My Book Tie-Ins of the Week:
The book we read this week is called My Big Brother by Miriam Cohen. It is about a little brother who tries to fill his brother’s shoes when his big brother joins the army. This is a sweet story about how hard he works to do things just as his brother would have. It also talks about what he does to remember his big brother while he is away.
What did we do?
We have a number of members of my family that war veterans. My sister Kate has served in Qatar and Iraq. My grandfather and JDaniel’s grandfather GranDan served in World War II. I decided to share some of his GranDan’s memorabilia from his service.
Observed a Model
First, we carefully looked at a model GranDan made of the plan he flew in the Navy.
Created an Album
We looked through old pictures of GranDan and put them in a photo album from JDaniel to look through. GranDan passed away last winter. JDaniel loves to look at pictures of him.
blueviolet says
I love the tie-in to family!
bigguysmama says
That is very cool! What a great way to start teaching your son about Veterans and those who are currently serving! My 25yo brother just joined the Army on Monday!
~Mimi
Lindsay says
Wonderful time it looks like you guys had learning about Veterans!
RawknRobynsGoneBlogWild says
Thanks for coming by. You have a very fun blog, and you’re clearly a great mommy!
xoRobyn
littlewondersdays says
I think it’s great that you are sharing you family history. We didn’t read any books about Veterans Day today, but we talked about grandfathers and great grandfathers that have served.
Debbie says
Ok let me try this again…I think this is such a great idea!
Christianne @ Little Page Turners says
What a wonderful way to share a sense of family history!
varunner says
Sounds like a very educational week! 🙂
The Empress says
Oh, my goodness,but you are a wonderful mother. You know exactly what is important.
Dawn says
What great acitivities to go along with you book. I like this meme. I will be back to join in again. Thanks for hosting it.
Blessings,
Dawn
Charlene says
I love how you tied in family…one thing I didn’t do with our’s (too much work looking for pics of family, since they are all put away in boxes lol).
~ Noelle says
I love this post…
and the tie in with GranDan…
how sweet