Reading
Posted in Children's Books, Tommy on Feb 12th, 2009
Daddy will be pleased to know that Tommy’s still spending his afternoons at his favorite activity…
Category Archive for 'Children’s Books'
A Saturday in Tommy's library
Posted in Children's Books, Tommy on Jan 4th, 2009
Em and I have often discussed Tommy’s reading habits. He loves reading–we hope it’s part-hereditary, part-learned. (No, I’m not saying that he’s gifted. Do not misinterpret this post.) So what’s a day in Tommy’s library like? What books would he ask us to read him in a typical day? I decided to catalog Saturday as […]
A Dozen Favorite Books for Elementary Girls
Posted in Children's Books on Jan 3rd, 2009
I’ve noticed that girls are more willing to read boys’ books than otherwise. So here’s a list of mine with no help from Derek: Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I’m pretty sure you can’t grow up in America without reading these books, but just in case you were wondering….yes, every girl must read […]
A Dozen Favorite Books for Elementary Boys
Posted in Children's Books on Jan 1st, 2009
Derek and I have been doing some reading aloud again, and we just love the great boys’ books out there. We can’t wait to share these favorites with Tommy in a few years: Homer Price by Robert McCloskey. Homer is one of those clever small-town boys who always has us in stitches. We don’t want Tommy […]
Children's Literature Lecture
Posted in Children's Books, Homeschooling on Dec 10th, 2008
I’ve blogged a bit on children’s literature here, and it’s definitely one of my favorite topics of conversation with other moms/English majors/literature lovers. So tomorrow I’m condensing all of my thoughts over the past year into an online lecture for www.classicalhomeschooling.org, one of the groups I’m privileged to be a part of! The lecture is […]
our little reader
Posted in Children's Books, Tommy on Oct 30th, 2008
A day in our life
Posted in Children's Books, Tommy on Oct 17th, 2008
I am so, so tired of The Happy Man and His Dump Truck and The Night Before Christmas. Tommy has latched onto those two books (and Cars and Trucks and Things That Go, which isn’t nearly as annoying) like nothing else. He’s actually shoving The Night Before Christmas on my lap as I type. Why did I think […]
Why We Love Keats (Ezra Jack, that is)
Posted in Children's Books on Oct 1st, 2008
Our recent discovery of the neighborhood library (just 8 blocks away, with loaning privileges from all the branches of the Chicago Public Library) resulted in several treasures. Tommy and I have gone to toddler story time (Tuesday mornings) and preschool storytime (Wednesday mornings, with a better children’s librarian), and, of course, we’ve checked out the children’s section. […]
Yet another good use for great children's literature!
Posted in Children's Books, Homemaking, Tommy on Sep 25th, 2008
So I’d finally taken pictures of Tommy’s almost-finished room (and posted them here) when our mail arrived with supplies for finishing it off! While visiting the Ciscos last month, Christina gave me the amazing idea of framing artwork for Tommy’s room. The more we thought about our favorite books, the more we realized that they […]
More Beloved Children's Books
Posted in Children's Books on Aug 2nd, 2008
Moving up from the board books, here, in no particular order, are a few of our favorites for the next stage (picture books/starting to read on their own): A Bargain for Frances and all the Frances books by Russell and Lillian Hoban. Okay, so this is probably more of a girls’ series, but I love how […]