Saint Patrick

I do not really go all out for all of the holidays.

We don’t usually do units on them for school either.

This year because I had a book about Saint Patrick I wanted to read I decided to do something different for Saint Patrick’s Day yesterday.

ChallengeonthehilloffireChallenge on the Hill of Fire” is done by Adventures in Odyssey.

I have really liked the other books in this series and this one was no exception.

Great read!

The stories about Saint Patrick say that he used things to do with the culture in Ireland to preach Jesus.

He supposedly used a Shamrock to teach about the trinity.

readingWe did our picture for “Embrace the Camera” while I was reading our book to the boys.

After we finished the book, we went outside in search of a Shamrock.

booksI have been wanting to get the boys into nature journaling and this seemed like a perfect opportunity.

search

picking

woodsorrel

After we found some the boys got right to work.

drawing

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done

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mineI did one also!

It was really fun!

lapelOne of the stories we read about said that Christians put the shamrock on their lapels.

My youngest of course really wanted to do that.

He was not as happy when it dried out on him though…

What do you do for Saint Patrick’s Day?

Book Series for 2nd-5th Grade Boys

ChroniclesOfNarnia1. “Chronicles Of Narnia” by C.S Lewis

I was so excited when my son started reading these!

I ended up getting some on audio tape at the library and after listening to one he started picking up the books!

SugarCreekGang2.  “The Sugar Creek Gang” by Paul Hutchens

What boys would not love a group of fun loving, adventurous, boys?

My oldest(7) has read several in this series and seems to really enjoy them!

AirquestAdventures3. “The Airquest Adventures” by Jerry B. Jenkins

Sudden impact is actually all three books in one.

He also wrote a series called “The Red Rock Mysteries” for the same age.

HardyBoys4. The Hardy Boys

I am so excited that my oldest finally started getting into the Hardy Boys!

Every boy needs to be friends with a couple detectives!

KingdomSeries5. “The Kingdom Series” by Chuck Black

I first read about this author on Pioneer Woman’s when they reviewed his other series “Knights of Arrethtrae”.

It is really good review so be sure to check it out!

The Kingdom Series is written as an Allegory for bible stories!

My oldest just finished the first book and can’t wait to get his hands on the next one!

Here is my post for “Chapter Book Series for 1st Grade Boys”

Do you have any favorite book series for boys?