What We’re Reading – January 11
I haven’t posted “What We’re Reading” in over a year, not that we haven’t been reading 
! But, to celebrate the launch of the new Scholastic Chuggington Books, I thought I would post what books the boys have been enjoying this past week. And let you all join in if you would like…
As I mentioned in my Chuggington Scholastic Giveaway post, we have been reading Wilson and the Ice Cream Fair. Along with Richard Scarry’s Peasant Pig and the Terrible Dragon. This one is the book that belonged to Jeremy when he was a child and the one that I mentioned in the Wonder Forge Games post! I have to admit, I have to hide this one sometimes for my own sanity, because it is long and the kids want to read it over and over and over again. Oy! But nevertheless, they LOVE it!! Toy to Toy, is a Scholastic Book Order book that Evan asked to purchase after seeing Toy Story 3. It is for beginner readers.
There are a couple more Scholastic Book Order books that are still faves with Evan, Olivia and the Haunted House (which Evan requested in October and still loves to read) and There Was An Old Monster (which is the same type of book as There was An Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly). Both were less than $2 and so worth it. We read them all. the. time! And lastly, is a book that Jeremy was given by his Grandma, when he was younger. I am not sure if it is the exact one or if my mother-in-law found it for my boys and purchased it, since Jeremy had it. But either way, this book has been one of Evan’s since he was a year old. We don’t necessarily use it to teach French, but it is a fun “search and find” book that teaches vocabulary.
So there you have it. That’s what we have been reading this past week!
Want to join in. If you want to write a post about your kids’ fave book you can link your post up below. All I ask is that you link back to this post. Or if you are not a blogger, just leave a comment, telling us what your kids are reading now-a-days and what ages they are…
Read Aloud Fun (What We’re Reading this Week)
This will be just a highlight of what Carter is reading this week. Well, let me restate that, what he has been reading now for a few weeks and if I am not smart enough to hide the book, what we will be reading for the next ‘who knows how long’. You may remember that his birthday cake was a barn since he loved this book:
Well, he found it again and the love that was between the both of them rekindled and is more on fire than ever!
I swear, if I have to read the book again, I may have to shoot myself in the foot, just to get out of it! Lovely, coming from a teacher, isn’t it? But it isn’t just the fact that he wants to read it, he wants to have the book open and looking at it, hours upon end. He literally would sit and look through this book for hours on end, if we allowed him. But we try to break it up for no longer than half hour segments – for our sanity!! But still, I think this weekend alone, Jeremy and I must have had that book opened and actively involved with him for over 4 hours!! Because, he won’t be content in sitting by himself and looking through it, he wants us involved reading, asking him “Where is _______” and watching him open each individual flap. Over and over and over and over…..
Okay, sorry, I digress. Seriously though, if you have an infant / toddler, you need to get this book!! It really is a great book to have on hand (yes, now the teacher is talking and not the frazzled over-read mom). It covers counting, colors, opposites, animal sounds and then you can still discuss many other aspects of each page. And each page has little flaps that can be opened by little fingers to see what’s behind them!!
Now it’s your turn. What are you and your kiddos reading this week? Just for the fun of it, take a few pics, write a post about it and link up (add the direct link for your post not your main website please) here, so we can check it out!
What We’re Reading This Week – November 16
Because the boys have been sick this past week, we have done a considerable amount of reading. So we did make another trip to the library this weekend to get just a few new books. Evan wanted to continue reading some of the books we checked out last week, but he did pick out some new ones.
Since Thanksgiving is around the corner, I thought I would prepare the kiddos and get a Thanksgiving book. We are planning on doing some Thanksgiving crafts this week.
Carter really enjoyed The Senses book, actually more than I expected. He really enjoys watching expressions on people, so I think that is why enjoys this book. And of course, he still loves animals. Since he loves the Sandra Boynton books we have at home, I saw these and couldn’t resist.
With Evan, what book list is complete without a Puma book? But his other choices this week are very random, well except the soccer book. But I went with it and he seems to really be enjoying the snails and pig books. Who knew?
And just for the fun of it, I am showing what I am reading this week. Our House Church is reading Crazy Love, so that obviously is on my list but while I was at the library, I picked out a few cake decorating books just for the fun of it. I am enjoying looking at all the amazing designs ! And I need some new ideas to feed the boys at lunch time. We are getting very bored with what we have been eating. Hoping to find a few easy recipes or ideas from the last book on my list.
Now it’s your turn. What are you and your kiddos reading this week? Just for the fun of it, take a few pics, write a post about it and link up (add the direct link for your post not your main website please) here, so we can check it out!
What We’re Reading this Week – November 8
If you haven’t noticed yet, I think reading to your kids is a pretty big deal! Many of my “mom” posts refer to my boys reading and many of my “Ask the Teacher” posts refer to reading. So I thought it would be fun to document what we are reading, from our library and within our own book collection, in our household weekly or bi-monthly depending on the interest in the books.
Carter is STILL obsessed with three books in particular, AND you have to read ALL three books, in order, at each sitting! If you try to only read one or two out of the three, he will say “uh oh” and immediately hunt down the missing link and bring it to me. The lucky three, from our own collection, right now are:
When we went to the library this week, I picked out some non-fiction books on some of his interests. He likes to look at the pictures and we usually paraphrase to get through the books with him. We did go to the zoo last week, so I thought that reading a few zoo books would be a nice review of that “field trip” and since he is obsessed with Moo, Baa, La La La, it would be nice for him to see photographs of animals to practice our sounds. He also really enjoys looking and watching the trees and points out trees on our walks and drives, so I got him a tree book.
Evan, on the other hand, isn’t too much into reading picture books with me, much anymore. He really enjoys being in the same room with Carter and me, and finishing the sentences for me, from our own collection of books. So I will usually pause at the end of some of the pages and let him “read” along to Carter.
But he is enjoying reading non-fiction with Jeremy, not so much me for some reason. So of course you have the usual sports books, who knew there were so many to choose from 
and the Puma books, but this time we picked out an airplane book also because him and Carter have been playing “Airplanes” with their cousin Kaden (Kaden’s dad is in the Air Force, so Kaden is an “expert” on all things aircraft!) which has spurred a new interest for the boys.
So that’s what we’ll be reading this week, what are the good reads in your household this week? Better yet, in honor of National Young Reader’s Day this Tuesday, blog about it and link up (add the direct link for your post not your main website please) here!
