Little House in the Big Woods
by adustyframe ~ January 22nd, 2008We just finished reading Little House in the Big Woods. It was additional free reading for this year.
I loved these books when I was a little girl. I used to be angry that my Mom and Dad hadn’t named me Laura Elizabeth.
James adored the book. He began to say, “Should I get ready for bed so we can read some more?”
We made mugs of steaming tea and curled up on the couch every night to read a chapter or two. If something happened and we couldn’t read, I’d hear “Mom! We didn’t get to read today.”
He talked about the things we read many times throughout the day and asked a lot of questions.
When we finished, I showed him that I have a Little House on the Prairie Cookbook. He immediately said, “I want to make snow candy!”
Sure enough the recipe was in my cookbook and today we made snow candy. Mmm….although it’s very sticky.
I so loved seeing his excitement over the book. Laura’s writings transported my little modern boy back into a time period of simplicity and perseverance.
He became so enchanted with the Ingall’s story that he insisted we start the next book right away and so we have.
How fun it is to share favorite books from my childhood with my son.
January 23rd, 2008 at 12:26 am
What wonderful memories you are making. I made snow candy with our kids brought back fond memories to me. Have you ever read “Treasures of the Snow” Also an excellent book to read to young children. I have forgotten the author but she had other books too.
I know I read that book. I’m sure we’ll read it sometime along the way here.
January 23rd, 2008 at 1:41 am
fun!! I love when kids get to enjoy reading and discover the joy or curling up and reading a book, feeling the touch of the paper and hear the rustling as the pages are turned.
It is a precious gift that you give your son, something that will grow with him.
January 23rd, 2008 at 5:43 am
I read the whole series with my kids last year, and the experience was priceless!
They are such wonderful books aren’t they? They should be a must read!
January 23rd, 2008 at 5:53 am
What is the recipe for Snow Candy?
Hi Tina. I just posted it–I should have in the beginning huh!?
January 23rd, 2008 at 6:55 am
I remember how excited my kids were by this book! I think it’s so great you were able to make Snow Candy–we read this in the summer, under the big tree in our then backyard. We all loved “Viking Tales” and the vikings still apear from time to time in imaginary play even though my son is 13 now. “Parables of Nature” we read at bedtime along with a “story” from Vos’ Bible Stories. Various Shakespeare stories, poems and “Understood Betsy” are mentioned often still, too. I have the Little Duke in print and cd I hope still to send you in time for Year 2. We did NOT love it till I got the cds and we were able to pronounce the names. After that the long neglected Eyewitness Book on Knights came out! They played Knights for several weeks!! We ended up understanding some about Coats of Arms, Hereldry and the art of that era as well–all from one story!
My point here is not just to ramble about books I/we love, but to help you see what an awesome foundation you are giving James!!
Thanks for sharing. I’m glad to hear your children still talk about those books.
January 23rd, 2008 at 9:12 am
Treasures in the snow is PAtricia St John. I can’t wait until Daniel is old enough to really enjoy reading together.
January 23rd, 2008 at 2:11 pm
I remember reading these with my boy when he was about James’ age. One afternoon, a friend of his came over, saw the book on his nightstand, and informed my son that it was a “girl’s book”. At which point my son picked up the book, began reading it aloud and within five minutes the two of them were talking about how cool it would have been to live back then. Good memories are made in moments like that!
Great story!
January 23rd, 2008 at 6:00 pm
What a blessing God has given you in that precious little boy.
AWW! Thank you, Kim! He is a very precious gift.
January 25th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
So how did it taste?
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It pretty much tastes like crunchy molasses.