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Revolutionary War books for kids
Let it begin here was amazing and powerful.
Paul Revere’s Ride has beautiful illustrations to go along with the poem.
The Scarlet Stocking Spy makes me cry.
For God and Country is an amazing audio series that makes you feel like you were there. It made me cry also…
It covers more then just the Revolutionary War, we will be using it throughout the rest of the school year.
Revolutionary War on Wednesday is another well done piece of historical fiction by Mary Pope Osborne.
She really makes history come alive for kids!
There are resources to go along with her books to supplement your lessons.
On the Magic Tree House site.
At mthclassroomadventures.org.
I did not use these lesson plans to go along with the book this time because I had enough for my boys to do but I am definitely keeping these in mind for later!
There are so many more great pieces of historical fiction for the revolutionary war, I am just sharing some of my favorites.
Do you have a favorite historical fiction for kids?
Great books were meant to be shared!
Self Portrait ~Day 1
When doing a photo challenge I usually try to think of something I need to work on.
I am going to do a self portrait (with my boys mixed in) challenge because I would like to play around with shots around my house and in my yard.
I would also like to play around with posing.
Taken in early morning light by a east facing window.
50mm, F/1.6, ISO 100, Shutter 1/100.
I faced the window and held the camera to take these pics.
I usually use a tripod but decided to see what I could get hand held.
I like to practice on myself because I can see what I want easily and am available at a moments notice!
Instead of having no pictures of me, the boys will probably complain that they have too many!