We have completed 44 days in school. Highlights from our learning the last 2 weeks ~ Read-Alouds: {Luke's picks} Sir Kendrick and the Castle of Bel Lione (The Knights of Arrethtrae) , by Chuck Black The Sword, the Ring, and the Parchment , by E…

I Am an Artist is a unique book about seeing "art" ~ line, shape, texture, form, color, symmetry, and more ~ in nature. Not what I was expecting when I opened this book for the first time and it turned out to be a delightful book about seeing the h…

. . . or how I do what I do. In Part 1,  Learning Together With Five in a Row , I shared how I was organizing our Five in a Row lessons: Rowing has been relatively easy to implement ~ since I did all the printing, laminating, etc. up front.  When…

Our  next B4FIAR book,  Angus Lost , is about a curious dog who wanders away from home and gets lost. Our focus was on Angus finding his way home again and we had much fun making a dog house, playing pet-store, pretending to be dogs and more. Our go alo…