Technically, I don't keep my books on my nightstand, but my shelves have many books next in line. I'm really awful at keeping up with more than one book at a time, and I've been trying to do that for a while now, so we'll just say that's why the bookmark in Les Miserables has not moved all that much since last month. Ugh, let's not talk about that.Instead, let's talk about what hopes I have for the next month's reading selections. Currently, I'm working through these:
If you've been here before, you've heard me rave about Teaching Your Child to Love Learning by Judy Harris Helm, Stacey Berg, and Pam Scranton. This one is all about doing project learning at home with your children, and my babes are having a blast with our Bird Project this spring! I've raved before about the benefits of a learning approach like this (click over to the bird project link to read more!), and I'm enjoying taking my preschool classroom experiences of the past and applying them to my life as stay-at-home-mom now. Big, big recommendations on this one.
My other current read is Old World Mother, New World Daughter: An Education in Love and Freedom by Maria Laurino. I'm only a bit into this one so far, and I have to say that nonfiction just reads so much slower for me than fictional pieces. I'm enjoying this one, but so far it's not exactly what I expected. The review will be posted on 5M4B, and it will be part of a fantastic giveaway, so keep your eyes open for that soon!
Then we have the ones waiting patiently for their turns with the bookmarks:
- It Will Come to Me by Emily Fox Gordon
- The Household Guide to Dying by Debra Adelaide
- Admission by Jean Hanff Korelitz
- Supreme Courtship by Christopher Buckley
- No Teachers Left Behind by HBF Teacher (for Hopeful but Frustrated)
What are you reading these days? Feel free to chime in over at 5 Minutes for Books or check out other nightstand selections of our loyal readers!
Happy reading to all,
Teaching Your Child to Love Learning looks like a good book idea. I'll keep an eye out for it!
ReplyDeleteGood luck on your list!
ReplyDelete-Ashley
Nice list! Have a good read.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have to check out Teaching Your Child to Love Learning.
ReplyDeleteI'm past the time when I could use Teaching Your Child to Love Learning for my own children, but it still looks like one that would be interesting!
ReplyDeleteI am such an ADD reader -- LOTS going on at once (as my "in progress" list testifies -- and honestly, I think I have one or two in progress NOT on that list).
ReplyDeleteMy husband laughs, because I'll sit down on the couch with 3 books and my reading notebook. I never know when the urge to switch tracks will happen.
'Teaching Your Child to Love Learning' looks great. Thanks for the rec!
ReplyDeleteI need to read Les Miserable but I'm working my way through Ulysses right now-the Irish one. I read Les Miserables in French class, an assignment in high school but never in English. I'm just starting the The Household Guide and I have no idea what it's about yet, but it will be nice to have someone to compare notes with so to speak. Adorable children, I love the red hair. Thank you for visiting my blog and have a happy reading month.
ReplyDeleteThe teaching your child to love learning book looks good. My little one is 2 and I think it is about time for me to start getting into books like that.
ReplyDeleteI want to read that book you're talking about... but I've got quite a few waiting for me :) I need to read Doing School by Marcia Clake Pope. I've heard great things about that one. Yet another book to make you think!
ReplyDeleteThe Old World Mother book sounds intriguing to me ... Hmmm, you're the 2nd one now reading Les Mis (or trying to). I take it the book is more challenging than the musical? (which I loved). Enjoyed reading your list!
ReplyDeleteI know how it is with nonfiction. I have one book that is really good but I just don't make myself pick it up often enough to progress through it! Admission looks interesting; I'll have to check that one out.
ReplyDeleteI'm just now catching up with the WOYN posts and am actually doing a giveaway as part of mine. :)