All posts by Danielle Huddleston

Christopher Columbus ~Historical Fiction and Non Fiction 3rd&4th Grade

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My 3rd grader said the above books were the only ones he liked.

He also got upset with any books that were not directly about Columbus at first.

I explained to him the importance of knowing what was going on in the time of Columbus and what his influence on the places he explored was.

He finally gave in…

HA

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My 4th grader (I don’t want to say how many times I have messed up his grade because 4th seems too old) said he pretty much liked them all!

Except the “Animals Christopher Columbus Saw”, the cover looks good but it is pretty dry.

I realized I was not really giving the boys much in the way of science this year so I am having them study Oceans and Sailing to go along with their study of Magellan.

This has not been the year for science experiments.

This has been the year of figuring out the best way to teach with more kids.

Now that the first half is almost over I am hoping to add more fun in but I am so thankful my boys are such good readers!

It has definitely been my saving grace!

If you teach a child to read nothing can stand in their way!

Including an overwhelmed mom…

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My Hammock broke on me yesterday…

Ouch.

I hung it myself if that tells you anything.

Nick said he was going to hang it this time, I will let him.

The rope I bought to hang it broke.

In my defence it was made for that purpose so clearly not my fault…

Of course it had been frayed for a bit.

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If only this big pile of leaves was under the hammock at the time.

May all your falls have soft landings today.

And may you not swing on any hammocks with questionable suspension…

All I wanted was Nick and a walk in the woods…

For my birthday all I really wanted was my husband to be home and a walk in the woods.

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And that is what I got.

Being in the woods always makes everything else go away.

When things press in around me the woods push them back.

I always thought church should be outside instead of in a stuffy building.

I guess rain and other bad weather might discourage people from coming though…

Ha.