Always Be Kind Academy

Registration is open for the fall semester, for our totally immersive CODING and ROBOTICS class. Homeschoolers sessions during the day, public/private school sessions in the evening.

We do things differently. Intentionally. One thing being to watch movies which further solidify the lesson. We would like to wholeheartedly recommend "Sarah's Oil" which can be seen right now for free with an Amazon Prime Video subscription. The child in the post, dressed in mostly period attire, and with her project board, was 4 when she learned about the youngest millionaire in the US, Sarah Rector. 5 years later, she is thrilled to learn more, through a wonderfully portrayed movie.

If you watch the movie, we would love to hear your thoughts. Leave a comment.

Every trip we take has an educational component. Moving the college student home, gave us opportunity to stop by Moton Field Municipal Airport and the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site. Going here, is literally a step back in time, though the airport is still a fully functioning field for small planes and private jets. No commercial service is available. This is the place where America's first Black military aviators were trained. Home of the , the 332nd Fighter Group. What we learn in books, we seek to see...personally.

Catching up on posts as the end of the year came in hot. We followed the 🦋, simply buying a kit on Amazon. I had my doubts but 5 live caterpillars came and a few weeks later we added to the world, 5 butterflies. When done again, we will have pollinators plants like in our garden to help sustain them and keep them close a while longer.

Join us this summer for a FREE bookclub discussion and activity evening, centered around the book, "Dragons in a Bag". Message us for the zoom link and materials.

Summer reading time. Which activities are you going to participate in?
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Paper Airplane Day at Riverdale Library in Clayton County for Kids Ages 8–12 Kids ages 8–12 can celebrate Paper Airplane Day at the Riverdale Library Branch on May 26 with creative flying fun.

Here is a list for summer reading. I will be holding on line book clubs to discuss some of these books in July. All ages/grades. Zoom links in the coming weeks.

Reading List for Summer Reading

Georgia Helen Ruffin Picturebook Reading Bowl Booklist (Grades K-3)
And Then Came You by Christina Shawn and Illustrated by Shahrzad Maydani
Bats Beneath the Bridge by Janet Nolan and Illustrated by Emily Cox
The Bear Out There by Jess Hannigan
Before I Lived Here by Stacy S. Jensen and Illustrated by Victo Ngai
The Blue Velvet Chair by Rio Cortez and Illustrated by Aaron Marin
The Boy Who Said Wow by Todd Boss and Illustrated by Rashin Kheiriyeh
Cee Cee: Underground Railroad Cinderella by Shana Keller and Illustrated by Laura Freeman
A Chest Full of Words by Rebecca Gugger and Simon Röthlisberger and Translated by Tim Mohr
Daughter of the Light-Footed People by Belen Medina and Illustrated by Natalia Rojas Castro
Don’t Trust Fish by Neil Sharpson and Illustrated by Dan Santat
Fox and the Mystery Letter by Alex G. Griffiths
The Gabi That Girma Wore by Fasika Adefris and Sara Holly Ackerman and Illustrated by Netsanet Tesfay
Go and Get with Rex by David LaRochelle and Illustrated by Mike Wohnoutka
How to P*e Your Pants: The Right Way by Rachel Michelle Wilson
I am Not Your Hat by Lisa Bentley
The Man Who Didn’t Like Animals by Deborah Underwood and Illustrated by LeUyen Pham
Maybe Just Ask Me! by Katie Mazeika
My Home is in My Backpack by Eugenia Perrella and Illustrated by Angela Salerno
We Are Definitely Human by X. Fang
What Lolo Wants by Cristina Oxtra and Illustrated by Jamie Bauza

Georgia Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl Elementary School Booklist (Grades 4-5)
The AI Incident by J. E. Thomas
Botticelli’s Apprentice by Ursula Murray Husted
The Creepening of Dogwood House by Eden Royce
Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell
Into the Rapids by Ann Braden
J vs. K by Jerry Craft and Kwame Alexander
Monster Locker by Jorge Aguirre and Andrés Vera Martínez
Opal Watson: Private Eye by Brittany J. Thurman
Spark by Chris Baron
Teddy vs. The Fuzzy Doom by Braden Hallett

Georgia Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl Middle School Booklist (Grades 6-8)
Band Nerd by Sarah Clawson Willis and Emma Cormarie
Blood in the Water by Tiffany D. Jackson
Dear Jackie by Jessixa Bagley and Aaron Bagley
The Extraordinary Orbit of Alex Ramirez by Jasminne Paulino
Holding on for Dear Life by Dusti Bowling
I. R. L. by Jenny Goebel
The Queen Bees of Tybee County by Kyle Casey Chu
The Scott Fenwick Diaries by Kristin Nilsen
So Over Sharing by Elissa Brent Weissman
Will’s Race for Home by Jewell Parker

Georgia Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl High School Booklist (Grades 9-12)
After Life by Gayle Forman
All the Noise at Once by DeAndra Davis
Codebreaker by Jay Martel
Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown by Candace Fleming
A First Time for Everything by K. L. Walther
The Floating World by Axie Oh
A Forgery of Fate by Elizabeth Lim
The House No One Sees by Adina King
A Language of Dragons by S. F. Williamson

✏️ Artists and cartoonists- imagine, draw, and submit a cartoon that solves any problem you can think of!
⭐️ All ages are welcome - completely free to enter!!

🔗 RubeGoldberg.org

✍️ Illustrate your cartoon in whatever style you’d like, just make sure it accomplishes a clear task. Ages 17 & under compete in the Animator Division, while ages 18 & older compete in the Humorist Division.

📸 Take a picture of your physical drawing, upload your digital art, whatever you need to do. Please make sure your entry is uploaded as a JPEG or PDF.