Friday, November 30, 2007

Children's Book Finds


We enjoy frequenting the library, and I always like to browse the stacks for interesting books to assign for reading. This week I found a nicely illustrated and well written book on Saints, Ten Saints by Eleanor Farjeon published in 1936. The reading level appears to be advanced fourth or fifth grade and up. Ds is really enjoying this one.

These books are a bit unseasonal, but in our area it's still warmish weather with our fall veggies still growing and producing.

Good Bugs and Bad Bugs in Your Garden: Back-Yard Ecology I thumbed through this book and it was really interesting. I still need to learn about this topic and the illustrations really help. After we read this book, ds should be able to help me in the garden with good bugs and bad bugs. The reading level looks to be advanced third or fourth grade and up.

At a lower reading level for ds, but still informative with nice vintage illustrations of a country farm, My Garden Grows by Aldren Watson

These two garden books go nicely together, and are perfect for fall as we harvest our last vegetables and prepare the beds for winter. It really doesn't get cold here until late January.

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Easy Crafts for Christmas

These truly are easy and fun. They are frugal involving paper, glue, and glitter for the most part. Ramblings of a Crazy Woman has many ideas with pictures of her crafts for younger children. She has been busy! I linked to her November archives. I love the crafts with hand prints, one of which has a selection of poems to go along with the craft. It's worth a look, and great for those of us who are time and budget challenged. ;)

Fourth Grade Reading Lessons with Comprehension Questions Week V/Free Printables

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Harry's Riches

Harry and His Dog

The Eagle

Consequences of Idleness

The Noblest Revenge

Week V Vocabulary List

Week V Vocabulary Quizzes

Selections are from the Revised Fourth Grade McGuffey's Reader(1920 edit.), free and in public domain.

Previous weeks here.