Margaret
My son absolutely loved this book. I was reading aloud from our paperback copy for our Sonlight Curriculum K 2020 reading and he was always eager for more, Rascal is currently 6.5-years-old. I later found that my 11.5-year-old daughter was going off to read ahead on her Kindle, as we have an open domain copy there as this is apparently a vintage story. Apparently, everyone from the three-year-old to the almost 12 loved it. We finished the book while on a trip out of town, and on the night back my son found the sequel on the shelf and asked to read it soon. The next morning, he discovered the third in the trilogy and is now begging for it as well. I think that makes for a great read! I bought this book originally in a set of Sonlight Core A books, it has since been moved to HBL K 2020.
Ann McGovern seems to be a classic name coming up again and again lately on my bookshelves and used book scavenging. We all enjoyed reading aloud from If You Lived in Colonial Times in the short burst of questions and answers given. It was the best for my early readers to read aloud but was good for my solid reader to read aloud to the younger sets also. There were new details for me to learn and some funny quirks as well. All in all, I really enjoy the If You Lived in... series. (We also enjoy Carole P. Roman's versions, as well.) I own a copy of this book for Sonlight Kindergarten 2020.
My son has finally finished both parts 1 and 2 of The Good and the Beautiful Math K *original version. This was a beautiful experience and after a while, he took off on his own. I don't know if it is because of this book or his own innate ability, but he is now nearly testing on a fourth-grade math skill diagnostic. I showed him all sorts of other options to move to next and he chose to continue into The Good and the Beautiful Math 1 *original version. (I already have Math 2 on the shelf for him as well, and while his sister is doing Math 3, by the time he gets there we will have to look into the new Simple and Beautiful Math as the originals are now phasing out.) He also does IXL and now has added in Teaching Textbooks 4.0 online Math 3.
I love the stories, the full-color, the simple short lessons, and the manipulative box and activities. I do not like the large books that do not last the time of the course.
I read this aloud at the three-year-old Mermaid Warrior request, her Christmas present last year, and read with everyone listening. Afterward we had to start reading the real book and went in about four chapters. I can see where things were eliminated from the story but I think they did pretty well overall about making it appropriate for the preschool sector. I love this illustrator and will look for more Little Golden Books with her color added.
This book was given to me for review when it was first released but it did not get to the top of the pile for processing a review. Today, I stumbled across it and read it aloud to all of my children. It was a hoot, highly amusing, and instructive on airplane vocabulary. I wouldn't hesitate to read it again and it makes quite the read aloud. I do not think it is a keeper book, but I'm sure from a library it would be a welcome friend to visit again and again.
Max and the Tag-Along Moon is a precious book with life-like illustrations. This book would be a treasure for a conversation starter whether talking about the moon cycle, missing family members from far away, or even dealing with the loss of a loved one. The illustrations are what grabs me the most, lovely.
We own a copy through Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.
This is the type of character-boosting story that I remember from the Berenstain Bear books of my youth and I am so glad that Mike Berenstain is continuing the tradition of excellent discussion starter books to really teach and enrich our children. This one is about love, love thy neighbor, and bringing people together from all sorts of backgrounds. There is just enough of a modern situation to relate to real-life experiences and this book is a safe way to be able to open up to how people should treat others and why deep down we are all the same. The illustrations are the same classic appeal and I think that anyone who adores the Berenstain Bears could love to add this one to their collection. I read this through a digital ARC on loan from Edelweiss and will definitely look to add it to the shelf for my own children. Great new story [a:Mike Berenstain 58083 Mike Berenstain https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1358227088p2/58083.jpg]
The combination of illustration, historical photographs, and vintage illustrations make this an incredible visual story to touch on the edges of Ruby Bridges story. As for being a Level 2 Reader, I felt this was way to simple. I would say it is more of a Level 1 Reader. I do think that this book is a great beginner to open the conversation. I would not recommend you stop here.
I received this book from a publicist for the purposes of review.
We finished this a few weeks back but I apparently forgot to update it on my reading list. We are really enjoying the colorful images and large text with plenty of facts in these Usborne Science Readers. My son is loving what we are picking up from Sonlight Science K 2020. He loved Ants, Reptiles, and is loving Rainforests now.
Besides a plethora of scenes that needed a quick skip, I really enjoyed the overall vision and whit of the Netflix mini-series. Honestly, I had a bit of an ugh factor getting into the book. Truly, I enjoy reading the likes of [a:Jen Turano 5765468 Jen Turano https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1352299813p2/5765468.jpg] so much more, her books are wholesome and hilarious and fill the same time era and genre.
