Read-A-Loud in your Homeschool

 Reading out loud is one of the biggest gifts I received as a homeschooler.  I have the most precious memories of cuddling on the couch with my young children working our way together through our latest story. I was thrilled to find a move called Read Aloud Revival by Sarah M.  She also host an amazing Read-Aloud podcast to encourage you.

"Every child ought to know the pleasure of words so well chosen that they awaken sensibility, great emotions, and understanding of truth "- Gladys Hunt

Over the years here on the blog I have shared numerous of our favourite read out loud books under

•  the Tuesday's Treasures tag I always feel nostalgic when I browse through these selections.
• 5 Days of Australian Literature
• 5 Days of Picture Books
• 3 Books on Aspergers Syndrome
• Our Top six Favourite Chapter Read A Loud
• Our 10 Favourite Caldecott Medal Books
  
• 13 Books to Read at Christmas

What's my all time Favourite Read A Loud ?

Oh my I have a few that have really impacted me.  I think top of the list would be Carry On Mr Bowditch. I so enjoyed this read aloud from Sonlight that I took out our encyclopedia to research him and all it had was a few lines with a reference to this book as the definitive work on the man.

Help where do I start finding great books to read out loud to my family?

• Sonlight Catalogue 
• Honey for a Child's Heart by Gladys Hunt
• A comprehensive list of Books We have Enjoyed
• Book List Resources I have used.
• Read-Aloud Revival Booklists

A side note on Learning to read: 

While reading out loud to our children is important as it imparts so many linguistic skills to our children.  One of the most often asked questions is how to teach children to read or why is my child still not able to read?! There are multiple factors that influence your children's ability to learn to read. I wrote a mini five part series on this a few years ago.

The series is not about the different methods used to teach reading but rather about some of the factors that influence a students ability to learn to read.  

• Factors influencing Learning to Read - part 1
• Factors influencing Learning to Read - part 2 
• Factors influencing Learning to Read - part 3
• Factors influencing Learning to Read - part 4
• Factors influencing Learning to Read - part 5

What are some of YOUR favourite Read-A-Louds ? 

Chareen

Find the other ABC posts in this series here:

1. A is for Art Lessons at Home
2. B is for Books Where do You Purchase Yours? 
3. Charlotte Mason a Round Up of Posts 
4. Delight Directed Education
5. Encouragement for Weary Homeschooling Mothers
6. For the Children's Sake  
7. G is for Geography
8. Homeschool Bloggers  
9. Instagramers to follow who are homeschooling
10. Joy in Your Homeschool Journey
11. Know Yourself - Stop the Comparison Game  
12. Life Skills in Your Homeschool
13. Math Resource for Home Education
14. Netflix in Your Homeschool
15. Olympics 2021
16. P is for Podcasts  
17. Quintessentially Homeschool
    
18. Read-A-Loud in Your Homeschool

Featured from last week the letter Q...

• Q is for quit and Q is for Qwirkle over at Our Homeschool Notebook 
  
• Quilter ~ (composers ABC) from At Home: Where Life Happens
• Letter Q Homeschool Tips from Homeschooling Highway 

This Week over at Our Homeschool Notebook the topic is R is for Race Cars 

 

Please link up your posts starting with the letter R for this weeks ABC Blogging

Mike Mulligan and More A Virginai Lee Burton Treasury {5 Days of Picture Books}

Before I started on my home school journey I visited many homeschooling families to see what they were using.  After many months I settled on using Sonlight Curriculum to begin our journey.  Over the years I have used many different curriculum options however we've always seemed to migrate back to my first option.  When Nathaniel was little we used the pre-school package from Sonlight and in this package we received Mike Mulligan and More A Virginai Lee Burton Treasury.

This is one of the most beautiful picture book compendiums I own. I loved reading these stories over and over and over again. The pictures are gorgeous and the characters are lovely. Each charater brings honour to living a simple life with integrity. Each hero exhibits determination and a graceful adaptation to the changes life brings their way.   Each story in this treasury is complete and unabridged.

