• Dec. 11, 2007 - Christmas Read Alouds?
Do you ever feel like your brain has taken a total vacation? I think mine has and I'm a bit miffed that it didn't take the rest of me with it. After all, the rest of me seems to kind of need it.
I spent HOURS, yes HOURS yesterday trying to come up with a topic to talk about on the Homeschooling for Life radio show. Notes were scribbled on paper, lost, rewritten, scratched out and then thrown away. I'm really flattered that they've invited me to come chat with them and all. I just hope that my brain decided to return before then so I'm not just muttering incoherently. And oh it would be nice if my congestion would clear up so that I don't sound like a three year old. Yea, that would be good.
And then on top of all that, I got in the mood to do a read aloud with the boys for Christmas. Nothing too deep just a heart warming, feel good kind of chapter book. There's only 2 weeks left until Christmas you know! And I couldn't. think. of. one. We loved, loved, loved the Familyman's Cootie McKay's Nativity. We laughed, we stopped throughout and tried to predict what was going to happen next, and just thoroughly enjoyed the story. But alas, we got to the end and now... well I'd like to find something else to read and not just have to wait until The Familyman puts out book 2 in his Christmas Treasury.
Tony's reading Family Driven Faith by Voddie Baucham, Jr and is practically waving it around and shouting Amen, but still I was looking for something a bit more Christmasy. So....
What books do you all suggest for Christmas Read Alouds? We've read The Best Christmas Pageant Ever for a few years in a row so I was planning on skipping that one this year.
Help me out bloggy friends. I'm kind of needy until my brain decides to return from vacation.
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• Dec. 14, 2007 - Untitled Comment
BUT I do have a nice stack of shorter Christmas books that they look at by themselves or we read together at night. They can be finished in one sitting.
Here's what we've enjoyed:
The Very First Christmas by Paul L. Maier
The Legend of the Christmas Tree by Rick Osborne
The Journey to Bethlehem by Chris Molan
The Crippled Lamb by Max Lucado
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski
Jacob's Gift by Max Lucado
Let me know if you find another good read-aloud!
Love,
Marsha