I love Jen Turano novels. Every single time I read one, and start a new series, I promise it is the best yet and they just keep getting better. Diamond in the Rough is excellent reading and gave me many hours of snickering, grins, and giggles. I even read a bit aloud to my Enginerd when he asked why I was so giddy. While I confess to recently watching a streaming drama with a bit of strategic fast-forwarding, this novel is better. I own a Kindle eBook.
My daughter (11) participated in a winter intensive online course for this book with MPOA and thus I read along in my own time, not having read this book before. It was astonishing to me to find an award winner book with a character of the Christian Bible based Jesus. I never read this in my youth and I wish I had. There is so much fodder for discussion and my daughter did excellent work with essay to discuss and describe the novel. I already knew from earlier read alouds that I enjoy Elizabeth George Speare and this novel didn't disappoint. So much to learn, so much action, so much emotion. I definitely approve and recommend this read.
I own a paperback, Kindle ebook, and Audible. There is a Memoria Press Literature Guide as well as a Progeny Press Guide that exists.
This book had my children's attention from page one. While it is true, they enjoyed Om-kas-toe and have a general idea of who Sacagawea was, reading Naya Nuki's story was special. Every time I read they begged for me to keep going. On days, we were not scheduled they asked me to. Another recommendation from Sonlight Curriculum D (BookShark 3) that made me choke up a bit with joy and bittersweet sadness with a tear or two. I hope we will have an opportunity to read more Kenneth Thomasma novels in the future.
We own a paperback, autographed copy.
“Feed the birds. Tuppence a bag. ...” We spent a mixture of time in the Sophie Thompson Audible and reading the text in our Kindle eBook. While it was a revisit for my oldest (11), it was a new adventure specifically for my Princess (9), and the others were able to listen in (6, 3, and 1). My youth only had the Disney film as far as I remember it and I am an avid fan of Julie Andrews. I see the connections to the book and even more so to the newer film Mary Poppins Returns, although I have yet to see Saving Mr. Banks. Mary Poppins is a very harsh character but so is life... It is a bit magical, fantastic, and page turning. Barbara and John are absolutely necessary characters and the movie misses them completely.
We own vintage hardcovers with European spines, Kindle eBooks, and Audible (+) for listening. This was a Memoria Press Classical Core Curriculum Third Grade and Simply Classical 5/6.
I have used this Good and the Beautiful Level K with two students that are now voracious readers. This is the second edition, I believe of the K reader and I used both and like this one just fine. I do believe the materials are getting better quality. This reader has a classic and vintage Dick and Jane appeal. I plan to revisit it with my younger children also. This is a non-consumable reader portion of the course.
I was skeptical about this book at first. Normally, I'm not into the personified pet story but I set out to try The World According to Humphrey after discovering it as a recommendation in the new 2020 Sonlight Curriculum Kindergarten core. It was worth the read. I read it alone to preview it, although I think my kindergarten son will enough it. I look forward to revisiting Humphrey and perhaps continuing his adventures. I borrowed this from #libbyapp on my Kindle, and definitely want to own it.
Go figure that I wrote this original review through the Kindle and it published to Amazon but not to Goodreads. I'm highly entertained by all the educational tidbits that are included throughout the book from nocturnal animals to learning all the capitals of the United States, states of matter, subtracting fractions, Mount McKinley (tallest mountain peak in the US!), Brazil on a map, holidays and traditions such as Hanukkah and Halloween, and so much more. Memories of the eagerness to erase a chalkboard and the cool top of a desktop against my cheek, as well as the smell of a freshly sharpened pencil.
My loan has already gone back to #libbyapp but I really enjoyed reading The World According to Humphrey and for that matter, I also enjoyed Lulu and the Dog from the Sea on #kindleunlimited. Both books are on the new read-aloud list for @sonlightcurriculum #sonlightkindergarten 2020.
I used the 2012 P4/5 for AppleBlossom and upgraded to the 2017 Pre-K for Rascal. I LOVE that 2017+ are perfect bound paperback and I do not have to deal with the office store spiral bound. I wish they would do this more often with other levels that are small enough such as up to D and E. We used this loosely. I have an even newer version to use with the Mermaid Warrior next year. Uncle Wiggily is still the family favorite.