Great books

We finished reading "The Boxcar Children" today. That's been their favorite all-time book so far, and they've begged for extra chapters all week. It has been so fun that the older two are so excited about reading non-picture books, and that they have been following them so well.

A while back someone asked what my favorite books were for the kids. We got a ton of new books recently with our Sonlight curriculum, so I'll list a few if you are interested in getting some great books to start your kids' "library." These you won't be sorry you had: "A Treasury of Children's Literature" by Eisen; "20th Century Children's Book Treasury" by Schulman; "The Lion Storyteller Bedtime Book" by Hartman; "A Family Treasury of Little Golden Books" by Buell. These have to be some of the best books I've ever seen for kids. Other favorites from our curriculum package include "A Child's Book of Art" by Micklethwait; "The Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit" by Potter, "The Real Mother Goose;" "People" by Peter Spier; "Things People Do" by Civardi and Cartwright; and "Then and Now" by Amery. The other day we read the Aesop story about the Crow and the Pitcher and we got to have a little science experiment after reading it. We had a blast. I love that even Aleksa can get in on a lot of the projects we've been doing, and she has been enjoying the stories right along with the other two. The Math-u-see has been really great for the kids too. We're all loving school lately!