Thanksgiving Feast!

I just LOVE our Thanksgiving Feast!!

We start out the day by having a Name Ceremony and each child learns what Native American name has earned. They then work all day to earn feathers for their head dresses! It's so fun to see them catch each other doing something good to earn a feather!

Throughout the day, we wrote in our journals about things we were thankful for, and  we used colorful noodles to make necklaces

This required some intense fine motor skills!

Afterward, we gathered our food items that each child brought to the feast and put together a FANTASTIC meal to share!

Abiyoyo

If you have never read the story ABIYOYO by Pete Seeger, you're missing out! It is based on a South African Lullaby, and the kids just love it!

After listening to Pete Seeger sing/tell the story, we discussed the beginning, middle, and end of the story. We discussed the characters, and then acted it out!

 After we acted it out, we illustrated the beginning, middle, and end. 

What GREAT illustrators I have!!!

X is for X-Ray

Today was X Day!!

We studied Mr. Bones and did some observational drawings in our Science Journal: 

We made our own Xrays

And we also studied REAL Xrays... but my photos are GONE!!! Where did they go? I really don't know. But the xrays are awesome!!

Seasons and Weather

S is for Silly Socks!!

 S is for Seasons!

We learned about the 4 seasons and about how trees (and other plants) and animals and people change with the seasons.

 W is for Weather and Wind! 

We became Scientists today! We made predictions on what the wind could move and then tested our hypothesis!

 We explored some more, and recorded our findings in our science journals!

 Which kind of weather do you like the most?!