This morning we acted out the story, Katy No-Pocket. We have done this in the past with other books, but for some reason, the girls LOVED acting this one out! They giggled, laughed and acted silly for quite awhile doing all the same things that Katy did in the story! We cried when Katy cried because she had no pocket,…
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Changing Seasons Craft
Today the girls did this craft showing what trees look like through the different seasons. Of course, they loved the chance to use glue, so it was a hit with them. This is one of my favorite crafts I used to do with my kindergartners as a teacher…and I found it in my “Fall” folder the other night…so I had…
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Arabella – drawing boats
Today we learned how to draw a boat…the girls did a GREAT job!! And here are our vocabulary words. This is the 2nd week we have done this and I am so glad we are doing it! I have realized that I should just choose 3 or 4 at the most to make cards of and actually focus on. It…
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Our last day with The Bee Tree
For our last day with this wonderful book, we did 2 special things at our house today! First of all, we made beeswax candles! I have been looking forward to this for a LONG time! It turned out so neat and I’m so glad we were able to do this craft together! Secondly, we had a treasure hunt that Aunt…
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Bee Tree Fun
More on The Bee Tree by Patricia Polacco today! First of all, if you are rowing this book anytime soon, you really SHOULD read another book by her…In Enzo’s Splendid Gardens. TOO CUTE!! Today, we started off our day by reading a few more books about bumblebees. Then, I got out the pattern blocks and asked if they knew what…
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