Since Friday is St.Patrick’s Day we are incorporating a lot of Irish into school this week. For us this means lots of books. This narration by Erin features Saint Patrick by Ann Tompert and illustrated by Michael Garland. Ann Tompert is a wonderful children’s story teller who also has written two other saint books; Saint […]
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Saint Patrick
A Narration by Erin Saint Patrick By Ann Tompert Long, long ago a baby was born and his name was Succat. He was born in Southwest Britain near the Irish Sea. He was known later in life as Patrick. Patrick’s father was a Deacon. Patrick grew up in a nice house. He was not good […]
10th Carnival of Homeschooling
The Bonny Blue House is featured at this week’s Carnival being hosted by Palm Tree Pundit. There is a lot of great stuff over there. Sweetness and Light also has a post featured and you should definitely go there. It is a great inspiration. That blog has become one of the ones I check daily. […]
One of the supermoms over
One of the supermoms over at the 4 Real Boards posted this poem for me. I loved it so I had to share. Names for Twins By Alastair Reed Each pair of twins, Rabbits or dogs, Children or frogs, Has to have names That are almost the same (to show that they’re twins) but are […]
Thank you
I received a nice blurb over at Maureen Wittman’s blog. She is very kind. Maureen mentions that an essay I wrote about Ryan’s hospital experience this fall will be published in Heart and Mind Magazine this summer (6/1/06). I am thrilled and honored to be included in this terrific publication. Heart and Mind is a […]