Anniversary, Human Anatomy, Maj Lindman, and Completed Books 5/25

Today Steve and I have been married for nine years! My, how time has flown. Eight years ago Marcus was born and from the earliest age loved books. Before he could walk or talk, I could lay out his five favorite books and tell him, "Marcus, go get Touch the Bunny," and he would crawl over, pick it up, and bring it to me. Gabriella, now seven, loves books too and reads all the time.

The kids and I just finished part 1 of Little Women. We will finish it by and by and be happy to have done so.

This past week, instead of reading at night, Marcus has been doing 4-D puzzles of the human body. He has four different puzzles: the human body, the heart, they eye, and the brain. I have to admit that I tried to put together the eye and was unable to do it! The directions are vague and confusing. Still, Marcus was able to put each puzzle together. He also times himself and his fastest time so far is 4 minutes. Below are the pieces and then final product of the human body puzzle.


Gabriella has been enjoying Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and Snipp, Snapp, Snurr books by Maj Lindman. She requested, "all they have at the library Mama."


Books Completed Lella: Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and the Big Red Hen, Maj Lindman, Flicka, Ricka, Dicka Bake a Cake, Maj Lindman, Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the Reindeer, Maj Lindman, Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and The Gingerbread, Maj Lindman, Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and The Yellow Sled, Maj Lindman, Tintin in Tibet, Herge, Land of Black Gold, Herge, The Crab with the Golden Claws, Herge, The Calculus Affair, Herge, The Wrong Kind of Bark, Julia Donaldson.

Books Completed Marcus: Mirette and Bellini Cross Niagara Falls, Emily McCully, Esther's Story, Diane Wolkstein.

Books Completed Both: The Red Sea Sharks, Herge, Words In Our Hands, Ada Litchfield, Andiamo, Weasel!, Rose Grant, The Great Graph Contest, Loreen Leedy, Marie in Fourth Position, The Story of Degas' "The Little Dancer", Amy Littlesugar.

Virtual Surgery

Marianne sent me this site for "Dr. Marcus". We did virtual knee replacement surgery yesterday and he LOVED it. We also did the game about simple machines which was very cool. We will explore the site more over the next couple of weeks, however I think this may be his new favorite!

http://www.edheads.org/

The Cobble Street Cousins, The Adventures of Tintin, and Completed Books 5/17

A friend of mine recommended The Cobble Street Cousins series by Cynthia Rylant for Lella.  She LOVED them.  She read:

A Little Shopping (55 pages)
Special Gifts (55 pages)
Summer Party (54 pages)
Some Good News (55 pages)
In Aunt Lucy's Kitchen (54 pages)

Other books completed by Lella:  Here is the Wetland, Madeleine Dunphy, Five Fables of La Fontaine (64 pages), Roberta Sewal, Anatole Over Paris (32 pages), Eve Titus, Esther's Story, Diane Wolkstein.

Completed Books Marcus:  The Secrets of Droon, Crown of Wizards (168 pages), Tony Abbott, Andrew Lost in the Desert (88 pages), J. C. Greenburg, Andrew Lost in the Jungle (88 pages), J. C. Greenburg, Fabulous Monsters, Marcia Williams, Sinbad the Sailor, Marcia Williams.

Marcus and Gabriella requested more of The Adventures of Tintin...in English of course :-).

From Amazon:  Join traveling reporter Tintin and his faithful dog Snowy, along with well-known friends such as Captain Haddock, as they embark on extraordinary adventures spanning historical and political events, fantasy and science-fiction adventures and thrilling mysteries. These full-color graphic novels broke new ground when they were first released and became the inspiration for countless modern-day comic artists.

The Adventures of Tintin, Cigars of the Pharoah (62 pages), Jadven Herge.

Lives of the Presidents

A while back Marcus memorized all of the United States Presidents.  Well, I came across this book at the library and he very much enjoyed it.  He is now quoting some of the presidents...oh brother!  Anyway, he did learn quite a bit about them and enjoyed reading this book.

Lives of the Presidents (96 pages), Kathryn Hewitt.

Completed Books 5/6

Well, since my last post, the kids have been reading a lot of Calvin and Hobbes.  It's fun hearing them laugh out loud and share their enjoyment of reading with each other.  Most recently, they both finished The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes, Bill Watterson. 

We also recently completed several books that were part of history reading for school.  Next year, I think I will try to come up with a better system for posting books we read.  We read:  The Empty Pot, Demi, The Lost Horse, Ed Young, The Dragon Prince, Laurence Yep, Lord of the Cranes, Kerstin Chen, and Ten Suns, Eric Kimmel.  We also read Julius Caesar from Tales From Shakespeare, Marcia Williams.  

Marcus:  The Count of Monte Cristo (GIC, 240 pages), Alexandre Dumas, Sleepy Little Owl, Howard Goldsmith, Charlie Brown:  Not Your Average Blockhead, Schulz, Epossumondas, Coleen Salley.

Lella:  Mama Provi and the Pot of Rice, Sylvia Rosa-Casanova, A Gift of Gracias, Julia Alvarez, My Little Artist, Donna Green.