Owl Moon

Last Thursday, Owl Moon by Jane Yolen was the book of choice in class. It's a beautiful story with gorgeous, wintry landscapes.
I wasn't in class, but I heard a fantastic art project happened as well as some owl calls. How exciting!

I hope you all have an amazing holiday break filled with lots of stories and fun:).
See you in January!


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Hooray for Hanukkah

 Today we continued with our Jewish studies as we further explored  the book, Mrs. Katz and Tush.

We watched part of a Reading Rainbow episode that featured this great book about friendship and kindness.

We then completed a dot-to-dot page that revealed a menorah.  We then learned all about Hanukkah. 

We learned about the 8 days of celebrations.  We even played the dreidel game with mini marshmallows.  Everyone caught on very quickly and we even had three games going at once!

Lastly, we hunted for the matzoh cracker in the Fellowship Hall.  It was eventually found and everyone was rewarded with a golden chocolate coin.

Next week, Teacher Suzanne is going to delight us with the book, Owl Moon!  It's a wonderful book full of gorgeous illustrations.

Mrs. Katz and Tush

Last Thursday, we read a very sweet story about friendship.
Mrs. Katz is an older Jewish lady that lives in the same apartment building as the young boy, Larnel.
Larnel befriends Mrs. Katz after giving her the runt of a cat litter.
He begins to love visiting her and they create a long lasting bond. She teaches him about Jewish traditions and invites him to share Passover dinner with him.
The book ends with Larnel, as a grown man, visiting Mrs. Katz's grave.
Very sweet!!!
In class, we discussed the characters, themes, problems and solutions, and the setting.
We then talked about the history of the Jewish Passover. We discussed the 10 plagues of Egypt and Moses' great escape with the Israelites.
Next class time we will talk about Hannukah!

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Tally marks, compound words and ships

  On Thursday, we took our last look at The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge.  We worked on our math skills and learned to make tally marks.  We made a tally mark for every boat we saw in the story.  We came up with about 23 boats total. Great tally marking everyone!  Hopefully, you challenge your kiddos to go home and count with tally marks, or it would be even better if they did it on their own.

    Next, we moved on to compound words.  This was SO MUCH FUN!  We put a lot of words together to make new words.  The best part was their excitement when they thought of a compound word to share with the group!  Their words were very impressive. 

    And finally, we looked at a pretty amazing pop-up book about ships.  We learned so much about their boat experience.  Two of the kids have even driven a boat!!! (I think they both attributed this to their grandpas.)

    Next Thursday, we are going to read a wonderful book titled, Mrs. Katz and Tush.

The Little Red Lighthouse and The Great Gray Bridge

Even though you are small you can still help! This is the theme from our story this week. And Sam quickly identified this important theme during our book discussion. We have a class full of literary geniuses!
The book, The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge, by Hildegarde Swift, tells a sweet story of the The Little Red Lighthouse which is actually the Jeffrey's Hook Light on the Hudson River. This lighthouse feels important until a great, big bridge is built right on the top of it (George Washington Bridge.)
The lighthouse thinks that it is no longer needed now that the bridge lets off light from its tall towers. But it is definitely wrong. The lighthouse saves the day in this classic story and realizes that although it is small, it is still needed!
After the story we watched a quick video that shows the actual bridge and lighthouse from the story! Irish said that when she moves to New York she will be able to go see it! How exciting!
This story was a perfect example of personification. We saw the boats, lighthouse, bridge and fog all take on human characteristics. The fog had hands that would try to grasp the boats below. It was spooky!
We talked about the job of lighthouses and made our own lighthouse complete with eyes to demonstrate our personification skills.

Less is more-Harold and the Purple Crayon

We had a creative class last Thursday! We saw a lot of budding artists among our class.
First things first, though! We started class by recycling old crayons into new crayons. We peeled off the paper of old crayons, broke them into pieces, placed them in muffin tins, and baked them in the oven!
It was fun to see the wax all melted. I will bring the finished products to our next class. They turned out really neat.

Next, we watched a video of Harold and the Purple Crayon. And then we went to work on creating our own imaginative drawings.
The kids were given a choice to choose up to five crayons. They all chose ONE! (Just like Harold.)
They then made a window using a ruler. After they drew the window, their imaginations and art skills went wild! I was immensely impressed with their houses, trees, people, balloons, and MONSTERS!!

Harold and the Purple Crayon-Moon cookies

 The book, Harold and the Purple Crayon, took us on a grand adventure to an imaginary world all drawn with a purple crayon.  Many of the kids in class were familiar with the book and anxiously shouted out what would happen next.   It was a delightful story time.

After discussing the characters, themes, setting, problems and solutions found in the story, we explored the amazing moon.

We learned how the moon is covered in craters.  We even made craters in our flour moonscape using some asteroid golf balls.

Then we studied the phases of the moon (new, full, gibbous, half and crescent) and etched their shapes into oreo cookies!  It was delicious learning.

Next week, we are going to recycle old crayons into something GREAT!

Tea Party atop the "High Wire"

Day two of our study of Mirrette on the High Wire, had us taking to the air and performing amazing feats.

We quickly re-read the story and then watched some videos of some REAL-life high wire walkers.  We even saw a man walk a wire across the Grand Canyon.  It was terrifying just to watch!!!

We also watched a dog walk a wire! Super amazing!

We noticed in the videos, the many different feats that were performed by high wire walkers.  One carried his assistant on his back across the wire, another held up a hoop with his wife dangling below and holding on with her foot, and one even cooked some toast on a stove in the middle of a wire hung across the Niagara Falls!  Crazy!!!

