Our Favorite Books

Hey friend, want to check out my book shelf?! Here you’ll find some of my favorite books and some book reviews.

Ann McCool is a wife, mother, Jesus lover and California native. She is passionate about nurturing all the good things of life through deep faith, self-care and a balanced portion of sacrificial living. You can usually find her armed with her planner, essential oils and a jar of green tea as she homeschools her six kids or roams around the Western New York countryside in their gigantic van.


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Going through some of our books and thought I'd share this one with you! 
A few years ago we were doing a unit on rain forests. It was fun, so many interesting animals to study, my kids loved that aspect. But I wanted a living book to tie some of it together for them. I found this story, a man telling us about his childhood growing up in missionary family serving a rainforest tribe! It looked perfect, I wasn't sure but I got it anyways. 
It was amazing! We were all so excited for read aloud time, everyone was telling Daddy about what we read each day when he got home. 
Here's my favorite part: we had finished the book and a few weeks later ended up at a large zoo not near our house. In the book they talk a bunch about capybara, which are animals so we looked them up online. But when we saw them at the zoo everyone was amazed! No wonder they avoided them in canoes, they're huge! They look like guinea pigs but their a couple hundred pounds! That exhibit was everyone's favorite at the zoo that day, and the rain forest exhibit had just opened up so it was a pretty amazing thing all around! 
So, all this to say: get this book if you're studying rain forests. There are two 1-2 page sections I deemed too mature for my tribe but the plot wasn't dependent on them. 
Also, book recommendations are amazing, I'm indebted to the homeschool community - but don't be afraid to strike out on the search yourself! There are amazing books printed daily, no one curriculum provider can possibly read them all! 
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Day 17 Phonics 
This is my Phonics crew! One just beginning in first grade and one finishing up in third grade. 
We use Explode the Code and love it! This is our 4th kid using it and it's still great! We also added Bob Books to our first grade line up this year, just because I'm tired of trying to find books at their exact level, everytime they finish one! So far we're loving Bob books too :) .
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They have lived in this tree all week. Yesterday they made a few swings. Earlier this week they were hoisting up the light weight ones with a rope. Today they brought a large board up to their highest branch for the beginnings of a tree house. They also caught 8 grass hoppers. 🌳🦗
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