Thoughtworthy (New Read Aloud, Scholé Sisters is BACK, and MORE!)

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We began a new read aloud title this week: Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes. So far, the kids love it and I’m still on the fence. On the one hand: fantastic eyes are way cool. On the other hand, the little knight/horse/kitten creature makes it hard for me to suspend my disbelief.

But we’ll see. I may love it by the end. I definitely enjoy Auxier’s writing style, and that’s important since a lot of styles I “don’t like” are really just not suitable styles for reading aloud (which, as you know, we do a lot of).

What are YOU reading aloud these days?

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I have only finished one book so far this year, and that fact’s got me down. I hate it when I am reading all looonnnng books because for a long time I feel I have nothing to show for it on my Mother Culture Habit Tracker.

Boo hoo.

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But good news! When the spring Mother Culture Habit Tracker comes out, it’ll also have a companion version for your older children who are trying to form reading habits of their own. I got a sneak preview from Maritza this week and they’re all going to be beauuuuuuutiful! ♥

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This month in 2016:

One of my children was born verbose…

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Scholé Sisters is BACK for Season 8!

Karen Glass joined Mystie and I for a great conversation.

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This week’s links collection:

• National debt jumps to $22 trillion from The Washington Examiner
  • WHAT THE HECK???
• Why the Left Can’t Tell Honest Working Class Dirt from Blackface from Frontpage Mag
  • Subtitle: And the bizarre war on Mary Poppins.
  • It’s the Mary Poppins history I found interesting.
• Ancient Carved ‘Drums’ Give Exact Stonehenge Measurements, Say Archaeologists from Live Science
  • WOW!!