Retold Modern Fairy Tales make for a great kids’ book club. Here’s some great chapter books and picture books with an activity for a 4th grade book club.
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ABC’s of Me
I first read about this from CraftWhack who got it from Two Adults, One Brown Baby. Then, Doodles and Jots did it, and she says she got the idea from Mrs. Irritation, Saly, as well as the aforementioned CraftWhack and Two Adults, One Brown Baby. So I am joining this bandwagon! Learn more about me by reading my ABCs.
Barcelona: Birds, Pickpocketers, and Barca Futbul
Barcelona Family Vacation The kids and I have been studying Spanish for years with very little success. My oldest started at 4 and her siblings were even younger. My fantasy for early foreign language skills was so that we could go to a Spanish-speaking country and actually be able to get around IN SPANISH, with…
4 Picture Books to Teach Compassion: Book Club for Boys
We came up with three more little boy book club ideas using advanced picture books and non fiction picture books to teach our boys about micro loans, Ancient Egypt and helping endangered animals.
How To: Have a Good Marriage
Judity Wallerstein’s The Good Marriage: How and Why Love Lasts offers a blueprint to a strong marriage. More book recommendations about marriage from The Empty Nest.
Top 10: Best Books by My Son in 1st Grade
What is the most surprising is how these books make us both laugh and laugh. They are really funny! Ok, maybe not the Ninjago series … that’s more action/adventure, but Dragonbreath, Alvin Ho, Frankie Pickle and Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever are snuggle up and crack up together.
Book Club for Boys: Navajo Code Talkers and Secret Code Scavenger Hunt
Secret Code Book Club for Boys My seven-year-old son is in first grade but his closest friends are in second and third grades. It just worked out that way because he missed the cutoff so he’s among the older kids in his class. He can read but he needs help with chapter books and when…