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I want to wish all of my readers Merry Christmas! Here is a little gift–a small packet of copywork pages to go with How the Grinch Stole Christmas (one of my favorites!). Click the image below to download the copywork pages. Enjoy! Merry Christmas! Don't forget to check out my FREE […]
We've enjoyed Eve Bunting's Night Tree for many years now. "By moonlight in the quiet forest, a young boy and his family decorate their favorite tree with popcorn, apples, tangerines, and sunflower-seed balls as a gift for the animals of the woods." This year we had the opportunity to complete a similar activity at one of […]
We had a rich learning experience last week with The Legend of the Candy Cane unit study from Homeschool Share. Elijah's overlapping candy cane art ~ Both boys helped bake these Candy Cane Snowballs (sweet and yum). Here are some pages from Elijah's notebook. Elijah learned about alliteration, synonyms, legends, idioms, and he searched a […]
Games are one of my favorite gifts (to give or get)! Good games promote thinking and generate relationships between the players, and I love both of those things! The games on our shelves are a secret weapon; I can easily redeem a bumpy-grumpy school day with some fun {and educational} games. So . . . we […]
For December I decided to make something different than the regular Kindergarten Kits, so I put together two files of games. {we heart games!} The first file includes seven math games: Race to Twenty Find the Cookies Snowman Family Tally Clear the Board Penguin Knock-Out Christmas Cookie Graph Penguin Sums You can download these games […]
I'm in process of making a Candy Kindergarten Kit for Homeschool Share. It's not ready to be posted yet, but I wanted to share one of the activities in case any of you are turning your extra candy into an educational experience! Also, don't miss my Candy School posts (there are two!) from a few years ago. Printables […]
I didn’t reach my goal of posting every day, but I still wanted to record some of the other things we did for advent. We read The Candymaker’s Gift and ate candy canes. The boys constructed a gingerbread village. We made key chains for Gramps, Grandpa Mike, Dad, and Uncle. Simon helped make hot cocoa […]
Yesterday, the boys made colorful Christmas cats to hang on our tree. You can find the instructions at the Family Fun website.
We made paper snowflakes and we hung them on the window (as is tradition around here!). We also visited the Make-a-Flake website when we were finished (I think this has become tradition as well!). 🙂
The boys received their new Christmas ornaments. Simon gets a new polar animal each year. His collection consists of penguins and polar bears. This year he got a brown bear with a cub. I’m not sure if that’s polar, but it’s really cute. Elijah’s theme is sweet treats. This year he is adding a donut […]
We made Christmas cards for friends. Happy Card Making!
These titles are getting boring; I hope you all can make it through the month with me! Let’s see. We went to see Dorothy Returns! on the 12th Day of Christmas (for my Oz fanatic) at the Indianapolis Children’s Museum. The boys also toured the Penguins & Polar Bears exhibit, had fun in the Jolly Days […]
We were supposed to drive through the Walkway of Lights, but it was raining. We are hoping to go tonight!
We read Night Tree by Eve Bunting. Love that book. We made some pine cone (slathered with peanut butter and rolled in bird seed) feeders for the birds and hung them in a tree.
Frosted Sugar Cookies.
Today I gave the boys little Gingerbread House sticker books. Elijah’s finished sticker picture Simon’s finished sticker picture (with a boy on the roof and a flying dog!)
On the 7th day of Christmas, gifts were made for grandmas and aunts and co-op teachers. If you fall into any of those categories, do not click the link below. 🙂 Do not click it. Here is the secret stuff that’s in the jars. Thanks so much to my friend, Edwena, who told me about this […]
Yesterday, for the 6th day of Christmas, the boys and I made a Christmas garland. I saw this idea in a fall magazine, and I thought we’d adapt it for Christmas. You can find the idea here. Watch the slideshow and you will see it. Elijah cut out all the paper for the cups. Simon helped count […]
We made chocolate-chocolate chip cookies and mint-chocolate chip cookies. They are good. A little too good! In fact, these are the kind of cookies that you should bake and TAKE somewhere (not the kind you keep at home). I know this picture doesn’t do these cookies justice. You really have to taste one (and have […]
The boys made 3-D Christmas trees with Jason while I was off shopping my heart out with my friends. 🙂 They also read Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree. Here is Simon cheesing with the sequin and bead laden trees. Happy 3-D Tree Making!