This week we rowed a really fun book called "Night of the Moonjellies" by Mark Shasha. It's about a seven year old boy that is helping in his Gram's restaurant for the summer and he makes a neat discovery - a moonjelly! Monday: Today we read the book and talked about the illustrations. We discussed the warm and cool color palettes used on the different pages. We mixed paint colors using the primary colors and learned which ones were warm and which were cool. Then we took different colors and…

We've been at the beach, where jellyfish were washing up on shore. What better time to start our Five in a Row study of Night of the Moonjellies?!

As a part of our Five in a Row studies we rowed an excellent book called “Night of the Moonjellies.” My kids and I really enjoyed learning about jellyfish and were intrigued by all of t…

The first week is over! Phew! =) We had some up's and some downs, more downs then ups... But we made it through, and are so excited to share...

We have been enjoying learning and making memories with Five in a Row curriculum in our homeschool -- Our row of Night of the Moonjellies is one of our favorites!

As a part of our Five in a Row studies we rowed an excellent book called “Night of the Moonjellies.” My kids and I really enjoyed learning about jellyfish and were intrigued by all of t…

I love the jellyfish craft we made in co-op this week!

Our latest FIAR book is one that we've wanted to do for a long time, Night of the Moonjellies . Sadly, it's been out of print and our l...

As a part of our Five in a Row studies we rowed an excellent book called "Night of the Moonjellies." My kids and I really enjoyed learning about jellyfish and were intrigued by all of the different types there are in the world. This book, "Jellyfish A Natural History" is gorgeous! It is a, coffee…

Our first "row" of first grade was Night of the Moonjellies, by Mark Shasha. This is a touching story of a seven year old boy, Mark, who works at his Grandmother's seaside diner, MarGra's. Mark finds a moon jelly on the beach one morning, and Grandma takes Mark on a special adventure one night after the diner closes to release the moon jelly into the night sea. I got all creative at lunch one day and made jellyfish and starfish. I thought beyond a doubt that I was on the right track to being…