Happy Friday Everyone!!

 

I wanted to tell you about what happened to  me yesterday when I was at the store.  Also, I want to tell you about a site you can check out about kindness.  Well, yesterday I went to the store and you have to put a quarter in this box to get the cart and then when u return the basket you get a quarter back.  I have a bad knee so I wasn't able to get the basket all the way back up to get my quarter back. I was getting in the car and this lady brought me a quarter and said she put my basket back so here was my quarter.  She was very nice to do that and was definitely a random act of kindness.  I love it when that happens and I try everyday to look for something I can do for someone.  This is a great lesson to do with kids. I used to do it with my students when I was teaching.  I would give them a heart ever time I saw them do a Random Act of Kindness.  They loved getting them.  Something you could do with your child or grandchild.

http://www.randomactsofkindness.org/

Check it out .  The site has great ideas.

 

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When Comes the Spring

by

Janette Oke

 

 

 Elizabeth, the cultured young schoolteacher from the East, has braved the western frontier and spent a year teaching in a one room schoolhouse. Now she and Wynn are planning their wedding and their new life together at his outpost in the far north. While Wynn is accustomed to life in the north, Elizabeth is not. Can their love for each other sustain them through a harsh winter, loneliness, and rigors of life without any of the conveniences they're used to? 

I love this series and I always thought the pioneer women had a hard life and worked so hard for their husbands and family.  How easy we have it.  This is good for children to learn what it was like for their great grandparents.  Share it with your child or grandchild.

 

 

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

 

 



 

 

 

Happy Monday Friends!

 

Good morning and I hope each of you who read this blog had a wonderful weekend and are ready for the last week of February.  I am because that brings us closer to spring.  There are 23 days till spring arrives.  I will be happy to see it. 

I am going to share some more books on love this week and I believe in March I will share some books about spring that would be great to read with children.

My students always loved spring and we always planted something so they could see something grow.  So you might want to plant something with your children or grandchildren this March.

 

I am going to share some books this week that older children might enjoy or even mothers or grandmothers might enjoy.  I have read all of the books of both series and enjoyed all of them so much.  The books of Janette Oke.  I hope you will check them out at the library and your favorite bookstore.

We are going to start with the Canadian West series. 

The books are When Calls the Heart, Comes the Spring, Breaks the Dawn, and Hope Springs New.  I will review When Calls the Heart first.  I hope you will check them out and share them with a friend.  I think I am going to reread them.  It has been a few years since I read them. 
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When Calls the Heart
by 
Janette Oke



 
Nothing in her privileged eastern upbringing has prepared Elizabeth for the challenges of frontier life...
Elizabeth Thatcher is young, pretty, cultured, and educated. But when she journeys west to teach school in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, she's completely unprepared for the conditions she encounters. Still, she's determined to succeed at the formidable task of fitting in with the locals and shaping the hearts and minds of the schoolchildren in her care.
She's just as determined not to give her heart to any of the local frontiersmen until she meets a handsome and daring Canadian Mountie.  Check out When Calls the Heart and find out about Elizabeth and Jack and their adventures.
Also, there is a new series When Calls the Heart on the Hallmark channel.  I have been watching it weekly and I love it and I believe each of you would too.  It is on Saturday nights.

http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/whencallstheheart/photos

Check out the link to the Hallmark Channel for more information on the When Calls the Heart Series.  See you on Wednesday.

 

 

  



 

 

 

 

Happy Wednesday Friends

 

How are each of you today?  It is a cloudy day here in the Midwest but not to bad.  I have made some peanut butter cookies and having some hot green tea.  I was thinking about books and where I would like to go in the next two weeks. Recently I watched Thor which is an adventure movie.  I think it was a good movie and boys especially would enjoy it.  The reason I am sharing this is that I found in my teaching experience that boys sometimes are reluctant readers but many enjoy comic books and will read them for hours.  Thor is a part of the Avenger Series which is a part of the Marvel Comic books. 

 

If you have a son or grandson that is a reluctant reader comic books are good sources to use to get them to read and then read other things.  I even enjoy them sometimes and even had my student's make-up their own cartoon character and write a short comic book and draw pictures just like in the newspaper.  I brought in newspapers and we read some of them and some real comic books.  Then the students made up their own.  It was a really fun activity and many of them did an excellent job and had fun doing it.  Maybe you could do a similar project with your child.  I would expect  it would be a fun activity.  It was for all my students even the girls.  So check out some comic books with your child (8 years old or older would enjoy them the most I would think.)

 

I put some examples below.

 

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Of course there is also Captain America, Ironman, Superman, Spiderman, and Batman just to name a few.  CHeck them out with your child and have fun reading them together.

 

 



 

 

 

 

Happy Monday Friends!

 

I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's weekend and spent it with someone they love.  I had a lovely one and now I am looking forward to Spring.  There are 30 days and 8 hours till Spring is here on the calendar and I can't wait.  Also, today is President's Day.  Who was your favorite President?  I have through the years had three favorite presidents.  They are George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and John F. Kennedy.  I have a few more I have found to be very interesting.  I love history and always enjoyed learning about the presidents and always shared with my students in February about the presidents.  I should have included the president from my home state. Harry Truman.  Today I will share a few books about presidents you could share with a child today.  Happy reading friends.

 

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Enjoy President's Day !!!!

 

 



 

 

 

 

Happy Thursday!!

 

 

Valentine's Day is almost here and I hope everyone is enjoying this week of love for your sweetheart, your family and friends.  I thought today I would post a few images of love involving children.  Children are so precious and sweet and I know how much I love mine and how much I loved my students.  Each one is so precious to me as I am sure yours are to you.  Show your love today and everyday to a child by sharing your love and a good book.  I shared several good children's books that you could read to a child .  Enjoy the time with them they grow up so fast.  See you Friday.

 

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Happy Wednesday Friends!

 

Well just two days till Valentine's Day.  Hope you have been enjoying Valentine's Week.  Also today is President Abraham Lincoln's birthday.  I believe he was my favorite president .  He lived in a very hard time.  I will probably share some books about him during President's day.  Today I would like to share another book about love since this is the week we celebrate love.  I hope you will be able to share it with a child.

 

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Love You Forever

by

Robert Munsch

 

A young woman holds her

newborn son in her arms and looks at him lovingly as she sings this song to him, 

 I'll love you forever
I'll like you for always
As long as I'm living
My baby you'll be

 

This book is the story of a mother and her son as they go through life.  At the end the son sings the song to his aging mother.  Every person should read this book.  This is a truly amazing book about love.  Please read this book this Valentine's week to a loved one whether it be a child or a parent.  If you have read it before share it again with a child or aging parent.  It is an amazing book and I don't believe anyone can read it and not shed a tear.  Check it out at your nearest bookstore or library.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

Hello Friends

 

This is Valentine week and I thought I would put up a couple of quotes about love.  I hope you are able to spend this week with those you love.  I don't feel that Valentine's Day is just for the sweethearts but for all those we love.  Hope each of you are able to do that.  I hope each of each have a wonderful day.

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Just three more days till Valentine's Day!  See you tomorrow.