Kindergarten: Owl Moon

Our story for the week was Owl Moon by Jane Yolen and we used Five in a Row, along with other materials, for a 3-day…

We studied Wee Gillis by reading it each school day and pulling math, social studies, art, life skills, language, and science lessons from it.

This post includes highlights from two weeks — one studying Harold and the Purple Crayon and one on…

This was a fun book to study after our vacation week in the mountains. I’ll share the highlights of our week here. The full lesson plans are included in Kindergarten: Spring Semester.

Make Way for Ducklings

Last week we studied one of our favorite children’s books: Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey. The…

Last week we got to study one of our favorite children’s books: The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf. It’s a book I remember from my childhood which we got early on for the boys. When Liam was a toddler, he also enjoyed a dramatic reading of Ferdinand at our local…

Mrs. Katz and Tush

Last week we studied Mrs. Katz and Tush, a story about a Jewish immigrant from Poland. Mrs. Katz is lonely after the death of…