• For ages 0-5
• Format Hardback | 208 pages
• Dimensions 216 x 238 x 16mm | 1,016.05g
• Publication date 28 Oct 2002
• Publisher HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
• Language English
• Illustrations note Illustrations, unspecified
• ISBN10 061825627X
• ISBN13 9780618256273 

Books in the Treasury

The Little House was awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1943.
From Book Depository: "The Little House, a poignant story of a cute country cottage that becomes engulfed by the city that grows up around it. The house has an expressive face of windows and doors, and even the feelings of a person, so she's sad when she's surrounded by the dirty, noisy city's hustle and bustle: "She missed the field of daisies / and the apple trees dancing in the moonlight." Fortunately, there's a happy ending, as the house is taken back to the country where she belongs."

 Maybelle the Cable Car is based on actual historical events in San Francisco.  It chronicals the city's efforts to keep the cable cars running.  The story shows how the voice fo the people can be heard in the true spirit of democracy to achieve good things.

Katy and the Big Snow illustrates how important even the smallest jobs really are.
From Book Depository: "Katy, a brave and untiring tractor, who pushes a bulldozer in the summer and a snowplow in the winter, makes it possible for the townspeople to do their jobs. In this enduring winter favorite from the Caldecott Medal winner Burton, Katy the snowplow finally gets her chance to shine when a blizzard blankets the city and everyone is relying on Katy to help dig out. Children love sharing Katy's shining moment of glory and will inevitably admire her "chug, chug, chug" endurance."

 Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel 
From Amazon: "Mike and his trusty steam shovel, Mary Anne, dig deep canals for boats to travel through, cut mountain passes for trains, and hollow out cellars for city skyscrapers -- the very symbol of industrial America. But with progress come new machines, and soon the inseparable duo are out of work. Mike believes that Mary Anne can dig as much in a day as one hundred men can dig in a week, and the two have one last chance to prove it and save Mary Anne from the scrap heap. What happens next in the small town of Popperville is a testament to their friendship, and to old-fashioned hard work and ingenuity."

Do you have a picture book author who has impacted your home or childhood to recommend?

Picture Books to Read out Loud {5 Days of Picture Books}

A few weeks back Sonlight asked:  Name a picture book that you never tire of reading aloud.  Since many of us are now in isolation and Quarantine-schooling I thought I'd share some of the suggestions with you.

{Please note that the links below to Book Depository are affiliate links.  You will not pay more for the books however I will receive a commision should you choose to purchase a book from them} 

"Stand Back," said the elephant, "I'm Going to Sneeze!"

Blueberries for Sal

Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel

Are You My Mother?

 

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Have you read any of these?  We have read and enjoyed a few of them over the years and I'm certainly looking forward to reading them to my grand children one day.

What are your favourite read aloud picture books? 

Books About Homeschooling {Not Back to School Blog Hop 2019}

Welcome to day two of the Not Back to School Homeschool Review Crew Blog Hop.  Today on the Crew blog Stephanie is sharing 4 Tips for Your New (Home)School Year. Yesterday we talked about ART in Your Homeschool and today I would like to share about two new books I've been reading. These two books have been encouraging and equipping me on my home education journey and have deeply impacted my life this year.

Teaching From Rest A Homeschooler's Guide to Unshakable Peace

Format Hardback | 89 pages
Dimensions 146.05 x 215.9 x 6.35mm | 163.29g
Publication date 15 Sep 2015
Publisher Classical Academic Press
Language English
ISBN10 1600512879
ISBN13 9781600512872

I was gifted this amazing book by a wonderful homeschool Mom whom I met a few years ago and has become an encouraging friend. It was a book on my to read list and recently I added it to my Audible play list in which Sarah reads the book to her audience.

As a veteran homeschooling Mom I am ever so grateful for this beautiful encouraging book.  I have been feeling exhausted and on the edge of burn out for a while now and this book has spoken to my weary home school Mom heart.  Sarah has encouraged me in a deep abiding way.  Her conversational tone is a balm to all home educating Mom's the world over. I have learnt so much from Sarah about living and teaching from a state of rest and what it truly means to do so. 

Publishers Summary - "Those who have made the decision to homeschool their children have done so out of great love for them and a desire to provide them an excellent education in the context of a warm, enriching home. Yet so many parents (mainly mothers) who have taken up this challenge find the enterprise often full of stress, worry, and anxiety. In this practical, faith-based, and inspirational book, Sarah Mackenzie addresses these questions directly, appealing to her own study of restful learning and her struggle to bring restful learning to her (six) children."

You can download 3 Free Sample Chapters over at Read-Aloud Revival. 

