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Captain Underpants and the Invasion of The Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies From Outer Space
Captain Underpants and the Invasion of The Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies From Outer Space ( and the Subsequent Assault of the Equally Evil Lunchroom Zombie Nerds) Published by Dav. Pilkey Charlie and David are obsessed with Captain Underpants and anytime a new book comes out I purchase it for Charlie. As it holds his interest allowing him to get his recommended reading done each day without a fight over what he needs to read. David will even sit down and listen to Charlie read this book to him bringing them closer together. For myself I have been reading all the Captain Underpants books with Charlie and I must say even…
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Where Are Your Feet, Mr. Pete?
I would like to share with you my thoughts on a fun children’s book Mr. Pete, Where Are Your Feet? This book is written by Katherine Bartlett. I would like to let you know this isn’t a Author I had heard of before I got the book. Charlie and I were sent Mr Pete, Where Are Your Feet to read. I would like to let you know I was sent a pdf copy of this book, but the thoughts in the review are all mine and my families and no one else. Mr. Pete, Where Are Your Feet? and I sat down to read the book by myself at first. I wanted…
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Using Poetry to Prepare Your Child for Reading- Candace A. Dietz
Children love rhythm and song. Rhyming poetry is music to children and they are drawn in by it. When my children were small, I would read Mother Goose, Dr. Seuss, and Shel Silverstein and many fun little books written in rhyme. They were the favorites. I would read the poems with inflection and feeling and, then, after a few times I would leave out the ending words and the kids would fill these in. A five year old can often fill in a left out word on the first reading if he is used to rhyme. At quiet time when the children were looking through a stack of…
Living a simple lifestyle from the front porch
