Oh, I can’t believe that November is HERE! I’m already excited to be looking through my holiday books and bringing out old favorites. I tell ya, though…there are SO many good holiday books, SO many good units on holiday subjects…I get a bit overwhelmed trying to figure out HOW I’m going to fit it all in! I know, I know…I have to pick and choose. It’s just so hard to look at all those great Thanksgiving and Christmas books and leave some of them out. Here are some links I wanted to ... Read More about November Reading
Presidential Stick Puppets
This week we have been focusing on learning about elections, presidents and voting, Oh My! On Monday, I printed off a bunch of pictures of McCain, Obama, Palin and Biden. We discussed who each one was and cut out the pictures. Then, we glued some of the pictures of their faces onto popsicle sticks to use for little puppets. So far the most popular puppet has been Sarah Palin. ... Read More about Presidential Stick Puppets
Caleb’s 1st day of chores
I have been slowly working with Caleb on doing little chores in the morning. His list is not nearly as long as the girls, but he does have a few chores that he is capable of! So, today, for the first time, I put up a chore chart for him! He was super excited when he woke up, to see his own chore chart beside the girls pages! He excitedly ran to do each chore and then come back to put the sticker on! I hope his excitement lingers for awhile! I put pictures on his chart instead of words, so ... Read More about Caleb’s 1st day of chores
The Election – for younger children
We are learning all about the election this week! This will include a variety of activities from lots of different sources. So, this post will mostly be some links to share with you! If you are in my area, I also had a friend tell me that the library in Morristown is doing some cool election stuff for kids; we may try and get there one day this week! Ideas, Links & Activities *print off pictures of candidates onto cardstock, cut around face, glue onto popsicle sticks and VOILA - ... Read More about The Election – for younger children
Tree & Leaf lapbook
We finished up our tree and leaf unit today because tomorrow we won’t be doing school. We had a great week learning about trees and doing fun fall leaf crafts. Here is the lapbook we finished today. The front of our lapbooks The inside of our lapbook: on the right hand side is a fall acrostic poem we did together, labeling the parts of a leaf from HSS and a leaf poem I printed off. This is the blue extension when it opens, a fall tree craft with torn paper. Then we made a book of a few of ... Read More about Tree & Leaf lapbook
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