Summer Reading

Zachary participated in the Library Summer Reading program. I thought it might be fun for him to look back and see what he read this summer so I'm going to list the books he read here on the blog. Adelyn did not complete her summer reading. She's still into the repetition of her favorite books and is not always interested in new stuff yet.

Zachary age 4

1. The Healthy Wolf

2. Berenstain Bears Bad Habit

3. The Berenstain Bears Meet Santa Bear

4. The Berenstain Bears New Baby

5. The Berenstain Bears Afraid of the Dark

6. If the Dinosaurs Came Back

7. Come Back Ameila Bedeila

8. The Berenstain Bears Double Dare

9. Amelia Bedeila

10. Own

11. The Berestain Bears and the Big Race

12. The Berestain Bears and the Sitter

13. Book Book Book

14. Arthur Goes to Camp

15. Curious George Takes a Job

Other new ones

The Berestain Bears Go to the Doctor

Wobble the Witch Cat

The Sun and the Wind Fable

The Berestain Bears Too Much Vacation

Obviously we've found a favorite series!

The Woodlands Children's Museum

We went to The Woodlands Children's Museum back in June. It was a little place but it had everything we needed to have fun. Zachary even met another boy his age named Zachary!

Playing in the water and fishin

Preparing the firetruck

Riding in the firetruck

Diggin in the construction area

Taking care of the house

Workin in the kitchen

Purchasing groceries

Picking out groceries

Imagining on stage

Playing on stage

Trying out a truck

Book Series on Behavior

I'm posting a series of books and link to the author's website on the totschool blog.

http://growingmemoriestotschool.blogspot.com

The author is Joy Berry.

You can also see some of the other online resources we discovered this summer!

Ideas for Children When a Parent Travels Away

One of my parenting magazines had some suggestions for making a parent's temporary departure easier.

1. Count Down the Days- Make a tear-away calendar or something similar so they have something to help understand when the parent is coming home.

2. Look at the Lovely- Take along a stuffed animal or toy and photograph it doing cool things like flying or sightseeing.

3. Record your voice- Use the computer or smart phone to record a message, video, or story for bedtime.

4. Video Chat- Skype or gmail!

5. Start a Virtual Diary- familydetails.com has a free website for the family to write day to day activities, upload pictures and texts.

6. Create Together- If a parent is gone for a long time create a picture together. Start out with a single line on a page and mail it back and forth, adding one line or shape until you have a piece of art.

Here is an example of number 2

Mouse traveled with Daddy on his business trip.


Mouse went to the pool.

Mouse sleeps in.

Daddy missed us this summer

While the kids and I were away for three weeks in June, Scott posted a sweet video for the kids. I'm just posting it here so we remember it one day. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJichBsNkoM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Thanks Daddy! We missed you.