In addition to books and kids, a Battle of the Books needs questions! We are asking each family who is participating to sign up for a book and create questions. Deadline for writing your questions is March 31. Please let me know if you need any help with question writing.
This link has more information on the questions and a way to sign up. Note that Gena looks like a rock star for volunteering to write for 4 books but she has some questions from another Battle of the Books program for some of those books. Lucky us!
Note: Please do not share the questions you are writing for the Battle with any of the children participating in the Battle. We don't want any kids to have an unfair advantage.
Here is the signup sheet http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0e4fa9ad2fa6ff2-questions
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Book club recap
I meant to send this out a week ago, but I had a 2 year old with a birthday and a family vacation, so I am just getting to our recap now.
Thank you to all who came out for our first book club about The Tale of Despereaux. We ate soup, made mice, built mazes, drew pictures, and ate books. There was also dressup and outside sword fights. It was great fun. We made this soup a few days after book club and it was fantastic. I halved the recipe but put the 2 bunches of watercress soup and it was divine!
The only thing I was disappointed about was the discussion piece. I think there were too many kids in one room and too much going on to have a good discussion. Next time I think I will break it into small groups.
The next book club is going to be at Julie's house on Wednesday, Feb 3, 1-3, and there's a FB event set up for it. The book is Otis Spofford and I have been laughing so hard I tear up as we read it. Harper and I are just finishing up the Oakville Public Library copy and should have it ready for the next person in the next day or so. I have also ordered 2 used copies and should be receiving them this week. I am happy to lend them out to folks once I get them.
Harper and I were looking at the remaining books to find another good one for a book club and we were thinking of Holes for March. If anyone has any suggestions let me know!
I have set up online spreadsheets to help your group start viewing who has read what. This should help your kids decide what to read next - find a book that no one has read!
We will be getting parents to sign up for question writing in the next few weeks.
Thanks, and happy reading!
Thank you to all who came out for our first book club about The Tale of Despereaux. We ate soup, made mice, built mazes, drew pictures, and ate books. There was also dressup and outside sword fights. It was great fun. We made this soup a few days after book club and it was fantastic. I halved the recipe but put the 2 bunches of watercress soup and it was divine!
The only thing I was disappointed about was the discussion piece. I think there were too many kids in one room and too much going on to have a good discussion. Next time I think I will break it into small groups.
The next book club is going to be at Julie's house on Wednesday, Feb 3, 1-3, and there's a FB event set up for it. The book is Otis Spofford and I have been laughing so hard I tear up as we read it. Harper and I are just finishing up the Oakville Public Library copy and should have it ready for the next person in the next day or so. I have also ordered 2 used copies and should be receiving them this week. I am happy to lend them out to folks once I get them.
Harper and I were looking at the remaining books to find another good one for a book club and we were thinking of Holes for March. If anyone has any suggestions let me know!
I have set up online spreadsheets to help your group start viewing who has read what. This should help your kids decide what to read next - find a book that no one has read!
We will be getting parents to sign up for question writing in the next few weeks.
Thanks, and happy reading!
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