Abby is doing Beyond Five in a Row this year and she is loving it. She is reading the Boxcar Children and then has daily activities based on the topics that are being read about in the book. She is keeping a scrapbook with all the topics she is studying.

Abby's Homeschool Scrapbook

Madeline

Madeline was probably my favorite book we have rowed. We studied France, the Eifel Tower, the language, the food, the landmarks that are in Madeline, and famous artist from France. At the end of the week, we went to Epcot and ate lunch in the France part of World Showcase! We had ham and cheese croisoints, and eclairs, some creme brule' too! We met a Disney worker from Paris and he let us take pictures with him. They were able to color masks and we just made a day of it. We also watched the Madeline cartoon and talked about hospitals and surgery as Madeline had to go to the hospital.We discussed germs and how they can make you sick. For Math, we grouped thing in even rows as Madeline was one of 12 little girls who walked in two straight line. All in all a fun frenchy kind of week! Cioa

I first discovered Five in a Row in January. I was looking for something that I could use to teach all three kids at the same time. The premise of FIAR is that you take a children's book and read it aloud every day for five days. Each day you pull something from the book to learn about. Geography, Art, Life Skills, Science and Math. We us lapbooks as a way to keep all our activities for each book organized and documented.

Lentil by Robert McCloskey was first. We learned about Ohio (that was the setting) and how they have a Buzzard festival every year to celebrate Spring. We thought that was kinda gross! We also learned about the different kinds of taste, taste buds and where they are located on your tongue. Lentil lived in a town, so we talked about the differences in towns, cities and rural areas. For science, we learned about sound as Lentil played his harmonica in the bathroom and we discovered that acoustics are better in there. Lentil also had a grouch that lived in his town and we brainstormed ways to be nice to a grouchy person and how to make their day brighter.