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Our Favorite Books this Year!

As we are wrapping up our school year - I thought I'd post about our favorite books we read as a family.  Here is the chart we keep in the school room.  The kids rate the books 1-5.  One being not so great to a five which means it was loved!

Most books scored pretty high  - I am constantly combing book list for good read alouds.  I follow blogs, listen to podcasts and research children's books a lot.  

I LOVE CHILDREN'S BOOKS!

In fact, the first year I became I teacher I started collecting books for my "future kids."  I still have those books and we started one of them this week.  

The Secret Garden and Heidi were huge hits!  These books spoke to us and pulled on our heart strings.  These books sit on our shelves and feel like friends!

 Meg says Dominic was enjoyable

 The following books were in our curriculum.  These were our favorite 3.  We really liked these.

 The Sign of the Beaver  - great book on friendship.  We'll be reading another book by this author this year in our curriculum.

We read all 3 of these books but the standout was:  The Julian Chapter  - We are BIG fans of R.J Palacio

 The Hundred Dresses was more of a girl's book but had a very powerful message.  Huge life lessons learned in this little book.

So that wraps up what we read together.  Owen and Meg are big Rick Riordan fans and so they have been reading these on their own.  Owen is on the last 2 and Meg is on Son of Neptune.  They follow Greek and Roman Mythology hence the odd titles.    

We still have two little spaces to fill in on our chart.  We are currently reading:  The Hallelujah Lass by Wendy Lawton and My Side of the Mountain by Jean George

I saw a flyer for something called "Lunch Time Paddle."  We decided to check it out.  It was an event where you could pack a lunch and then take a canoe or kayak out on the lake for $2.00.  We thought it was great!

 We also went to a little nature program put on by the library.  Libraries are the BEST!

 It is Super hot in KS!!  Some of the hottest days we have ever had.  So we hang out a lot at the pool. WE have been known to show up twice in one day!

and that's a wrap!