One of the joys of raising kids is getting to attend birthday parties again! My son was recently invited to a birthday celebration complete with a magician! At the end of the show each guest received a made-to-order balloon hat. My son anxiously requested the “bunny ears” hat. To me it looked more like a “bug antennae” hat, but either way it didn’t match him. I figured he’d choose the propeller hat. When we returned home I discovered why he chose that particular hat. He joyfully announced, “I’m a BULL!” Of course, what a great way to end our week of rowing through Ferdinand! Before this week, I don’t think he even knew what a bull was. 

       As we Row through the books, I’m lap booking as many of the activities as possible. I hope to share some of our most unique projects that might not  be suggested in the FIAR books.. As if there wasn’t enough to keep us busy in the books, I can’t help but chase some rabbits occasionally!

       For our Ferdinand study I thought it would be appropriate to introduce the 5 senses since Ferdinand loved to sit and SMELL the flowers.  We made a “Tab Book” with a tab for each sense. We then scoured old magazines (Family Fun is great as I get to review some forgotten ideas and do some clipping myself) and cut out things that could be experienced with each particular sense and then glued them to the proper pages in our book. Just so happened that it was the day that he learned to write 5's, so he wrote it on his own without tracing. I did label this book, but usually I draw dotted lines and let him trace all the words. He loved this and was so proud to show his new knowledge off to his daddy!