Episode 7: The Walk

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Hello All,

Happy Spring! As we have shared in our past few entries, one of our most favorite activities to do is take a walk or hike. On weeknights after dinner, we enjoy walking around our mountain as a family. We love to check on the level of the babbling creek, hike off the beaten path to the many interesting rocks formations, run as fast as we can down the dirt roads, and listen for birds chirping and other little critters skittering around. Sometimes we are really lucky and see our deer friends "Hoppy" and "Twirly" and their babies that are the new spring additions to our majestic mountain. As you listen to the story, consider the following:

What do you enjoy doing most with your family?

Leave us a message on the blog about your favorite family activity, the story, or any past story and you can enter a chance to win some great books from Hatchette Books!

CH-CH-CH-CHANGES

This week we have a special treat! When you listen to the story, you will notice a difference. Did my voice drop a few octaves? Not exactly, but good guess. We are delighted to have Mr. Chris Bugaj, who has written all the stories with Miss Mel, to make his narrating debut. Mr. Chris is also the host of the award winning podcast A.T.Tipscast, which provides at least one strategy per episode about technology used to help struggling students.

What did you say? A word of the day!

That is right! In our story there are many juicy

words that are fun to learn and say!

Concoction: To prepare by mixing ingredients

Embarked: To set out on a venture

Emblem: A sign, design, or figure that identifies or represents something

Interweaving: To weave together, as threads, strands, branches, or roots

Bright Birthdays

We wanted to start sending bright birthday wishes to our loyal listeners at the end of each episode. If you want to be a part of getting a Night Light Birthday wish, send us an email at nightlightstories@gmail.com. Please send us your first name and last name initial only along with your age and date of your birthday. There are no age limits! For example, this weeks episode we want to send out Bright Birthday wishes to Will D, Joe D and John D from Valencia Spain. We hope your day SPARKLED!

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JUST ADD IMAGINATION!

Try these activities to keep your imagination glowing after hearing the story.

1. There were many different colors the boy saw on his walk. How many different colors can you find in your house and/or classroom.

2. Take a walk around your yard or area you live with your family. Collect some things from your walk such as flowers, rocks, and/or leaves. Sort them by color, size and/or type.

COMPREHENSION CHALLENGE

After listening to the story, can you recall the details to answer these questions?

1. How does the boy keep from toppling head over heel down when walking down the hill?

2. Why is the last corner of the walk called "Danger Bay"?

3. Help the boy. Think of some other words that have the same meaning as "delicious".

Hi All,

What a wonderful start to Daylight Savings Time. In our last post, we mentioned how we love to use the extra hours of light in the day to take a hike on the Appalachian Trail. We are lucky enough to live close by to some of the entry points to the AT. This weekend we chose to go to "Keys Gap" which is on the border of Virginia and West Virgina. We wanted to share some of the photos we took from the hike. We would love to hear about your Daylight Savings Time! Leave us a post about what you did with your extra hours of light!

Check out how bare the trees still are.

Buds should be coming in the next few weeks!

Do you see the white rectangle on the tree?
They are "markers" to help guide the hikers along the AT.

Look at this old cocoon that we found protected by this leaf.

I was wondering how long it had been there and what had emerged from it.

Episode 6: Daylight Savings Time

Click here to listen to Daylight Savings Time

Hello All,

Happy Daylight Savings Time! I know we are thrilled to move an hour ahead in this household. We love that our two young children, who really like to wake up at 6 AM, will now wake up at 7AM. Well, OK, maybe just for Sunday, but at least we get one day of feeling that we are waking up at a normal hour! Also, we are so excited that longer, lighter, warmer days are on their way. The Appalachian Trail is one of our favorite spots to spend our weekends and nights. It is such an awesome hike with a lot of different entry points close to us and alternate terrains to choose from.

What did you say? A word of the day!
That is right! In our story there are many juicy words that
are fun to learn and say!

Pressure: a force or influence

Dismay: a breakdown of courage

Discussion: an exchange of views about a topic

JUST ADD IMAGINATION!

Try these activities to keep your imagination glowing after hearing the story.

1. Rhyming words such as DATE and LATE have the same vowel sound and consonant vowel sound(s). Can you think of words of words that rhyme with GROW and TALL?

2. We change the clocks in the Fall and the Spring. Learn this saying to help you remember if you turn the clock forward or backward. "Fall back and Spring forward"

COMPREHENSION CHALLENGE

After listening to the story, can you recall the details to answer these questions?

1. The clocks were turned back an hour in November and went forward one hour in March. How many months are between November and March ?

2. Why was the boy worried about what he learned in school?

3. Who was the boy going to talk to when he arrived home from school?