Read to Me Challenge--What My Children are Reading

2011Read to Me picture book challenge count is: 21 books

This week we enjoyed a lot of old favorites and a few new books.

The Brown Bear, Brown Bear series of books have provided us will a whole week of kindergarten fun.
Dr Seuss is always a favorite, and often picked off the shelf by the littles for bedtime reading. We are also working hard on the alphabet and beginning to read in kindergarten, so Dr Seuss is a great suppliment to our regular curriculum.

Brave Irene is the story of a very heroic little girl who saves the day and helps her sick mother deliver a ball gown to the mansion in a snowstorm. It was quite long for Luke, 5, and Kim,4, but it kept their attention from start to finish. After reading through it once, it was Kim's book of choice to take to bed with her---and that is a very big honor around here.

I love the Dr Seuss science books. This week we have started learning about the solar system and the book I used to introduce the solar system was There's No Place Like Space.
It is a fun, rhyming read, perfect for kindergarten, and Gracie, 9, loves re-reading it to the kids.

It is packed with info, providing a basic overview of space. (Next week we will enjoy more books about space).

Cowboy and Octopus

was a pretty weird book...the kids didn't seem to understand the relationship between the cowboy and the octopus, the illustrations where comicstrip-ish. It just didn't grab the kids and keep their attention.
The rest of our books this week were all-time favorites from our shelves---much loved and many times read.

What My Children are Reading and the Read to Me Challenge

I joined the "Read to Me-Picture Book Reading Challenge"....challenging myself to read at least 200 picture books to the kids this year. I don't think I will have a problem reaching that goal.

I think it will be fun to have a record of the books we are reading throughout the year.

This also seems like the perfect time to link up with the What My Children are Reading blog carnival.

I think the easiest way for me to do this is to photograph the books throughout the week and post once a week.

We have been learning about the artic enviroment this week in homeschool. These are some of the books the littlest learners have enjoyed this week.

Also included in this photo is the dvd, Growing up Artic. The kids really enjoyed this and it accompanied the unit wonderfully.

Six more books we enjoyed. Luke, 5, especially enjoyed The Brave Cowboy.
Because of this one cowboy book, we will be starting a cowboy unit next week!
So, as of Saturday, January 16th, our picture book count is 10!
These are the books this momma read to the kids, not the many picture books the older brothers and sisters read to the smaller kids.