June 02, 2006
Summer Vacation
Ah, the first day of summer vacation for Son. It's raining pitchforks and tomcats!
Son has already done two book reports; the number of books he wants to read totals 12, my apologies for not doing a count last night. But he's getting the hang of it, and is even going to keep a "Flat Stanley" journal. I wanted him to do some kind of journaling anyway, to keep his writing skills up, so this is a perfect opportunity.
I don't feel so bad about wanting him to do book reports now. I had found something online for second grade book reports and was going to have Son write something up on at least one library, non-dinosaur book. What the school sent home is the same thing, so....
At least he's excited about reading!
But....he and Daughter have already had about three fights so far. And I've heard "She POOPED!" twice.
It's going to be a l-o-n-g summer, folks.
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Ok, guess I'm not in the mix, but what is a "Flat Stanley" journal?
Posted by: junebee at June 2, 2006 12:10 PMFlat Stanley is a book about a boy who gets flattened by a bulletin board and then can get mailed to his friends. Son has his own Flat Stanley, and he's going to keep a journal of all the places they go. The goal is to send if off to another person (or grade school class) and have them keep a journal to keep track of all the places Stanley goes.
Posted by: GroovyVic at June 3, 2006 07:40 AMHow on Earth do you make your Son WANT to do book reports? This I have to know.
Posted by: agent bedhead at June 3, 2006 11:30 AMWhat can I say, he's a geek like me. Actually, he wants to do the reports...and the fact that prizes are going to be rewarded helps too. He figures the more he does the better chance he has to win in the prize drawing when he goes back to school.
Posted by: GroovyVic at June 3, 2006 03:24 PM