on the shelf

if you don't know this already we love books over here.

we have a lot of books and i keep buying a lot of books

and we just can't get enough books around here. we

will be starting our first official year of homeschooling

this coming week. our main "curriculum" consists of

reading, reading and more reading. to organize my

thoughts and our bookshelf i thought it would be

helpful to lump some of our books into months.

because we have so many books i put them into

catergories that i would like to go over with the

little miss through out the school year.

so this is what i did... i organized them accordingly,

stacked them neatly, tied them with twine

and attached a cute little tag i made with my new stamps

i just purchased. i'm pretty pleased with the outcome

and i feel a little more prepared for the school year.

my idea is each month we will unwrap a set of books

and place them in a basket for that month of reading.

of course, we have several shelves of untied books that

are classic and timeless and just need to be enjoyed

year round, but for now i am excited about my book

packages and i look forward to their unwrapping

throughout the year.

here's a few books on our reading list for this year...

beatrix potter collection

little house on the prairie

winnie the pooh series

miss rumphius

five little peppers and how they grew

one morning in maine

the jolly postman

families

mr. pine's mixed up signs

the story of babar

the little island

make way for ducklings

frog and toad

little bear

and the list goes on and on and on......

from our home to yours we hope all of you have a wonderful, successful school year.