Reading
- Finish The Children of Green Knowe, and start Ginger Pye
- Finish The Ordinary Princess with The Girl, and start A Little Princess
- Start reading Dinosaur Bone Wars
- Read about California Missions, and re-read The Song of the Swallows
- I plan to have The Girl work through a few lessons in Easy Lessons for Teaching Word Families, with the new (and pretty) alphabet cards I printed up for her. She'll also either read from a Dr. Suess book, or practice in Phonics and Reading Pathways.
- The Boy wants to finish The Son of Neptune, and then probably the third Nathaniel Fludd book. I think he might also like The Sea of Trolls.
Planning
- I am working on a fairly gigantic list of all the books I would like to share with the children over the next year or so. Not a plan mind you, of what to read at a particular time, just a list of books we can pick and choose from, books I don't want to forget to read with them.
- I'm also reading through Teach a Child to Read with Children's Books (which you can download for free here).
Activities
A much less busy week than the last one!
- M's birthday on Wednesday. I think we're going to head off to the redwoods for the day, since he and I are both taking the day off from work.
- Park day with a special focus on the Summer Solstice on Friday -- a potluck and some crafts/games.
- Roller derby and piano lessons.
Other
- Probably a movie or two, and a documentary or two (I think I have one in my Netflix queue about redwoods... hmmm)
- An art project or two, or three.
- Maybe a science experiment from this book.
What are your plans for the week? Will it be a laid back one, or hectic? Whichever it is, enjoy, and stop by this blog post - some good thoughts here!
We've been spending some time w/ Netflix this week -- prehistoric cave paintings and cave exploration!
ReplyDeleteThis week will be relaxed, for sure. Some well spent time in the backyard, methinks!
Enjoy yours...
I think Ginger Pye my fave kids' book of all time:). Thanks for the alphabet card link-I'm bookmarking.
ReplyDeleteI need to work on my lists like this. Just reading yours is putting me in an organizing mood! I like having a list of books we want to read and then picking and choosing from it. The kids like it, too.
ReplyDeleteI MUST make a list of summer activities we want to do. Summer is already flying by.
@ Kim: Ginger Pye is one of my favorite kid books too! Love it. Pinky Pye is good, too, but not quite as good as a book with a "mysterious footstepper."