Reading over Christmas Break
New Year's resolutions, who can resist? Every year I think it's silly, but I make goals for the new year anyway. This year I want to read more! I have seriously fallen off the bandwagon!
As a jumpstart, I grabbed the book Heroes of History Ben Carson: A Chance at Life, by Janet and Geoff Benge off my Mom's shelf at Christmas. I have enjoyed reading it, and remember being inspired by the book Ben Carson, by Ben Carson when I was in middle school. If you know anything about Ben Carson's story, you know that reading/turning of the TV is one of his keys to success, and I find myself inspired again.
I read Little House on the Prairie, by Laura Ingalls Wilder to the children over Christmas break. We enjoyed the book immensely We were transported to the beautiful prairie, in love with the wide blue sky, listening to Pa's fiddle, enjoying each new adventure as it came. Laura Ingalls Wilder writes beautiful descriptions, and is a wonderful storyteller. This book is truly an American classic. We are excited to read her other stories. I remembered much of the story from when my Mom read it aloud to me (age 5) and also from the television show re-runs. However, I forgot how negatively the Indians were portrayed. I suppose historically, that was the sentiment, yet I think it is sad and inappropriate. I guess I'm too soft. I've been to the National Museum of the American Indian too many times, I don't know. (All I have to say is...don't let me write any history books. I would surely revise them and make all the ugly stuff nice. Yikes!)
Tristan and I began reading a history of the Native peoples of Pennsylvania over Christmas break. The book is called Native American's Pennsylvania, by Daniel K. Richter. It is really interesting. We are only 3 chapters into it. The material is quite meaty, and I try to summarize the reading at the end for Tristan because I know that much of the content is above his comprehension level.
As a jumpstart, I grabbed the book Heroes of History Ben Carson: A Chance at Life, by Janet and Geoff Benge off my Mom's shelf at Christmas. I have enjoyed reading it, and remember being inspired by the book Ben Carson, by Ben Carson when I was in middle school. If you know anything about Ben Carson's story, you know that reading/turning of the TV is one of his keys to success, and I find myself inspired again.
I read Little House on the Prairie, by Laura Ingalls Wilder to the children over Christmas break. We enjoyed the book immensely We were transported to the beautiful prairie, in love with the wide blue sky, listening to Pa's fiddle, enjoying each new adventure as it came. Laura Ingalls Wilder writes beautiful descriptions, and is a wonderful storyteller. This book is truly an American classic. We are excited to read her other stories. I remembered much of the story from when my Mom read it aloud to me (age 5) and also from the television show re-runs. However, I forgot how negatively the Indians were portrayed. I suppose historically, that was the sentiment, yet I think it is sad and inappropriate. I guess I'm too soft. I've been to the National Museum of the American Indian too many times, I don't know. (All I have to say is...don't let me write any history books. I would surely revise them and make all the ugly stuff nice. Yikes!)
Tristan and I began reading a history of the Native peoples of Pennsylvania over Christmas break. The book is called Native American's Pennsylvania, by Daniel K. Richter. It is really interesting. We are only 3 chapters into it. The material is quite meaty, and I try to summarize the reading at the end for Tristan because I know that much of the content is above his comprehension level.
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