Sneaky Schooling

After a bit of PLAYING in the Snow

it feels like...

time to WARM up

it SEEMS like

we need to do some schooling

BUT how's a mom to lure her kids heart BACK to lessons?

piece meal

bit by bit

in a REALLY sneaky way..

Time to invite Buddy to Mama's room

for snuggly time

some hot cocoa and

some stories

who knows a 6 year old not interest in THAT?

I had laid these beautiful books out on the bed

keeping it limited, to JUST these 3 books

Paddle to the Sea

is on that every home ought to have

it is so great to read it to my third child.. i actually cried.. 

I remember going to nearly all the places mentioned in the book 

when the BIG kids were that age and we were reading it..

we did a tour around some of the GREAT Lakes

we drove to New York and stopped in Buffalo

we drove to Whitefish Point and even hit the museum there

(edmund fitzgerald)

we drove to Mackinaw

to Sault St. Marie

and through Detroit over the River

we hit Niagra

(tearing up a little)

we did it all 

JUST because 

it's HOW to teach, HOW to learn, HOW to get them excited

at least for OUR family...

oh.. the memories

anyways.. 

(Paddle covers Geography & some History & Science)

King of the Golden River(Classic Literature & History)

 is another fun story, though totally NEW to me

and the BIG kids can't WAIT to get their hands on it

a short wonderful read to them

they are for once a bit jealous of what BUDDY gets to read!

they don't get to say.. OH I remember THAT book

another reason to add it to my hot cocoa reading time

and 

then there is McGuffy

it's the READER that my lad reads to me out loud with

we work on things like pronunciation

logic

spelling

and grammar recognition

(Basic English class!)

and the wee stories are darling as well

Buddy (being my Artist)

 simply LOVES the fine detailed drawings in the book

sooo.. 

we snuck up to the room 

with our hot cocoa's in hand

(snuck? what IS snuck? it's a bit like sneaked, but.. sounds better, and is in all likelihood incorrect..

WHY snuck? Little Man is napping in the room NEXT to mine

and... 

the house is old and creaky

and...

Hot Cocoa and Little Man are all words BEST kept far apart

and..

then it's not SPECIAL time with Mama!

he sure looks excited.. 

HE is all ready for READING time!

Oh happy days

My soon to be Seven Year Old Buddy

is a wonder!

That special time with Hot Cocoa, 

and Mama ALL to himself

snuggled on her BIG bed

covered History, Literature, Geography, some nature science & basic English lessons

next

a nature hike!

so that is ME being sneaky!