What We're Reading and Our Homeschool Read Alouds ll Dec '21

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 It's time once again to share what we've been reading! We love books in our home and I'm excited to share with you all the wonderful treasures we found in the month of December.

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Northwind {Review}

Set along the Norwegian coastline, Northwind is the story of young Leif, raised on a ship by Old Carl, and later sent away to avoid The Death.  As he takes to the water in a small canoe, he only knows Old Carl's final instructions: "Go North."  But where?  How far?  How will he know when he gets there?  And what will it take for him to survive?  Written by renown survival/adventure author Gary Paulsen, Northwind is the story of a young boy on an incredible journey of adventure and self-discovery.

Part survival, part nature study, part spiritual journey, Northwind plays with a poetic, semi-melodic tone.  The first several chapters, in particular, are somewhat vague, as if the reader himself is in a dream.  This book is labeled as a middle school reader, marketed to ages 10-14.  However, I'm not sure that most middle schoolers would be captured by the beginning of the book.  Rather, although the protagonist is young, the themes of life and death, and knowing oneself would be better suited for an older audience.  The plot of Northwind is essentially quite flat, and the resolution almost doesn't exist.  It simply ends.  While I generally appreciate Paulsen's focus on nature, Northwind isn't my favorite book from his body of work.  Hatchet is a much better introduction to his writing.

*Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book from the publisher.  All opinions are my own.

 

Our 2022 Read Aloud List

So I'm making our family read aloud list for the new year and I think I have a problem.  I usually try to include 12 books so that we average a book a month.  Some books take just over a month, but in the end, they seem to always even themselves out.  This year, however, I've somehow come up with a list of 14 and I have no idea what to cut.  I literally want to read them all at the same time.  I'm thinking of taking My Side of the Mountain off the list and assigning it as a free read to my 5th grader, but I don't know if I can do it.  Help! :-)

The Wind and the Willows

Treasure Island

Christian Heroes: Then and Now: David Livingstone

The Bronze Bow

Midsummer's Mayhem

Loyalty

Victory on the Walls

My Side of the Mountain

Augustine Came to Kent

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Greenglass House

The Mysterious Benedict Society

A Wolf Called Wonder

Ice Whale

What are you adding to your read aloud list this year?

Our Homeschool Resolutions for 2022

 

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New Year's resolutions make me nervous, but when it comes to our homeschool, January is a great time to re-evaluate, tighten up a few things, and reach for joy. Trying not to overload ourselves and yet wanting to bring in a few of the fun things. These are a few of our goals that we'll be working on over the next couple of months.

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2021 Year in Review

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