Reading Aloud Challenge

Debra over at Footprints in the Butter has been hosting a Reading Aloud Challenge each week that I am participating in.

We have been reading Christmas books this week but I wanted to mention that I finished reading Rabbit Hill aloud and we both LOVED IT!!!! 

If you get the chance, read this with your child, I am sure you will both enjoy it!

Reading Aloud Challenge

Debra over at Footprints in the Butter has been hosting a Reading Aloud Challenge each week that I am participating in.

This week I am only reading aloud one new book...Rabbit Hill.  We have only read the first chapter but I can tell we are going to LOVE this book!!!!  If your child likes books with animal characters, this is a must read!  We are both excited to learn what happens next.

Reading Aloud Challenge

Debra over at Footprints in the Butter has been hosting a Reading Aloud Challenge each week that I am participating in.

This week I am continuing to read aloud John Audubon: Young Naturalist. 

We are about half way through the book and Funny Bunny has been enjoying all the talk about birds.

We are still reading Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder.  This is a long book, but worth taking the time to get through.  It is fun to read about their lives.

We finished up Carving Angels by Diane Stringam Tolley, and you can read my review about it here.

And last week I started reading The Moffats by Eleanor Estes.  Funny Bunny has read this countless times herself but asked me to read it aloud. 

I can tell already that this will be a cute and funny book with unexpected adventures!

So that is it with us.  What have you been reading aloud this week?

Reading Aloud Challenge

Debra over at Footprints in the Butter has been hosting a Reading Aloud Challenge each week that I am participating in.

This week we I am continuing to read aloud Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder and John Audubon: Young Naturalist. 

We are only about two chapters into John Audubon and it begins by telling about his life as a child and his love of birds. 

It has already named many different types of birds and since today is a short school day for us, we are going to spend some time looking up the birds mentioned and drawing them. 

I also want to tell you about another book I started reading aloud this week called Carving Angels by Diane Tolley. 

Diane blogs at On the Border, which is where I "met" her many months ago.  I absolutely love reading her stories about growing up on a ranch in Southern Alberta.  I've found myself cracking up at most of them and have let Funny Bunny read some too. 

Carving Angels is about an elderly and blind elf and former chief carver of Santa, who has given up all hope.  His youngest grand-daughter reawakens his spirit though and they work together on something that will change their community forever. 

We are only two chapter into the book, but we are both loving it so far.  We can't wait to find out what will happen!!

So that is it with us.  What have you been reading aloud this week?

Reading Aloud Challenge

Debra over at Footprints in the Butter has been hosting a Reading Aloud Challenge each week that I am participating in.

Last week I told you that I started to read aloud Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder.  We are continuing to read it and both of us absolutely LOVE it!!

This week I started a book to go along with our science called John Audubon: Young Naturalist. 

We are only a few pages into the book, so neither of us have an opinion of it, good or bad.  I'll update as we move forward.

So that is it with us.  What have you been reading aloud this week?

Reading Aloud Challenge

Debra over at Footprints in the Butter has been hosting a Reading Aloud Challenge each week so I will be linking up with her.

I finished reading Almost Home aloud and we both enjoyed it. 

Here is the best part about it:

My daughter knew {I thought} that this was a nonfiction book, it was about a real story and real people (of course there is no record of what the passengers actually said at the time).  But somewhere along the way she must have thought it was more of a historical fiction and that, although the events were real, the people were made up.  While reading the Epilogue, her eyes widened as I read that all the characters and major events, right down to one of the little boy almost blowing up the ship, were all real.  She just couldn't believe that Mary Chilton was once a real person!  That whole story, which was already so good to begin with, just meant so much more to her now.  I love that about great books!

The new book I am reading aloud is Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder.  In the past I read the first book in the Little House series aloud, Little House in the Big Woods.  I think I had started to read Little House on the Prairie but never finished it...oops!  One day I would like to read them all aloud in order. 

I just love the way Laura Ingalls Wilder writes, as if you, the reader, are right there at that very moment, eating the wonderful food or seeing the animals in the barn. 

