Jr. says “He’s a detective. And the book is really good. Chet Gecko if he finds Billy the Chameleon he gets a big piece of Stink Bug Pie. And Herman the Gila Monster is the bad guy.  A kid who likes mysteries would like this book.”

George’s Secret Key to the Universe

I always know that our read aloud is a good pick when 1. there is begging for one more chapter and 2. Jr. reads ahead of where we are at. We’re not through this book as a read aloud but already I am looking forward to adding it permanently to our shelves.  Jr. says, “I like the computer named Cosmos. I like all the science stuff that is on the special pages. I like the girl in the story (Annie). A kid who is interested in science would like this book”

Sea Dragons

I picked up two different books from this non-fiction series. They both have a wonderful collection of photographs of the subject. Simple yet still informative words. These are recommended by my Lil’B who at 5 prefers non-fiction.

Thanks for the audio suggestions! Now I have a new questions do you buy or borrow audiobooks? Our library has a nice selection but we’ve found more and more of them are scratched. It is quite frustrating to have to skip a chapter (or section) to get past the skip. On the other hand audiobooks are a tad expensive. I have tried librivox but found many of them to be just a bit to archaic in language to catch my children.

I have a habit of bringing into the house books that I’d like to review for upcoming topics. This year one of the many science topics we will talk about is reproduction as in where babies come from though we may leave the mechanics for a bit longer if no questions come up. But back to my story! Not all books on the basics of where babies come from are created equal. So I am taking opportunity now to review a few looking for one that will suit both my boys.

Well at least I was.

I was until I brought in Everybody has a belly button: Your life before you were born. and left it sit on my bedside table where it was to wait until I had a moment to look through it.

Cut to scene: The boys are sitting on my clothes hamper when I walk in my bedroom – - reading the Everybody book in complete silence. I suppose technically Jr was reading it and LilB was only looking at it. Keep in mind had I had opportunity to look at it first this wouldn’t have bothered me at all. But it was still unseen as to content to ME! I admit to a little mental freaking out.

But I needn’t have freaked out at all! That night the Everybody book made the request list for bedtime books. I was delighted to see that it was exactly what I was looking for in a beginner reproduction book. There were correct terms. Nicely done pastel pictures that were perfectly age appropriate in my opinion. The books skips very lightly over the mechanics using the egg cell and sperm cell but not identifying from whence they came (Or how they get “together”.) Instead this book focuses on the development of the baby itself. Birth is also an area where the author takes the light touch approach and doesn’t overwhelm the children with too much information. I was very pleased with the ability of the author to be informative and interesting with a graceful balance for the age group intended to read the book. I expect that we will be reading it again as LilB is quite interested in discussing babies. Jr to my delight remembered much of what we had talked about back when his brother was born.

Oh and for the record WOMB still wins because it sounds like room. Uterus (the word) they still don’t “like”. Aren’t kids grand?!

The Homeschooling Book of Answers by Linda Dobson (88 Question Edition)
Good condition but there is some highlighting (not by me).
$8.oo ppd

Top 100 Picks for Homeschool Curriculum by Cathy Duffy
Excellent condition
$12.00 ppd

The Anti-Coloring Book Circus and The Anti-Coloring Book Masterpieces (2 books)
Great condition no markings. Back cover crease on Masterpieces book
$8.00 ppd

Thematic Units from Teacher Created Materials:

My World (Primary)
Medieval Times (Challenging)
Weather (Primary)
$5.00 ppd each or $10 for all three

Evan Moor Daily Word Problem Grade 1
Excellent Condition
$7.00 ppd

Evan Moor Math and Money Management (Intermediate & Up)
Excellent Condition
$5.00 ppd

Story of the World Vol. 1 (not revised edition) text/book
Excellent Condition
$5.00 ppd

Story of the World Vol.1  Activity Guide/Pages (not revised edition)
Good condition. But I did remove the pages from the binding and place in a binder. Will ship w/o binder.
$22.00 ppd

Story of the World Vol 2. (revised edition) text/book
Excellent Condition
5.00 ppd

Real Science for Kids Chemistry Pre-Level I Text, Teacher’s Guide
Good Condition
$30.00 ppd

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