[This post includes affiliate links.] “Dump trucks are good at dump, dump, dumping, carrying heavy loads, lifting and tipping, out fall the rocks, CRASH, rumbling and tumbling, they can work all day. These words are stuck in my head! Why? These are the words my three year old chants all the time, from her library
Here are books that we actually read my first time through cycle 3, when my children were in third, second, and kindergarten. We did not make it through all of the Childhood of Famous American series that I listed, but we actually read (mostly as read alouds) all the others during that year. This list
While scanning the web looking for language arts curriculum I came across a great website for encouraging reading! It’s Book Adventure, similar to the accelerated reading programs in the public schools. Kids log in to the website and take a 5-10 question quiz on a book they have read to earn points. There is an online