Yellow Ball by Molly Bang Before FIAR Yellow Ball is ideal for toddlers and preschoolers (ages 2-4). Children of all ages will also enjoy this story. Like many families, one of our favorite vacation spots is at the beach! Yellow Ball by Molly Bang is a poignant story incorporating children on both sides of the ocean […]
Letter of the week with Before Five in a Row books is a popular way to expand learning for toddler, preschooler, and kindergarten age children. Before Five in a Row Guides Whenever someone asks me which ‘curriculum’ I used when I started homeschooling, I recommend they spend lots of time reading and playing. And then […]
Putting together a The Carrot Seed go along book basket is perfect for enhancing your Before Five in a Row literature study. When a little boy plants a carrot seed, everyone tells him it won’t grow. But when you are very young, there are some things that you just know, and the little boy knows that one […]
Putting together a Goodnight Moon go along book basket is perfect for enhancing your Before Five in a Row literature study. Do you create book baskets at the beginning of each row? Book baskets are a great way to rotate your children’s books, keep library books together, or set the stage for a fun week […]
The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown illustrated by Clement Hurd Summary of The Runaway Bunny Once there was a little bunny who wanted to run away. No matter how or where he decided to hop, his mother is always there – for she loved her little bunny very much. The classic bed-time story can also […]
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd Before FIAR Goodnight Moon is ideal for toddlers and preschoolers (ages 2-4). Like many families, Goodnight Moon was one of our favorite bedtime stories before and for a long time after we started rowing books with Five in a Row during our homeschool journey. Summary […]
Why we love these books My son and I began our homeschooling journey using Before FIAR and Five in a Row. We snuggled up together and read books which have become lifetime favorites. Then I shared my love of the FIAR learning style with 100’s of children over several summers during library time at summer […]