Kingdom Kidz Adventures - Homeschool Blogger

Penguin Lapbook

Tue, 8 Jan 2008 03:35:00 -0600

The little lapbook meme this month is penguins. My K just loves penguins and got a life size stuffed penguin for Christmas, so this theme is perfect for us. I went a little crazy and designed a whole lapbook for the kids to do. My 5 and 7 wanted to do this lapbook so pics should come later. Anyway you can find the lapbook files at lulu.com. And here is the line http://www.lulu.com/content/1828361
have fun with this theme.

The magic of straws

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:39:00 -0600

There is something magical about straws. L who is three has decided that chocolate milk isn't the same without straws. In fact she won't even drink chocolate milk without a straw. Not just any straw, but a straw that she has picked out herself. It doesn't matter that she picked out the same color or even the same straw that I had just offered her just moments before. If she picks it out it hers, and hence better in her mind. Straw magic isn't lost on my 14yo either, she says that ice water taste alot better when you drink it with a straw. M loves to tie his bendable straw into a knot and then drink. Of course he is 7yo, but I understand that he learned the trick from P who is 14 ( or will be next week.)

Wow the magic of a simple straw, and if it is a bendable straw even better.

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Overdue Books Again

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 11:05:00 -0600

I love books. I used to go to the library as a kid every week and the school library every other day. My first job in college was in a bookstore. Did I mention I love books. My home library probably rivals the library of many small towns. I manage to find more books at yard sales because frankly I must really need a book to pay full price and I will still try to get a better price on amazon. Yet I still go to the library. Where else can you borrow a book for a few weeks and then beg for more to take home. Oh thats right begging isn't allowed at our library. Good thing those librarians understand us book junkies. Oh I think they may be book junkies themselves and are supporting their habit. All I have to do is show them my book junkie card and they let me take home books. The down side of my book junkie habit is those pesky late fees. Yep I try to look noble and say I am just supporting the library with my fees, but those librarians look down on you when you do that. Yep right over their eyeglasses from behiend that tall counter or leaning back in that library chair. Being the shrinking violet I am I plop down my quarter a day fine and mumble about supporting the library or forgetting what day or year it was at that moment. You have to understand I sometimes have 15 or 25 books out at any one time. I tried to only go once a week, but I book I ordered would always come and in and I would just have to have it for a unit or project we where learning about.

Does this sound like you. At least the part about overdue book and fines? I found a solution or at least something good until the library will due home pickup.

Drum roll please.......

Libraryelf.com

This cool site will not only check my library card but all library cards that I enter and will send me notices when things are due, when things are being held. It will even due rss feeds and send text messages to your cell phone, not just plain ol email. At first my library wasn't part of the system, but I emailed them and they had my local library added within 24 hours. Sweet City! Best of all it is free. So how do they make a living. Amazon ads. But they don't seem intrusive. I will probably but a few books through their amazon link. Doesn't cost me anymore with Amazon and will keep the service going. And no I don't get kick backs from this review, I just think this is the next best thing since, I don't know, libraries.