Good Read Alouds

Very short, good for Pre-K

Don’t let the Pigeon Drive the Bus

Bark, George!

Kindergarden

Interrupting Chicken

Bark, George! (How about the genus kid in Q's class who was like, "He ate the vet!"  I had never thought of that.  Geez.  This is why you need to listen to kids.  In many ways, their brains work better than ours!)

More 1st grade-y

Rude Giants

Great books to share but maybe not as good read alouds, or good read alouds but then give kids a chance to re-read on their own to see the visual aspects.  

Officer Buckle and Gloria

The Library Card (first story "Mongoose")

Favorite but has a pistol in it:

Custard the Dragon- Ogden Nash

Other favorites not everyone might approve of:

The Tushy Book

The Magical Obsessiveness of Tidying Up

I just read the book The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing on my Kindle, and this is what it has brought me to.

First photo: the girl's top drawer with shirts, undies, socks, and pants.  The book even tells you HOW TO FOLD THINGS, and I also watched a video on Youtube about it.

And the second photo: the boy's middle drawer of jammies, socks, a row of undies, and his swim stuff on the right.

I have to admit, I'm really enjoying folding stuff, and the boy has even tried it.  For the past few weeks he's demanded to help fold with our MiracleFold Junior Size Clothes Folder, but now he sees me folding without it and has tried to fold free-style as well.

(Now that, my less positive self says, is a child who is desperate to spend time with his mother.)