 Think Learn Succeed by Dr.Caoline Leaf

Format Paperback | 320 pages
Dimensions 140 x 216 x 25mm | 379g Publication date 31 Jul 2018
Publisher Baker Publishing Group
Imprint Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Publication City/Country Ada, MI, United States
Language English
Edition Statement ITPE
Illustrations note Illustrations, black and white
ISBN10 0801093619
ISBN13 9780801093616

This book has changed the way I approach learning and how I teach.  It has inspired and equipped me to be the best I can be and how to help my students.  I highly recommend that every single person read this book.  It will help you not only understand yourself and your potential but understand your children, your spouse and every person you encounter every single day of your life. I have had a few homeschooling learning myths dispelled and I have been empowered with tools to help myself and my students.  This book has the potential to change everyone who reads it!

Publishers Summary: "Our thought lives have incredible power over our mental, emotional, and even physical well-being. In fact, our thoughts can either limit us to what we believe we can do or release us to experience abilities well beyond our expectations. When we choose a mindset that extends our abilities rather than placing limits on ourselves, we will experience greater intellectual satisfaction, emotional control, and physical health. The only question is . . . how? Backed by up-to-date scientific research and biblical insight, Dr. Caroline Leaf empowers readers to take control of their thoughts in order to take control of their lives. In this practical book, readers will learn to use

 - The 5-step Switch on Your Brain Learning Program, to build memory and learn effectively
- The Gift Profile, to discover the unique way they process information
- The Mindfulness Guide, to optimise their thought life and find their inner resilience

 Dr. Leaf shows readers how to combine these powerful tools in order to improve memory, learning, cognitive and intellectual performance, work performance, physical performance, relationships, emotional health, and most importantly a meaningful life well lived. 

Each of us has significant psychological resources at our fingertips that we can use in order to improve our overall well-being. Dr. Leaf shows us how to harness those resources to unlock our hidden potential."

 In the past I have shared and still recommend

• My Top FOUR Homeschool Support Books - Charlotte Mason Companion, Things We Wish We'd Known, Beyond Survival and Educating the WholeHearted Child.
• Books on the Charlotte Mason Method - Consider This, Know and Tell, The Living Page, A Charlotte Mason Education I & II and A Charlotte Mason Companion.
• Charlotte Mason Method Books - For The Children's Sake, A Charlotte Mason Companion and The Original Home Schooling Series by Charlotte Mason.

I would love to hear which books you recommend for Homeschool Mom's to read.

Blessings
Chareen

• Abby @ Making Room 4 One More - Time Management for Homeschool Moms
• Amanda @ Hopkins Homeschool - 5 Days of Homeschool Questions
• Amy @ the WRITE Balance - Year-Round Schooling
• Annette @ A Net in Time - Homeschooling.
• Betty @ Lets Get Real - Homeschooling High School
• Cassandra @ My Blessed Mess - Eclectic Homeschooling

There are over thirty home educating mom's participating in this years Not back to School Blog Hop.  Grab a cup of tea and take a look through the linky below for some homeschool Encouragement today.
 

Books on the Charlotte Mason Method {Day 5 Friday Favorites}

Welcome to day 5 of the Homeschool Review Crew Homeschool Encouragement blog hop.  Today the Crew will be sharing their Favourite Homeschool items. I am a paper girl at heart and as such love to be surrounded by beautiful books.  On Monday I shared how I am pursuing a deeper understanding of the Charlotte Mason method of education by reading The Original Home Schooling Series.  Today I would like to share a list of books written by other's who are implementing Charlotte Mason in their homes today.

A Charoltte Mason Companion by Karen Andreola

Karen Andreola introduced me to the practical side of a Charlotte Mason education and A Charlotte Mason Companion soon become my favourite home schooling resource and is one that I recommend to any homeschool Mom who asks me which books I would recommend they read.

This beautifully illustrated book is full of encouragement and how to chapters. Karen covers practical topics like: The Art of Narration, Mother Culture, Shakespeare and Dickens. Topics of Art and Music appreciation along with Grammar, History, Nature Study and a few more kernels of wisdom.  A beautiful book full of gorgeous line illustrations.

Purchase this book from Book Depository, Amazon. For online encouragement meet Karen over at Moments with Mother Culture.

Consider This: Charlotte Mason and the Classical Tradition by Karen Glass.

I highly recommend you read this gem from Karen Glass. This thought provoking book helps you to understand the back ground to Charlotte Mason's methods.  Once you understand the underlying motivational principles you will be better equipped to make appropriate choices for your home school using Charlotte Mason's philosophy.

Consider This is availaible for purchase from Book Depository.

The Living Page : Keeping Notebooks with Charlotte Mason by Laurie Bestvater

Laurie has done an incredible job of researching every type of notebook mentioned in Charlotte's writings.  Within The Living Page you will discover not only the different types of notebooks used but why they were used, how they were used and when they were used within Charlotte's school and the PNEU.  This book changed my perspective on Notebooking and Timelines.

You can purchase it from Book Depository.

 

Know and Tell The Art of Narration by Karen Glass

One of the fundamental aspects of a Charlotte Mason education is the Art of Narration. Karen shares the theory behind the use of narration and then provides us with a step by step guide on how to implement this wonderful tool within your home school. She not only tells us how to implement narration but provides examples  and resources to help you use narration successfully within your home.

Purchase Know and Tell from Book Depository.

A Charlotte Mason Education: A Home Schooling How-to Manual by Catherine Levison

Catherine has shared her collection of the key points of Charlotte Mason's methods.  She shares practical and easy to understand insights to empower families to begin using Charlotte's methods within their home schools.

Purchase this book from the Book Depository as well as the sequal More Charlotte Mason Education : A Homeschooling How-to Manual.

Books written by Charlotte Mason

• Charlotte Mason's Elementary Geography 
• Towards a Philosophy of Education: Volume VI 
• Charlotte Mason's Original Homeschooling Series 
• Completed Six Volume boxed series: The Original Homeschooling Series.
• The Original Home Schooling Series by Charlotte Mason Hardback

• The Original Home Schooling Series 6-in-1 Omnibus Edition
• Book 1 - Home Education
• Book 2 - Parents and Children
• Book 3 - School Education
• Book 4 - Ourselves
• Book 5 - Formation of Character
• Book 6 - Towards a Philosophy of Education

The Original Home Schooling Series can also be purchased from

• Living Book Press
  • The Complete Home Education Series (6 Books) – Charlotte Mason
  • The Complete Home Education Series (6 Books) – Charlotte Mason (PDF).
• Amazon
• The Original Home Schooling Series: Study Edition by Simply Charlotte Mason

To find out more about the different published versions please watch this Video Review Comparing the NEW printed versions of Charlotte Mason Homeschooling Series by Brandy from AfterThoughts Blog.

If you are looking for others who are following Charlotte's Methods and sharing about their journeys be sure to take a look at this blog post: 10 Charlotte Mason blogs to follow

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This post is part of the Homeschool Review Crew 5 Days of Homeschool Encouragement Blog Hop.

Grab a cuppa and be prepared to be motivated for the year ahead.  Here are a few of the participants of this years blog hop.  Be sure to take a look at some of the posts shared by our wonderful home educating mom's.

• Nicole @ Bless Their Hearts Mom
• Patti @ Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy
• Rebekah @ There Will Be a $5 Charge For Whining
• Rodna @ Training Children up for Christ
• Stacy @ A Homemakers Heart
• Tess @ Circling Through This Life
• Wendy @ Life at Rossmont
• Yvie @ Gypsy Road

10 Books for Middle Grade Summer Reading

This week I would like to share 10 books we have enjoyed reading for the middle grade years.  Each of these books we have enjoyed so much that we have purchased them to read over again.  Click on any of the titles below for more information found on this blog. 

When I first started home educating I really struggled to find excellent twaddle free literature for my children to enjoy.  Over the years I have collected  some wonderful book resource lists and have shared them here: Book List Resources.

These books are not from one particular genre but rather a wide variety.  For more information on the different types of genre available in the book world read these posts: Genre and Sub Genre.

As much as it's delightful seeing your children enjoy a particular series a wise homeschool Mom once encouraged me to keep the variety coming so as not to stall my children's growth.  Reading only one type of book becomes a little like only eating one particular food source and creates an unhealthy environment in the mind.

When choosing books for your students to enjoy be sure to choose books of all levels.  It's always good to allow the brain to rest after wading through a difficult book by reading something light and easy.  This allows the brain to regroup and prepare for the next book.

10 Books for Middle Grade

Follow my Leader

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Puffin (December 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140364854
• ISBN-13: 978-0140364859

Toad Heaven

• Format: Paper back / Hardback
• Number of Pages: 192
• Publication Date: 
• ISBN 10:0141314826
• ISBN 13:9780141314822
• Author Morris Gleitzman

Dewey the Library Cat

• Format: Paper back / Hardback / Audio
• Number of Disks:Four
• ISBN 10:1441885471
• ISBN 13:9781441885470
• Author Vicki Myron,
• Performed by: Laura Hamilton, With Bret Witter

 The Apple & The Arrow

• Format: Paper back
• Number of Pages: 80 pages 
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) 
• Publication Date: 
• ISBN 10: 0618128093 
• ISBN 13: 9780618128099 
• Author  Mary & Conrad Buff

The Chalk Box Kid

• Format: Paper back
• Number of Pages: 65 pages 
• Publisher:Random House USA Inc 
• Publication Date:12 September 1987 
• ISBN 10:0394891023 
• ISBN 13:9780394891026 
• Author Clyde Robert Bulla 
• Illustrator:Thomas B. Allen 

The Burgess Bird Book for Children

• Format: Paper back
• Number of Pages:256 
• Publisher:Dover Publications 
• Publication Date:2003 
• ISBN 10:0-486-42840-0 
• ISBN 13:978-0-486-42840-6 
• Author Thornton W.Burgess 
• Illustrator:Louis Agassiz Fuertes 

Billy and Blaze

• Format: Paperback
• Number of Pages:56
• Vendor: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Publication Date:
• ISBN:0689716087
• ISBN 13:9780689716089
• Author: Clarence William Anderson (1891 – 1971)
• Illustrator: C.W. Anderson

Puzzle Journey Under the Sea

• Format: Paper back / Hardback
• Number of Pages: 32
• Vendor:  Usborne Publishing Ltd
• Publication Date: 28 August 1998
• ISBN:9780746026854
• Author L. Sims
• Illustrator: S. Stitt

Tales of WORDISHURE Book II

• Format: Paper back
• Number of Pages:130
• Publisher:Mick Art Productions
• ISBN 10:0982700059
• ISBN 13:9780982700051
• Author Mick McArt
• Illustrator: Mariah Sue Anderson

The Young Reader's Shakespeare

• Format: Hardback
• Number of Pages:96 pages
• Series:  The Young Reader's Shakespeare
• ISBN 10:1402711166
• ISBN 13:9781402711169  
• Author William Shakespeare
• Retold By:Adam McKeown,
• Illustrator:Lynne Cannoy

For more wonderful ideas on great twaddle free literature be sure to see what others are sharing on the Crew blog.

Our 10 Favourite Caldecott Medal Books

This months theme for the Poppins Book Nook is Caldecott Medal Books.

If you had asked me twenty years ago what a Caldecott book was I would not have had any idea.  Thanks to homeschooling I was introduced to the concept of twaddle free literature and the importance of beautiful pictures in the lives of my children.

Before I began home educating I had no idea of the importance or impact of any of these things and thanks to Sonlight I now have a good insight into both. Our first three years of homeschooling were with Sonlight and a good many of the books I received in those cores contained Caldecott Medal books which served as good training to spot a beautifully illustrated book at the library and for that I'm really grateful to the people at Sonlight who choose the books for the cores.

Without further ado these are a few of our favourite things ...

Our 10 Favourite Caldecott Medal Books

A Tree Is Nice

By (author) Janice May Udry
Illustrated by Marc Simont
Format: Paperback | 32 pages
Dimensions: 158mm x 272mm x 2mm | 82g
Publication date: 22 June 2010
Publication City/Country: New York, NY
ISBN 10: 0064431479
ISBN 13: 9780064431477

This book is for younger students and helps them appreciate all the beautiful trees out and about. It is also used in Learning Language Arts Through Literature blue book.

Bill Peet: An Autobiography

By (author) Bill Peet
Format: Paperback | 192 pages
Dimensions: 203mm x 254mm x 14mm |
Publication date: 19 May 1994
Publication City/Country: Boston
ISBN 10: 0395689821
ISBN 13: 9780395689820

Bill Peet is an amazing author and illustrator.  The first book we read of his was Capyboppy and from there I was on a mission to find every book he had written and illustrated. Chester, the Worldly Pig is my all time favourite so far and we have also enjoyed Buford, the Little Bighorn.

Frog and Toad are Friends

By (author) Arnold Lobel
Format: Paperback | 64 pages
Dimensions: 216mm x 274mm x 8mm | 281g
Publication date: 26 April 2012
Publication City/Country: London
ISBN 10: 000746438X
ISBN 13: 9780007464388

Frog and Toad books are beautiful books illustrating the gift of friendship to generations of children world wide.

Grandfather's Journey 

By (author) Allen Say
Illustrated by Allen Say
Format: Paperback | 32 pages
Dimensions: 236mm x 287mm x 10mm | 136g
Publication date: 27 October 2008
Publication City/Country: Boston, MA
ISBN 10: 0547076800
ISBN 13: 9780547076805

This book impacted me very deeply.  Its a story about a man who immigrates.

Little Bear's Visit

By (author) Else Holmelund Minarik
Illustrated by Maurice Sendak
Format: Paperback | 64 pages
Dimensions: 140mm x 216mm x 8mm | 45g
Publication date: 31 December 1979
Publication City/Country: New York
ISBN 10: 0064440230
ISBN 13: 9780064440233

We adore the Little Bear books, they are wonderful little books for beginner readers.

Little House

By (author) Virginia Lee Burton
Format: Paperback | 40 pages
Dimensions: 224mm x 240mm x 6mm | 181g
Publication date: 11 January 2002
Publication City/Country: Boston
ISBN 10: 039525938X
ISBN 13: 9780395259382

We were introduced to Virginia Lee Burton via Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel and have thoroughly enjoyed The Story of Ferdinand and Katy and the Big Snow many times over in the compilation book: Mike Mulligan and More: A Virginia Lee Burton Treasury

Madeline 

By (author) Ludwig Bemelmans
Format: Paperback | 56 pages
 Dimensions: 211mm x 300mm x 5mm | 227g
Publication date: 7 August 2001
Publication City/Country: New York, NY
ISBN 10: 014056439X
ISBN 13: 9780140564396

Ah Madeline you have warmed the heart of little boys and girls in our home for years and years. We have explored the world through your eyes in books like Madeline's Christmas and Madeline's Rescue

Make Way for Ducklings

By (author) Robert McClosky
Format: Paperback | 76 pages
Dimensions: 233mm x 306mm x 8mm | 295g
Publication date: 17 September 2007
Publication City/Country: New York, NY
ISBN 10: 0140564349
ISBN 13: 9780140564341

This book stretched my read aloud capability! So many made up names which had my children in fits of giggles for hours on end while we explored the famous Mallard ducks of Boston.  This book ignited my desire to see Boston for myself!

Mirette on the High Wire

By (author) Emily Arnold McCully
Format: Paperback | 32 pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 252mm x 5mm | 113g
Publication date: 5 April 2011
Publication City/Country: New York, NY
ISBN 10: 0698114434
ISBN 13: 9780698114432

A beautiful book about french culture and the encouraging heart of a child as she helps Bellini overcome his fear and live life again.

My Father's Dragon

By (author) Ruth Stiles Gannett
Illustrated by Ruth Chrisman Gannett
Format: Paperback | 74 pages
Dimensions: 117mm x 191mm x 10mm | 91g
Publication date: 27 December 2005
Publication City/Country: New York
ISBN 10: 0440421217
ISBN 13: 9780440421214

Don't let this title fool you.  The adventures to be had in this book had me back at the library to find the sequels: My Father's Dragon: Three Tales: 50th Anniversary Ed

What is the Caldecott Medal?

In short it is an annual award, awarded by the American Library Association to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

You can read more about the award here:

• Welcome to the Caldecott Medal Home Page!
• A full list of all the Caldecott Medal & Honor Books, 1938-Present
• 10 Things To Know About The Caldecott Medal The Three Books a Night website is beautiful. If you are wanting to find beautiful children's books be sure to book mark this one.
• The history of the The Randolph Caldecott Medal

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Jill from over at Enchanted Homeschooling Mom has made this FREE Poppins Book Nook pack for you.

• An official interactive Poppins Book Nook bookmark for this month’s theme
• This month’s Passport pages to add to your lap book
• Several lap book elements centered around The Laboratory.
• Reading response writing prompt

Next month we will be visiting the woods with the Poppins Book Nook so be sure to visit us on the last Monday of June for your monthly spoonful of reading fun.
Blessings
Chareen

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