The Circuit<\/a>.\u00a0 It went really well, and, I was rather shocked at the positive feedback and the large number of questions I received.\u00a0 Most of those questions were from moms just getting their feet wet with homeschooling, but other questions were from more experienced moms with practical difficulties in their morning routine.\u00a0 The Q and A turned into a wonderful dialogue, and I left with a lot of great ideas as to how to improve my own morning routine with my little ones.\u00a0 I think we all wound up learning from each other. \u00a0 I was able to meet several readers of this blog, which was a huge blessing, and I left feeling very tired but overjoyed that I had made the time to put together the materials.\u00a0 A special thank you to Mary Alice, as she inspired me to say yes in the first place, and all the builders who gave input, specifically on the booklist.\u00a0 I\u2019m sharing that booklist here because it is my hope that even those that are not homeschooling can benefit from this compilation of ideas.<\/p>\nPre-School Booklist<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Tale of Peter Rabbit<\/em> and others by Beatrix Potter
\n <\/em><\/p>\nAesop\u2019s Fables<\/em><\/p>\nABC\u2019s, Hop on Pop,<\/em> and others by Dr. Seuss<\/p>\nBedtime for Frances<\/em>, Bread and Jam for Frances,<\/em> or Tea for Frances<\/em> by Russell Hoban<\/p>\nThe Little House, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, Katy and the Big Snow, Maybelle the Cable Car<\/em> all by Virginia Lee Burton<\/p>\nThe Three Billy Goats Gruff <\/em>and other Folk Tales by Paul Galdone<\/p>\nRapunzel <\/em>and other Folk Tales by Paul Zelinski<\/p>\nThe Little Engine that Could<\/em> by Watty Piper<\/p>\nBlueberries for Sal<\/em>, and Make Way for the Ducklings<\/em> by Robert McCloskey<\/p>\nFerdinand<\/em> by Munro Leaf<\/p>\nStone Soup<\/em> by Marcia Brown<\/p>\nA Child\u2019s Garden of Verses<\/em> by Robert Louis Stevenson<\/p>\nA nice Mother Goose collection<\/p>\n
Goodnight Moon<\/em>, The Big Red Barn<\/em> and others by Margaret Wise Brown<\/p>\nCorduroy by <\/em>Dan Freeman<\/p>\nCurious George<\/em> by H. A. Rey<\/p>\nHarry and the Lady Next Door, Harry the Dirty Dog,<\/em> and others by Gene Zion<\/p>\nVery Hungary Caterpillar, Brown Bear,<\/em> and many others by Eric Carle<\/p>\nThe Mitten, Noah\u2019s Ark<\/em> by Jan Brett<\/p>\nTen Apples Up On Top!<\/em> by Theo LeSieg<\/p>\nPut Me in the Zoo<\/em> by Robert Lopshire<\/p>\nThe Gingerbread Man<\/em> by Jim Aylesworth and Barbara McClintock<\/p>\nThe Ox Cart Man<\/em>, by Barbara Cooney<\/p>\nThe Story about Ping<\/em>, by Kurt Wiese<\/p>\nThe Snowy Day<\/em> by Ezra Jack Keats<\/p>\nThe Velveteen Rabbit<\/em> by Margery Williams<\/p>\nDanny and the Dinosaur<\/em> by Syd Hoff<\/p>\nWinnie the Pooh<\/em> by A. A. Milne<\/p>\nDon\u2019t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus<\/em> and others by Mo Willems<\/p>\nGo Dog Go!, Are you My Mother,<\/em> and others by P.D. Eastman<\/p>\nTomie DePaola\u2019s Book of Bible Stories, Strega Nona<\/em> and others by Tomie DePaola<\/p>\nIf You Give a Cat a Cupcake, If You Give a Dog a Donut<\/em> and others by Laura Numeroff<\/p>\nPat the Bunny<\/em> by Dorothy Kunhardt<\/p>\nCaps for Sale<\/em> by Esphyr Slobodkina<\/p>\nMadeline<\/em> by Ludwig Bemelmans<\/p>\nIf Jesus Came to My House<\/em> by Joan Gale Thomas<\/p>\nA Sick Day for Amos McGee<\/em> by Phillip C. Stead<\/p>\nMax and Ruby<\/em> by Rosemarie Wells<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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