Today was Moose’s last day in elementary school. He started at that school when he was just barely three, in the early childhood program. After almost three full years of that, a year of kindergarten, and grades one through six, he is done. It was a bittersweet day for me, and kind of a reverse of his very first day there almost 10 years ago, because I cried when I picked up him up instead of when I dropped him off. There have been ups and downs there, especially in this last year, but it was familiar. The junior high is uncharted territory, and while change is hard for everyone, for a child with special needs (and his mother), it is downright terrifying. He is an awesome young man, and I know he will do great, but it’s still challenging to go forward into this new world!
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What We’re Reading–Thanksgiving
I know I mentioned most of these books in my third grade reading list earlier this year, but there have been some additions, and I thought it would be helpful to have our Thanksgiving selections listed together in one place!
- Squanto and the Miracle of Thanksgiving
- Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims
- The True Story of Pocahontas
- North American Indians
- Native Homes
- If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620
- You Wouldn’t Want to Sail on the Mayflower!
- If You Lived with the Iroquois
- P is for Pilgrim: A Thanksgiving Alphabet
- If You Were at the First Thanksgiving
- The First Thanksgiving
- The Pilgrims’ First Thanksgiving
- An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving
- Sarah Gives Thanks
- Over the River and Through the Wood
- Milly and the Macy’s Parade
- Balloons Over Broadway
- Thanksgiving–A Harvest Celebration
- On the Mayflower (This and the following four books are by Kate Waters, and are an excellent peek into the lives of colonial children!)
- Samuel Eaton’s Day
- Sarah Morton’s Day
- Tapenum’s Day
- Mary Geddy’s Day
- The Thanksgiving Story
- The Boy Who Fell Off the Mayflower
- Children’s Encyclopedia of American History
- The Night Before Thanksgiving
- A Turkey for Thanksgiving
- Pardon That Turkey
- Thanksgiving on Thursday
- A Pioneer Thanksgiving: A Story of Harvest Celebrations in 1841
- Time for Cranberries
- From Seed to Pumpkin
- Why Do Leaves Change Color?
- Great Colonial America Projects You Can Build Yourself
- Colonial Kids: An Activity Guide to Life in the New World
- Colonial Days
- Easy Make and Learn Projects: Colonial America
- More Than Mocassins: A Kid’s Activity Guide to Traditional North American Indian Life