A Five in a Row Story

We (my three boys, two grandsons, and hubby) were standing in front of a used bookstore waiting for our daughter to make her purchases and return. Mark (11yo) spies some picture books displayed in the front window. Mark loves his books. Our picture book reads are his friends. As a matter of fact, a few weeks ago, he came out of a public speaking class slightly embarrassed because he had not realized that "Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel" is not a cool answer to give when asked the question "what is your favorite book?"

Looking at the books, he begins to reminisce as he recognizes many of the titles from our FIAR days. "Make Way for Ducklings", "Ping", "Wee Gillis" , and then... "Ferdinand"! Ferdinand got him going (as a matter of fact, Mark kind of reminds me of that bull!).

But this is what made me pause- James (9yo) said he doesn't remember reading that book!!! No! Say it isn't so.

I have been missing our FIAR days- those who blog about their FIAR adventures know that I leave comments expressing my wish to "row" just a bit more. James' comment might just be the motivation I need.  I don't know how I can fit it in. Maybe we can do Friday afternoons and stretch the book out for a few weeks. It won't exactly be 5 in a row, but it could work. We wouldn't have to be intense about it. Or, I was thinking we could tie it in to our existing studies! I'll let you know how it works out.

In the meantime, I think this link up is super cool-

Delightful Learning 

Each Five in a Row book has its own linky!! That would have been a super cool resource to have back in the day (keep in mind when I say that-  I started "rowing" 15 years ago or so).

Comments

  1. UnknownSeptember 13, 2012 at 11:29 AM

    Ha! My 11yo could have said the same thing :) This looks like a great resource, thanks for sharing!

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  2. ShaunaSeptember 13, 2012 at 12:35 PM

    Awesome!!! Thanks for sharing; I will definitely be using this link!

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