The Year at Maple Hill Farm {Poppins Book Nook}

Welcome to the second installment of 2015 for the Poppins Book Nook a virtual book club for children hosted by the Enchanted Homeschooling Mom. This months theme is Farms.

I was so excited about this theme as this is one of my favourite books from Sonlight. One of my passions in book collecting is having books that are beautifully illustrated. This book is a timeless classic for your shelf.  The pictures are elegant and the story is a beautiful introduction to farm life for children.

This book takes your children on a journey through time.  They will learn what a year is, what the seasons are and introduces them to the beautiful world of living on a farm where every single day something IS happening. They will see how the seasons impact every day life and how every day impacts every aspect of the farm.

This is one of those books your children will spend hours looking through.

Book we used:The Year at Maple Hill Farm

On YouTube

• Modern Dairy Maid Farm
• Tudor Monastery Farm: 01
• Tudor Monastery Farm: 02
• Tudor Monastery Farm: 03
• Tudor Monastery Farm: 04  
• Tudor Monastery Farm: 05
• Tudor Monastery Farm: 06
• Fun Farm Animal Facts for Children

 On the WWW

•  FREE Farm Coloring Book
• Seasons - A Tree to colour in
• A Few Seasonal Things Four great projects to do illustrating seasons.
• ABC Animal Handprints
• Preschool Unit Study
• FREE printables on Homeschool Share

On Pinterest

• Seasons - Autumn
• Seasons - Winter
• Seasons - Spring
• Seasons - Summer
• A Year at maple Hill Farm

FREE for you
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

Each month we will share our reading adventures with all of you on a different theme. We have a wide variety of age ranges joining us this year so there should be something fun found on one of the co-hosts sites each and every month for everyone. Be sure to come back and see what these other bloggers are doing with their families on our theme.

Blessings
Chareen

Your Poppins Book Nook Co-hosts for 2015 are

Enchanted Homeschooling Mom - 3 Dinosaurs - ABC Creative Learning - As We Walk Along the Road - Brain Power Boy - Chestnut Grove Academy - Embracing Destiny - Every Bed of Roses - Farm Fresh Adventures - Growing in God's Grace - Kathys Cluttered Mind - My Bright Firefly - Peakle Pie - Preschool Powol Packets - Pray Species - SAHM I am - Stir The Wonder - Sunny Day Family - Sweet Silly Sara - Teach Beside Me - To the Moon and Back - Tots and Me - Tree Valley Academy - Witty Hoots - 
Poppins Book Nook Clip Art by ClipArtopia  Melonheadzdoodles & CollectiveCreation

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Thank you Dad

Left - Harmony Ivan Juniper (My Grandfather)
Right - Dennis Juniper (My Dad)

Today is ANZAC day in Australia.  I thought I would share about these two special people.  My grandfather and father.  They both served in the Defense Force.  I grew up where ever the South African Air Force posted my Dad.

Dad I need you to know I appreciate all you did to keep our family safe and all you did to insure our FREEDOM.  Thank you for your courage and determination. I love you and I'm proud of you and Pop-Pops.

Love
Chareen

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