FIAR By Continent

Using this great chart found here, I've put together a list of the FIAR books by continent. I think this is how I will break down our studies and then we'll do a specific continent for a certain amount of time depending on the number of books related to it. I more specifically listed the books by area, country, state etc. so I can plan accordingly.
I plan to start with North America and work our way from there.

North America

The Rag Coat - Appalachia
Down Down The Mountain - Appalachia
When I was Young In The Mountains - Appalachia
Amber of the Mountain - Appalachia

Lentil - Ohio
Warm and Wool - Ohio, Connecticut

How To Make An Apple Pie and See The World - Vermont

Cranberry Thanksgiving - New England
Make Way for Ducklings - Massachusetts
Night of the Moonjellies - Connecticut
Mrs. Rumphius - Maine
The Wild Horses of Sweetbriar - Massachusetts
The Finest Horse In Town - Maine
Stopping Woods on a Snowy Evening - New England

Who Owns The Sun- South
Follow The Drinking Gourd - South
Storm In The Night - Florida 

Katy and the Big Snow - North

Three Names - Midwest
Climbing Kansas Mountains - Kansas

Owl Moon - New Jersey

They Were Strong and Good - New York
The Little Red Lighthouse and The Great Grey Bridge - New York

All Those Secrets of The World - Chesapeake Bay

Gramma's Walk - Washington

Daniel's Duck - Tennessee

Very Last First Time - Canada
The Bee Tree - Michigan, Yukon Territory, Canada

Asia

The Story About Ping - China

A Pair of Red Clogs- Japan
Grandfather's Journey - Japan

How To Make An Apple Pie and See The World - Sri Lanka

Another Celebrated Dancing Bear- Russia

Mrs. Katz and Tush - Israel

Africa

Who Owns The Sun 

The Giraffe That Walked to Paris - Egypt

Europe

Madeline - France

The Glorious Flight - France, England

How To Make An Apple Pie and See The World - Italy, France, England
The Giraffe That Walked to Paris - France
Mirette on the High-wire - France

Papa Piccolo - Italy

The Clown of God - Italy

Wee Gillis - Scotland

They Were Strong and Good - Holland, Scotland, England

The Story of Ferdinand - Spain
A New Coat For Anna
Another Celebrated Dancing Bear

Unknown

Henry The Castaway

Truman's Aunt Farm

The Duchess Bakes A Cake

Andy and the Lion

The Salamander Room

Little Nino's Pizzeria
Babar to Duet, or Not To Duet
Harold and The Purple Crayon

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Mr. Gumpy's Motor Car
Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel

Andy and The Circus

Paul Revere's Ride

Little Blue Truck

Little Blue Truck - Alice Schertle
Monkey received this for his second birthday in December and we absolutely love it! It's the board book version so he can read it over and over again without us having to worry that it'll get torn up. The pictures are very cute, there is a great moral to the story and there are lots of animal noises and repeat wording that is fun for both the boys to join in on. I highly recommend adding this to your personal library!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0152056610/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link

What have you been reading to your little ones lately?

Games we love

Everyone in our family are big game players. We like a variety of games and we try to include all ages. Last weekend the Mister, I , and the boys went to stay with my in-laws while the boys' aunt and uncle were there. We played Hand and Foot (a family favorite) in teams and had a blast!

There are numerous versions out there but here's one place to find the rules.
http://www.hand8foot.com/rulesandscoring/
You can play as singles or in teams of two or more.

We're also big fans of the Immortal Eyes

So far we have purchased and played Pecking Order and Terra Nova. Both are fun games that take some strategy but move pretty quickly. While Bubby (5yrs) doesn't really get the strategy part he can play both of these. We have Conquest of Pangia on the way to us now and we can't wait to try it out. You can find any of the games on Amazon.

Bubby has his own arsenol which includes:
Uno - this is great for color and number recognition


Granimals Dominos and Memory (Walmart) The dominos are all animal pictures so it's a great way to teach the basic skills
I have made many different types of memory games based on themes we're doing in school including dinosaurs, christmas stockings, easter eggs, and rhyming. I find them all over including other blogs or just put them together with images off of google. I print the pictures on plain printer paper and then laminate them so they last. Tip: you may need to glue your images to solid colored paper before laminating them or you'll be able to see the pictures through the back of the cards. Oops!
 

Go Fish - we have many versions including this alphabet one

What kind of games do you like to play?