Starting Summer Reading Off Right…

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It’s the first day of summer vacation and yes, we already started the first series for the summer.  Junie B., here we come!  G ended Kindergarten as a pretty strong level L, but her inferencing needs some work.  I wanted to choose a series that was funny, because she needs funny.  And I wanted her to feel connected with the character-one who is pretty opinionated and outspoken-just like G is.  But, here, in this series, Junie B. is outspoken in school(Hubba wha?) G is certainly not the same kind of kid in school as she is out of school it seems.  Which is really the norm from my experience, but it really bothers me!

The series is a level M, which means that she will need support.  I read the first half of first book aloud, and now I feel like I have a sore throat, but I could tell that it was worth it, and she is totally into it.  What’s cool is that the book has 3 paper dolls, which I was reminded, “could be used to act out the stories after we read them”.  And we will.

Fun posts about what we do with the series to boost comprehension to come.  Happy summer reading!  What books will you choose?

Luna Innovations meets Big G, little g!

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Little g is being “smothering” on the 1st day of summer vacation. Big G already had enough!

We are extremely excited for the summer around here!  I will no longer answer, “Not yet!” to the question, “Is it time to get G from school yet?”  I answer that question about 4 or 20 times a day, when I’m not working anyway.

I’m also happy to reply, “No, not today,” more often then not to the question, “Mom, are you have to go to work today?”  Little g likes to ask questions.  That’s a good thing.

Today is the day that I reinstate this blog. I have about 40 unpublished pieces (that you obviously can’t see) that I worked on here and there, but for some reason, never perfected.  Which is a problem for me.  I am a project starter, but often become too consumed in work projects that I never finish personal projects!  So, I am re-framed the purpose of this blog in my mind as a work related aspect of life and set some goals for the use of it-hence the Luna Innovations part.  Luna is my LLC’s name and I have some plans for it.  Hope that you’ll join me and see what it becomes!

Happy Summer to you All!