FIVE IN A ROW

For Kaytlynn and Delaney's language arts, science, and social studies I have chosen to do something called Five in a Row. Each week, I choose a book to read...five times in a row. If you know kids, they love familiarity, and my girls think they are so smart since they are building on knowledge they learned yesterday...rather than connecting with new characters, setting, problem, etc. each new school day.

On my blog, I will discuss some of the books we gone over and what we have learned in each of them. For your interest...if you are interested, but also for our memories. As we are creating a lot of them by learning in this manner!

The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter.
We learned about gardening and all the vegetables in Mr. McGregor's garden. We picked blackberries at my parents friend's farm.
We learned about different types of communities...the differences between cities, suburbs and the rural areas. We focused on rural areas, and what they look like.
We learned about chamomile tea. We had tea at tea time together (which the girls loved). We talked about how plants are used for medicinal purposes.
We learned about obedience. Why we should obey and what can happen when we don't. We learned about listening to people that have proven themselves to be people of good judgement...and spending time with those people...not people like Benjamin Bunny.
We learned about England, and some of its cities and landmarks. The girls can now sing Big Ben's tune and tell you all about the tower and clock. They know and recognize its flag.
We also spent time learning about Beatrix Potter...where she lived, why she wrote, what she wrote. We learned a little bit about the early to mid 1900's. We learned about her childhood and adult life. We also watched the movie Mrs. Potter with Renee Zellweger (wonderful movie and both girls have watched it again).
We spent time learning about rabbits. We looked at where they live, what they eat, etc. And then we talked about other books with rabbits in them. We read several, including The Velveteen Rabbit and watched the movie that went with it.
We studied Potter's art. The girls learned about the type of art she used...and the difference between animated vs. naturalism.

The girls loved this book and I am so glad that it was our very first book to ROW.