Why we homeschool...

Favorite Read-Alouds

These are some of our favorite chapter books that we have listened to over the years...

Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

Mandy by Julie Andrews

The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews

The Cricket in Time Square by George Seldon

Mystery in the Night Woods by J. Peterson

Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol

Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

The Wind In the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

Little House in the Big Woods by L.Ingalls Wilder

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming

The Borrowers by Mary Norton

The Lion , the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner

Little Britches by Ralph Moody

The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong

The Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Carlson

Bunnicula by Deborah & James Howe

A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck

My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George

A Walk in Wolf Woods by Mary Stewart

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien

The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks

The 21 Balloons by William Pene du Bois

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

The Secret World of Og by Pierre Berton

Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry

The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford

The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham

Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan

Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Five Children and It by E. Nesbit

Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter

Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney

King Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle

The Water Horse by Dick King Smith

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera

Grayson by Lynne Cox

Toys Go Out by Emily Jenkins

The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes

Along Came Galileo by Jeanne Bendick

The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman

The Miraculous Adventures of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

The Great Brain by Scott Fitzgerald

The Little Princess by Frances Hodgon Burnett

Big Susan by Elizabeth Orton Jones

The Animal Family by Randall Jarrell

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgon Burnett

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

Riding the Flume by Patricia Curtis Pfitsch

Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers

Gaia Girls Enter the Earth by Lee Wells

The Giver by Lois Lowry

The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konglisburg

Do you have a favorite read-aloud that is not on our list? If so, please share it with us!

Here is a fun thing too...

Check out Meet Me at the Corner for virtual field trips. You can see The Metropolitan Museum of Art on their latest episode!

River Flows in You #2 (polished version:)

Here is one of my favorite piano pieces that I've been working on. I might have posted it before, but now it's even better! I've been working on it with my piano teacher (-link to her website) for my recital a couple weeks ago. Enjoy!

Earth Day at the ENC

Last month we spent Earth Day at the ENC (Environmental Nature Center). The ENC is an entirely green building with a science/nature museum. Beyond the building is a butterfly garden and trails through different plant communities. It is a great place to learn with classes and programs for kids and adults.

On Earth Day we learned: about different plants and why their leaves are shaped in different ways, some plants have a waxy surface so that water droplets stick to their leaves, black sage is beautiful in the Spring with white-lavender buds, moths have hairy looking antennas which help them to smell, lady bugs are in the same family as beetles. We also got to see different microscopic plants and animals under microscopes.

The ENC is a fun place to learn about nature. You should check it out sometime!