I can hardly believe June is almost over! Aside from the extreme heat in our neck of the woods, for the most part, I adore summer! Mostly, I enjoy the more relaxed mood (and schedule) in our home.
I love the fact that each new day is met with the possibility of doing something grand or absolutely nothing at all!
However, as the hot days pass quickly, I also want to be careful not to let idleness get the better of us. In other words, I believe the "summer state of mind" can co-exist with an intentional plan.
Thankfully, the girls have never met a book they didn't like. In fact, while we were on vacation, I think the thing the girls missed most was being surrounded by their beloved books!
In addition to the Summer Reading Program at our local library (as well as Barnes & Noble), we'll also be working our way through a list of Read-Alouds this summer. Although we read quite often throughout the year, summer seems to be the perfect time to gather round, cuddle up, and discover a whole new adventure, together.
We love Read Alouds in our home and we're usually working on two different books at one time (a mommy book and a daddy book). Surprisingly, the kids have no problem keeping the stories straight and thankfully, the parents don't have to!
So far, we've already read several of the books in the Boxcar Children Series, Because of Winn Dixie (which we loved!), The Trumpet of the Swan... another superb classic! And Little House in the Big Woods, the first of many in the Little House Series.
Some other Read Alouds on our Summer Reading List...
With scarcely enough money for his own family, George Muller sponsored a "Breakfast Club" for orphans that eventually filled five large houses and cared for 10,000 children. Muller's faith and generosity have set a standard for Christians of all generations. A gripping true story.
Gooney Bird dazzles (and inspires) her classmates with "absolutely true" stories, while they learn what makes a story good or bad.
"Everyone has all sorts of stories to tell," says the feisty, friendly heroine of this laugh-out-loud book from a two-time Newbery Medalist.
Why do the storks no longer come to the little Dutch fishing village of Shora to nest? It was Lina, one of the six schoolchildren who first asked the question, and she set the others to wondering. And sometimes when you begin to wonder, you begin to make things happen. So the children set out to bring the storks back to Shora. The force of their vision put the whole village to work until at last the dream began to come true.
A teacher from England connects with the hearts and minds of students in a one-room Athabascan school in Alaska in 1948.
Eighty-four favorite children's poems old and newer, whimsical and thought-provoking.
Wolves, weather, a black lamb, a trusty dog--all are part of Peter's life on a mountain farm. His best friend is Benj, a wise old shepherd, and Benj teaches him to care for the sprightly lamb that becomes his own special pet, his cosset. As Biddy grows into her place as leader of the flock, Peter grows too, learning the skills and joys of the shepherd's life.
You gotta love a good book! What's on your SRL?
(I've got a few on my own that I just might share in another post).
“Give your children books and read them yourself. Flood your home with their presence so that every soul in your sphere of influence has no choice but to drink in the truth, goodness, and beauty of life.”
-Sarah Clarkson, Read for the Heart
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