Dec 8th

Ok, so since I was gone last week, and Lorien didn't get to do work, I decided to do N. Darius already had a couple days of N, but now he knows N really well! We've got our morning schedule down pretty good now:

Circle Time: Good Morning Song, Pledge of Allegiance, Calendar, Letter of the week: N, English word of the day: Nation, Spanish word: Nariz (nose). Nursery Rhymes, Winkin, Blinkin and Nod, Jack be Nimble, Never Smile at a Crocodile. Lorien and Darius LOVED to do Jack be Nimble. Lorien and I were humming Never Smile at a Crocodile the rest of the day!

Reading and Writing: They read and wrote the following words: nag, nap, navy, nay, neck, need, neon, nerd.

Science: The kids were a bit dissapointed that we didn't do an experiment. The topic was the Northern Lights. It held their interest. After we talked about how it is formed (Benjamin Franklin first brought attention to the "mystery of the Northern Lights." He theorized the shifting lights to a concentration of electrical charges in the polar regions intensified by the snow and other moisture.) Lorien and Darius painted the "Northern Lights". They had a great time trying to get the colors to run together. I had them take white crayon to draw stars and they were trying really hard to paint over all their crayon markings to see what they drew.

Reading: Noodle by Munro Leaf pictures by Ludwig Bemelmans, Nikolai, The Only Bear by Barbara Joosse Illustrated by Renata Liwska.

Snack Time: Wash hands, eat, free play time.

Closing Circle: Sang The More we get Together.

(Farah, I need pics from you!)