings?
Great blog, by the way!
Hi Ruth,
My Tuesday Tea Time post is here. Another post on the books we use for poetry will be coming up soon. FIAR has Beyond FIAR, which is chapter books. I just noticed they have Above and Beyond FIAR for ages 12 and up.
I just wanted to let you know that I included your fabulous blog in my Homeschooling 101 post as a great resource for FIAR Ideas & Activities! Thanks for sharing all your ideas with all of us! http://www.livinglifeintentionally.blogspot.com/2012/07/homeschooling-101.html
Beth =-)
Hi Beth,
I saw that, thank you! Tried to leave a comment on your blog but got an error message.
Very informative post.
Julie
Hi,
I just came across your blog and am so excited about it. I teach Kindergarten at a private doner-funded school in South East DC, called Cornerstone School. We are a classical education/Charlotte Mason inspired school and a lot of what we do comes from a home school philosophy. FIAR is part of the curriculum for the preK and K classes and I am a big proponent of it. I was wondering if you have ventured into volume 3 or 4 yet. I hope you do, as those are the volumes we use in Kindergarten. I would love to see your interpretation and application of those books.
Thank you for sharing your ideas!
Hi Caitlin,
Your school sounds wonderful! Unfortunately, we have not gone beyond the first two books, yet. This year, we will be doing a few Before FIAR books with my youngest, who turns 4 this year. You probably already know, but just in case you don’t, there are FIAR forums on the official FIAR website. Lots of ideas there. FIAR has a new facebook page as well.
Best to you for the upcoming school year,
Julie