Rainy Day
We don’t get a lot of rain here in Kansas
One of my girls’ favorite things to do is
snuggle up and listen to me read the chapter Rainy Sunday in Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary. This is a favorite pastime, and even my high
school girls will beg to hear it yet again.
Today we haven’t been reading Ramona (yet), but we have enjoyed taking
some extra time with the books that we were already reading for school. The little ones love snuggling up under
blankets on couches, or laying sprawled on the floor with markers and coloring
books, while I read aloud.
At the moment we are studying the early
frontier and reading Sarah Whitcher’s Story by Elizabeth Yates. This is a precious story with rich vocabulary
that has always been a favorite. Emily
is reading The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare independently. For our fun read aloud, we are reading one of
the endless Boxcar Children books that the kiddos never seem to get tired of… this time it is The Mystery of the Singing Ghost. We’ll probably finish this one up this
afternoon, complete with blankets and hot tea. I love it that all the kids associate a nice
rainy day with a good book- just like their mom!
I had the kids brainstorm other
activities that they love to do on a rainy day…
1) sit and read
2) watch tv
3) splash in puddles
4) run around in the rain
5) sleep
6) drink apple cider
7) eat vegetable soup
8) play Clue
9) draw pictures
10) do crafts
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Happy reading!
Angie
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