Baby Kong by Scott Stroud

Book Summary:

Baby Kong: Mom is determined to have a productive day homeschooling the kids but in her way stands Baby Kong! Set on destroying everything in his path, including Mom's sanity, Baby Kong rampages through the house. Thankfully, Mom has a few tricks up her sleeve. Books about going to school are easy to find but books about homeschooling families are precious and rare. This one is truly a treasure. This story is based in Christian principles and has several references to God.

Michelle's review: An adorable picture book about a homeschooling family that is easy to relate to. Baby Kong wreaks havoc on his homeschooling family, but only after his dad leaves for work.He does everything a toddler can think of to destroy the house and disrupt the homeschooling atmosphere. That is, until his mom and siblings give him what he wants, their attention. A good book for a beginning reader or even better for story time, it has fun illustrations that will keep younger kids engaged in the story until the end.

A special thanks goes out to Tyler V., a seven year old homeschooler in Raleigh, NC, for this review:

Baby Kong was fun to read. It is about a little kid who destroys everything. I think he destroys everything in order to get attention. When we were stinkers, my mon would put us in her "love grip" to get us to settle down. I know a boy who is like Baby Kong but doing bad things is not funny when you get older and not a baby anymore. I like the ending of the story, but I won't give it away…. you have to read it.

Learning Activities for Baby Kong

HomeschoolLiterature.com has two reading comprehension activities to help with your study and enjoyment of Baby Kong:

Multiple Choice Questions (pdf)
Picture Journal -Have your child draw about your family and tell something about each member(pdf)

Vocabulary Activities for Baby Kong
		Take a spelling test
		Similar to Hangman, the objective is to guess the word in a set number of tries.
		The objective of this game is to put the words into alphabetical order.
		The objective of this game is to put the word back together from a scrambled set of letters.
		The objective of this game is to pair cards based on the words and sounds.
		Fill in the puzzle with correct answers . Answer Key