Papa Piccolo

Literature.  Papa Piccolo.  We talked about Venice and I showed them some pictures.

Handwriting without Tears.  We have been practicing our letters that "jump".  We did some review on all the letters and we did a little activity with the letters.


PE.  I wrote all the suits (of cards) on the board and had a workout associated with it.  The kids took turns drawing the cards that would tell us which exercises to do and how many.  We actually got a really great little workout in!


Math.  We played Yahtzee, Uno, and Trouble in stations.  Parents, if you are planning on going to Vegas, take Sky with you (he's super lucky), but I wouldn't take Nora (she was not as lucky in Trouble).  Ha!
 

Art.  We painted our plates in preparation to weave.  They need time to dry before we string the yarn on them.  The silver glitter on the top made them look even better!  I cut the slits in them later so they would be spread evenly apart.


Music.  We got out the instruments, rainbow wrist ribbons, and egg shakers so the kids could boogie while Emily played her guitar for the kids.  The kids love to dance and Emily has such a sweet, pretty voice.  She was sweet to let them come up and play the guitar too!  The boys had their own little boy band going for awhile.  
 


Journal.  For fun, I like to...

The Glorious Flight

Literature.  The Glorious Flight.  What does the family like to do?  Old vs. new.

Art.  Still Life.  I set up a pedestal with fruit on top for the kids "still life" and they drew and colored it on their paper.  On the bottom, they copied a sentence that was written about it.
 

This kids had a blast decorating their Valentine boxes...glitter, stickers, paint...the works!



Act of Service.  The kids were given acts of service cards where they can choose service to do for others.  They drew pictures on the back and will send in pictures once they do some of them.  They also cut them all out.

Journal.  Over the break I...

Sports.  The kids brought in soccer balls and we practiced trapping the ball and kicking it on the insides of our feet

Stopping By Woods

Handwriting Without Tears.  We reviewed all the letters we have done so far.  The kids helped me put the magnets together and I wrote the letters one-by-one on the board for them.  We then went back to our book and traced over all the dark letters with a marker.  The kids are doing great!

Math.  We did a gingerbread man color by number.


Game.  We played a Christmas version of hot potato.  When the music stopped, a child got to choose a gift from the pile.  The kids loved giving and receiving each gift.


Journal.  My Christmas wishlist includes...

Play Practice.  We split all the kids up with a different helper.  They all chose three Christmas activities each and we took turns acting the skits out and the rest of us guessed what they were. Forgive the sideways pics.  I'm on a computer in the middle of Idaho and the internet is hit or miss.  Just turn your head to the side and enjoy!  Ha!




Stations.  At one station, the kids decorated Christmas ornaments for Nora's grandparents.  At the other two we played Qwirkle and Jenga.