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    Next read aloud for a 5 year old

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    I would recommend Charlotte's Web, except you specified no tear jerkers. : ) My 4 1/2 year old has become enamored of (obsessed with?) the Laura Ingalls Wilder books on audio. We've also read and enjoyed the Clementine books (Sara Pennypacker) and the original Winnie the Pooh stories.

     

    I review the books we read on my blog. I also host a blog carnival called Read Aloud Thursday every Thursday (obviously), if you would care to join us.

     

    My blog link is in my siggy.

    A Reader's Group

    in A Reader's Group

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    I guess I could introduce myself first, huh? My name is Amy and I have always loved to read. However, since becoming a mother, I have found my reading time to be severely limited. I still squeeze it in when I can, mostly at bedtime. I am trained as a school library media specialist as well as an English and history teacher. I currently stay at home with my two girls and teach English part time at a community college. I am currently reading a parenting book called Good and Angry and Cry, the Beloved Country which I am really enjoying. I review the books I read on my blog. When will we know which book we're reading first?

    DD is crying.

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    Oh, this is so funny! My girls are enamored of the Little House books (well, audiobooks, actually). They call me and dh Ma and Pa, call each other Laura and Mary, etc. I even blogged about it! My girls are much younger, so there's not that sense of loss, etc.

     

    I remember feeling this way myself often as a child. I LOVED L.M. Montgomery's books as a young teen and spent lots of time acting out scenes, etc., from the Anne stories. I would actually cry when I finished reading them. I think it is a combination of feeling out of place in the current century and the sense of sadness over being through with something you so thoroughly enjoyed.

    Talk to me about toy storage/organization/decluttering

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    Thanks for the responses, link, and ideas. :001_smile:

     

    The problem with using the closet in the playroom is it's the one where I keep my clothes. The closet in the master bedroom is small, so only dh's clothes fit in there. We have an armoire in there that really is not being used to its fullest potential in terms of bins and other storage inside.

     

    Right now both girls still sleep in a toddler bed/baby bed. Obviously, my 3 year old needs to be in at least a toddler bed, but she's never tried to climb out in the present arrangement; I think she feels secure in there. Anyway, I'm thinking me might go with bunkbeds to save space.

     

    As I type, the girls are going through the stack of books and puzzles I culled during naptime (to sell in a toy consignment sale coming up) and finding old favorites. Sheesh.

     

    It doesn't help my feelings of ******the walls are closing in on me********** that dh has been out of town since early Tuesday morning.

     

    The girls and I are going out for a jaunt around the block and maybe my head will clear a little.:tongue_smilie:

    Talk to me about toy storage/organization/decluttering

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    My house is about to drive me around the bend. My girls have a toy room and of course, the toys rarely stay there. I'm really mostly okay with that; I don't want them to have to play only in one certain area. However, what is driving me batty is the sheer amount of stuff they have. It's not really that they have that many toys; my four year old dd just collects EVERYTHING. She loves to write, draw, and cut, and inevitably all of the little pieces of paper end up in purses, etc. I'm a softie about the stuff they make, though, so I find it hard to just throw it out.

     

    On a related note, we are thinking about doing away with the toy room and turning it into the school room. Does anyone have an opinion or any BTDT experience with doing this? This would mean their toys would have to be housed in their bedroom (which they share) and therefore we would have to do a clean sweep and have some pretty good routines in place.

     

    HELP!:willy_nilly:

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