So after seeing these amazing feats, we were determined to not only walk the wire, but perform some amazing feats of our own.

We started out just practicing walking the wire.  Some were more balanced than others, but we kept moving our wire up higher!

By the end, we were walking the wire carrying an egg on a spoon! 

We also walked the wire holding a teacup and teapot full of water.  In the middle, we actually poured a cup of tea!!!  Incredible! 

But we didn't stop there!  We walked to the middle of the wire and set off a canon!  And finally, we walked the wire wearing an elephant head and bent down and picked up a sticky ball using our trunk.  It was simply unbelievable! 

That's why we just HAD to take photos to prove our courageous endeavors.

Next week, we will be reading the super fun book, Harold and the Purple Crayon.

High wires and hearing

We learned to face our fears in class on Thursday!

Our book, Mirette on the High Wire, took us to Paris where a little girl meets the famous Bellini, a high wire walker.
She quickly becomes enamored with
Bellini and begs him to teach her to walk the wire. He tells her no, but that doesn't stop her. She tries to walk the wire by herself. She tries and tries again. He sees her insistence and desire and finally helps her train. She is a natural!

She discovers that Bellini is world famous and has even walked a wire across Niagara Falls! On his way back across the falls he stops in the middle and makes an omelette! That's just how amazing he is!
She begs him to do these stunts again but he says he has a fear of the rope now.
She tells him he must face his fear.
In the end, he faces his fear with the help of Mirette and they go on tour together walking wires around the world!

We identified the setting, characters, problems, solutions, and the themes in the book. We are getting so good at this! I'm astounded at the themes they find hidden in the pages. It would be great to remind your child of these literary elements as you read together.

Next, we talked about ears?! Why ears, you ask....because they are essential for keeping our balance!
And Mirette had an amazing sense of balance.
We learned that ears help us hear and the fluid found in the vestibular canals keep us balanced. We experimented by turning in circles over and over again. This disrupted the fluid in our ears and made us feel very dizzy!
We then tested our ears ability to hear by trying to identify what items were found in the mysterious Easter eggs. We shook the eggs and tried to figure out if they held a penny, button, bell, noodles or a foam block.
It was a bit tricky, but our ears didn't let us down!
Next week, we are going to test our balance as we perform amazing feats of circus skill!

Bagpipes and oatmeal

On Thursday, we had a wonderful class full of Scottish delights.

First, we re-read Wee Gillis. It is such a good story.  We again talked about and compared the Highlands and Lowlands of Scotland.  We then looked at pictures of some of the animals of Scotland.  They have orcas just like us!!  

We also learned about family or clan tartans.  Each family has their own pattern.  You can tell which family people belong to, just by looking at their kilt or scarf!  NEAT!!

We then made some delicious oatmeal.  Wee Gillis ate oatmeal in both the Highlands and the Lowlands. Everyone loves oatmeal.

Lastly, we watched a couple of videos.  The first one showed the actual train from the Harry Potter movies!  Yes, they were filmed in Scotland.  JK Rowling, the author of the series, is Scottish.  

Next, we watched an awesome bagpiper!  We were so inspired, we made bagpipes of our own.  I bet you heard them during lunch.  We hope you enjoyed our impromptu concert.  You are very welcome!!

Next week, we are headed to the air with our book, Mirette on the High Wire.                                                                                 

Wee Gillis- What's in a name?

It is so great to be back in our class.  I missed my weekly story hour with your kiddos.

We kicked off the semester with a fantastic book about finding your own passion.

Wee Gillis by Munro Leaf is a book set in Scotland.  Wee Gillis is a young boy with family in the highlands and in the lowlands.  They want him to choose where he wants to live.  In the highlands, he must spend his time tracking stags.  In the lowlands, he must spend his time tending the long haired cattle.  Instead of choosing, he splits his time between both places, developing skills and a strong set of lungs.

When it comes time to choose where he wants to stay FOREVER, he finally discovers his talent for bagpiping.  Now he can live both in the highlands and the lowlands and play music.

We took a quick elements of literature quiz, which your kids were amazing with, by identifying the setting, theme, characters, problems, and solutions in the story.  Their answers were thoughtful and right on the money!!  They are very smart when it comes to discussing literature.

We then talked about our names.  Wee Gillis's real name was actually seven names!!  They then practiced writing their names and then making some name art.  They decorated their names with their hobbies, interests, and passions.  They then took turns presenting them to the class and telling each of us a little bit about themselves.  It was amazing!!  We found out some interesting things about everyone.  I hope they brought them home and showed them off.

We then ATE OUR NAMES!!  The table was scattered with alphabet cookies and they found every letter of their name.  JJ had the easiest time  : ). Then we ATE OUR NAMES!!  They were delicious and the perfect lead in to lunch.

Next week, we are going to learn about Scotland and even make some bagpipes.  Now might be a good time to invest in some earplugs!

The healing stories of food

We tried to overcome our sadness from the cancelled field trip with stories about food.  (Food seems to cheer me up, so this book choice makes sense to me.)

First, we watched a storytelling video of the classic book, Strega Nona.
We loved it.  We talked about the setting, characters, plot, and themes found in the story.  We learned that you need to LISTEN.  I knew I loved this book!

Next, we watched the telling of Stone Soup.  Again we learned such valuable lessons.

Finally, we finished our restaurant simulation.  This time we switched roles. Our restaurant was called School Kids' Party Place and Burgers.  We had lovely hostesses, servers, chefs, and cashiers.  But the place was a bit messy.  I think the health office might have closed us down if they would've seen the kitchen.

Next week, I believe we will be participating in the famed cardboard city.  So get out those big boxes and start designing. