Tuesdays Treasures (vol 1 - 4)

Hairy Maclary's Caterwaul Caper - Lynley Dodd 

Hairy Maclary's Caterwaul Capers - © Lynley Dodd

I don't know who loves the books by Lynley Dodd more my children or I ! Lynley Dodd writes with the most beautiful rhythmical alliteration. If you can find any of her books at the library or bookshop grab them they are worth their weight in gold. Her illustrations are marvelously mischievous being  closely observed from life and enjoyed by young and old alike. The pictures and words combine to tell the story, each picture contains vital information contributing to the story and invites exploration by the reader. 

Details

• First published in 1987
• Pages 31
• ISBN 9780140508734
• Author: Lynley Dodd
• Language: English
• Age: 3 - Adult

To read more about Lynley Dodd you can have a look at Christchurch Library interview with NZ children's Author Lynley Dodd as well as to read about her awards and career history you can look at New Zealand Book Council: Author Lynley Dodd

Other books we have enjoyed by Lynley Dodd:

• Hairy Maclary from Donaldsons Dairy
• Hairy Maclary’s Rumpus At The Vet
• Slinky Malinki
• Hairy Maclary’s Showbusiness
• Slinky Malinki Open The Door
• Schnitzel von Krumm’s Basketwork
• Schnitzel von Krumm Forget-Me-Not
• Hairy Maclary SIT
• Slinky Malinki Catflaps
• Slinky Malinki's Christmas Crackers
• Hairy Maclary's Hat Tricks

Blessings

Mini Office

Have you heard of these ?  I discovered them the other day and decided to give it a try. 

The basic idea is that each student has a manilla folder containing their personal office.  Inside the folder you place the items that the student needs help with regularly or lists you want your student to memorize such as an address or phone number.  I have made Sir N's office with items he will be using over the next few years. Once your office is complete you can laminate it to last longer.

Here are a few sites with ideas and pages you can download.

• Expanding the mini office by Jimmie
• Mrs Meacham's Mini Office Snapshots
• Home School Creations Mini Office how to
• A pdf file containing some printables for a Mini Office
• Mini Office 123
• Homeschool Creations PDF for a mini office
• 3 file folder mini office directions

Blessings

The perfect church service

"The perfect church service would be the one we were almost unaware of; our attention would have been on God.
But every novelty prevents this. It fixes our attention on the service itself; and thinking about worship is a different thing than worshiping.....

'Tis mad idolatry that makes the service greater than the god"
C.S. Lewis (1898 - 1963)

Read this at church today and was quite impacted by these words.