Entries from May 2006

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

Bright Blooms

It’s nice when I can find beautiful flowers right at home. I don’t keep flowering plants because I always manage to kill them, as I’m sure the many Fuschia plants I’ve tried to keep would tell you if they were still around to complain about their poor treatment. Hence, I stick with green plants indoors […]

Thursday, May 18th, 2006

Math and Writing

Here are two sheets I created recently. Both are simple but useful and I wanted to share them.
First up is a Math Sheet to practice with numbers up to eleven. There are 42 problems, half of which are addition and half are subtraction. MJ wanted to do some math problems so I whipped up this […]

Wednesday, May 17th, 2006

I’m Going To Get You!

I’M GOING TO GET YOU
[ by Mavis Smith ]
A boy chases a runaway dog, following him up a hill, through the park, into a hollow log and other places. The reader lifts the flap on each page to discover how the dog escaped yet again. Common words and simple phrases make this a good introduction […]

Tuesday, May 16th, 2006

Feeling Conflicted

Angie wrote:
My oldest child started kindergarten this year. He seems stressed out by the two hour bus ride and all the activities going on in the classroom. He is unable to focus his energy on even simple tasks because of this. The school is pushing me to send him on to first grade, and told […]

Friday, May 12th, 2006

Wild Bears

WILD BEARS
[ by Seymour Simon ]
A non-fiction, full color book with excellent photographs. Introduces bears from all around the world and provides the reader with information on diet, habitat, temperament, and hibernation. Each page has one paragraph composed of 1-4 sentences, written in clear, bold type. Contains high word count and introduces some complex phrases. […]