Happy Weird and Wacky Wednesday!!
I hope your day is filled with learning lots of weird but true history!!
Learning is good for the brain and your brain loves to learn
new things!! So, Joey wants to share a weird but interesting fact with you from
history.
Have you ever heard of the Knocker-Ups?
In the 19th and the early 20th century
in Britain and Ireland alarm clocks were not cheap and they weren’t reliable. There
was a profession known as the Knocker-Ups or Knocker-Uppers. The profession was
to wake people up for their jobs so they could get to work on time. Yes, a job
that pays a human to be an alarm clock. Usually, the job was performed by the elderly
and sometimes constables. They would use heavy sticks to knock on their clients’
doors and long bamboo sticks to tap on upper windows. Some were known to have
used dried pea shooters. Some would knock on doors or windows a few times and
move on and others would knock until they were sure the person was awake! The
profession ceased by the early 1970s. What a weird, but amazing world we live
in!! We sure have come a long way since then!!
Here is a list of books about alarm clocks:
1. The Noisy Clock Shop by Jean Berg
2. Maisy's First Clock: by Lucy Cousins
3. What's the Time, Clockodile? by Jonthan Litton
4. Clocks and More Clocks by Pat Hutchins
5. Telling Time: by Jules Older
6. Humble Math – 100 Days of Telling the Time by Humble Math
Parents please be sure the books are child friendly before
reading them to your child/children.
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two youngest children. My 16-year-old daughter illustrated the books and will
illustrate all the rest of them in the series. She started illustrating the
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Books A Million.
JOEY SAVES THE DAY!
AT DAYCARE
Delilah doesn't want to stay at daycare. So, Joey helps his
friend Delilah feel happy by doing silly things to make her laugh at daycare.
They have so much fun the day is over in a flash!
JOEY SAVES THE DAY! AT MEMAW’S
Joey helps his Memaw find something she is missing and its
right there in plain sight. Some of us have done this before! Join Joey in this
funny and cute quest to find his Memaw's eyeglasses.
JOEY SAVES THE DAY! THE MISSING TEDDY BEAR
Joey helps his sister find her missing teddy bear. They look
everywhere. I bet you can't guess where Joey and Jinger find the missing teddy
bear?
JOEY SAVES THE DAY! LOST AT THE ZOO
Joey 's father gets lost while they are visiting the seven
continents at the zoo. Come on this adorable adventure with Joey and his family
as they visit each of the seven continents at the zoo!
Santa's Rainbow Reindeer
Join Harry and Holly Jingles as they introduce us to Santa's
Rainbow Reindeer. Learn about them one by one. The Rainbow Reindeer help your
children get ready for bed so Santa can bring them gifts when they are all
tucked in their bed and sound asleep. This book is interactive.
Weird and wacky Wednesday!
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