Books read week of March 21-27

I'm trying to keep a good list of what ODD is reading so I'm going to try to keep it here. Hopefully it will be a good resource list for other moms with fast readers. These are also good read alouds. My 4 year old loves listening to these as well. I have the kids color a page or two that is a similar theme or do quiet activities while I read aloud or we listen to a book on tape. Some of the quiet activities include:
Play dough, legos, Montessori activities, building with blocks, putting together puzzles. That gives them something to do with their hands. My SDD needs to be doing something to understand what is going on and so does YDD at 22 months.
I try to read ODD's books ahead of time for 2 reasons.
1. to screen what she reads. There is a lot of junk out there and stuff that either she's not ready for at her reading level, but not age level and also influences that I don't want her to have. This is another reason we homeschool and don't have tv except select dvds and videos.
2.to be aware of what she is reading and screen what is appropriate or is more appropriate for a read aloud than a silent read.

Billy And Blaze: A Boy And His Horse

Blaze and the Gray Spotted Pony

Blaze and the Mountain Lion

The Great Shark Escape (The Magic School Bus Chapter Book, No. 7)

by Jennifer Johnston


The Magic School Bus Chapter Book #10: Expedition Down Under

by John Speirs

Pony Pal series by Jeanne Betancourt
(She read three this week. This is a big favorite series right now)

Prudence with the Millers

The Honeybee Mystery (Boxcar Children Mystery)

A sick day

We've got a houseful of sickies! ODD came down with a runny nose and watery eyes Sat and it progressed (through sniffling) to an ear infection in the middle of the night :( The other two woke up with a bark-ish cough (not croup just sounding similar). Soooo we are homebound and taking it easy. I'm so grateful to be homeschooling and after a night like last night not have to try to get someone out the door. And we can still cover some school just in a more relaxed manner!
When ODD woke up crying and I sugeested we read. I went to the "these would be good read alouds someday" section on the book shelf in her room and found Rebecca of Sunny brook farm. I found some coloring pages here:
Stage coach

Maine coloring pages

And walah we've good a lazy day of reading.

Depending how she feels I may try out our new math program. We're trying out Shiller Math. We were given the books by another homeschooling cleaning out. I love MEP, but it's not working fabulously right now and ODD is not loving math. I read something recently that if your child isn't loving math switch to something else until you find something that works. I keep intending to Montessori math, but I'm struggling with how to do it and make all the beadwork. And I just can't justify buying them. And since the Shiller was sitting on my shelf I'm going for it.
I feel very blessed to have that on our shelves.
We did the tests this weekend and the lessons look really good. Very much shat I need right now. I am a bit curious if they will be enough when it comes to new material. However it looks much like MEP in that it is spiral and many of the concepts are identical to the way they explain them.
Ok gotta run, snuggling and reading is calling my name (as well as three adorably pathetic kiddos)