Tag Archives: children’s books

Read Alouds to go with Nature Study

Posted on March 24, 2013 by

I was lamenting as I wrote my post about fiction books about science the other day that there are so few great children’s books that really focus on science.  Then, I suddenly realized that there are actually plenty of books … Continue reading →

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Science in Fiction

Posted on March 12, 2013 by

While we usually alternate read alouds for fun or literary quality with historical fiction read alouds to go along with our history studies, we’ve recently tossed a few books for science into the mix.  I’m of mixed opinions about this. … Continue reading →

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Canal Life

Posted on March 6, 2013 by

We have been stuck a bit for historical fiction this go around.  Not only has it been difficult to find books that fit into the time periods we’ve studied this year, but a few of the choices I’ve liked haven’t … Continue reading →

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A Ballet Book and Movie for BalletBoy

Posted on February 7, 2013 by

Last week there seemed to be a lot of ballet media at the Rowhouse.  Over the years, lots of ballet books have come through our house, but most of them have not been loved, honestly.  BalletBoy likes the idea of … Continue reading →

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Another Comics Round Up

Posted on January 24, 2013 by

Hey, it’s time for another round up of comics and graphic novels here in the rowhouse.  Our co-op has just finished studying comics and it’s been fun to see the kids all hard at work on their own comics, sharing … Continue reading →

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Indoor Ecology

Posted on November 19, 2012 by

Hey, it’s my turn to teach science again!  I couldn’t be more thrilled.  Seriously. Here’s some books to start us off on our ecosystems unit.  Since I know that my readership may be somewhat diverse, I’ll note that pretty much … Continue reading →

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Tiny Worlds

Posted on November 8, 2012 by

We have been ramping up our microscope use lately as we’ve gotten into our biology year.  The kids have been studying plants at the Botanic Gardens and with a friend and we’re about to turn our attention to biomes, ecology, … Continue reading →

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More Poetry Tea Books and some Apple Cake

Posted on October 25, 2012 by

I got lovely suggestions last time I posted about our poetry tea books and have taken more books out so I’m doing another post of them.  In case you’re curious, here’s the first post of books we were using and … Continue reading →

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The Life of Trees

Posted on October 15, 2012 by

I know I haven’t been as vigilant about science posting.  Still, we’ve been at it, studying plants, including taking advantage of the National Botanic Garden’s new homeschool classes, peering in microscopes at onion cells and flower pollen, measuring trees and, … Continue reading →

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What We’re Reading

Posted on October 9, 2012 by

I’ve been doing a bit less book blogging lately, but we have, as always been reading.  Here’s what has passed across our shelves in the last few weeks: Mushroom’s Bookshelf: Frindle by Andrew Clements Mushroom chose this to be his … Continue reading →

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