My daughter has already asked for a full breakfast of pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage, biscuits, gravy, jellies...the works. We are not a big breakfast eating family over here.  More like cereal, oatmeal, or frozen waffles.  Maybe one day we'll have breakfast for dinner like they did back in the day.  ;)

What have you been reading aloud this week?

Reading Aloud Challenge: Week 3

Debra over at Footprints in the Butter has been hosting a Reading Aloud Challenge each week on her blog so I will be linking up again this week.

I finally finished reading Pocahontas and the Strangers aloud.  We were scheduled to read just a chapter a day so it took about a month.

It was a great book and we both learned so much about the life of Pocahontas, her tribe, the settlers at Jamestown, Captain John Smith, and John Rolfe. 

I would definitely recommend it if you are studying American History.

Today we started a new book called Almost Home.  It's an Adventure based on the life of the Mayflower's Mary Chilton. 

I have only read part of the first chapter but it looks like we will be enjoying  it. 

This book is part of the Daughter's of the Faith Series so if you enjoy it and are looking for others you may want to check those out as well.

I am also continuing to read aloud A First Book in American History and Journeys in Time for History and One Small Square: Seashore for Science.

What have you been reading aloud this week?

Reading Aloud Challenge: Week 2

Debra over at Footprints in the Butter has been hosting a Reading Aloud Challenge each week on her blog.  Last week was the first time I participated and thought I would try again today.  

Let me start by saying that I do not have any little ones in the house anymore.  I use to read several books aloud to my daughter each day.  Not so much anymore.  I still do read aloud to her, but she can be found at any given time, tucked away in a corner of the house reading to herself.  She does love when I read to her still, it is just not as often.

So, with that said, this week I am continuing to read aloud the same book as last week, Pocahontas and the Strangers.  I am only reading a chapter a day so it is going kinda slow.  Today we have to catch up so we'll read a few. 

I am also still reading aloud One Small Square: Seashore, which I talked about in my Weekly-Wrap Up last week. 

A book that that she is reading to herself and then telling me about (and sometimes reading parts to me) is called Capyboppy. 

This is a very fun and humorous book about a family who gets a capybara as a pet.  The pictures are cute and it's fun to see what silly trouble the capybara gets into.  

She will be finishing it today so I am looking forward to hearing how it ends. 

What have you been reading aloud this week?

Reading Aloud Challenge: Week 1

Debra over at Footprints in the Butter has been hosting a Reading Aloud Challenge each week on her blog.  Now that school is back in full swing, I thought it would be fun to participate.

This week I have been reading Pocahontas and the Strangers aloud.  At first I wasn't sure if I would enjoy this book, but I have to say, it is really good and keeps you wanting to read more to find out what will happen.  

To stay on schedule with Heart of Dakota, I am only reading one chapter a day.  Since they are short, it is hard to stop at just one. 

My daughter has read many of the Disney Fairies series on her own.  I'm not sure how many are in the series, but I can bet we own most of them.  Just for fun though, she has asked me to start reading them to her before bed.  

The series is cute and of course each fairy has his or her own personality.  The first one I read was Lily's Pesky Plant.  Lily, a garden talent fairy, finds a mysterious seed and plants it in her garden.  The end was even a surprise to me.  

The book she asked me to read next is called Vidia and the Fairy Crown.  Vidia is a fast flying talent fairy and selfish and mean to the others.  

I like her the least of all the fairies...possibly why I was asked to read about her next.  ;)  I've only read a little into the first chapter so I'm not sure how I will like it. 

What have you been reading aloud this week?

Summer Reading Challenges

Those who are looking for some fun summer reading challenges for the kids need to check out Maureen's Summer Reading Challenge post over at Homeschool Mo. 

Many of you are probably already aware of the reading programs run by Barnes & Noble and Borders, but she has listed quite a few that I have never heard of.  So when you get a chance, take some time to stop by.  Most offer either a free book or a prize after completion.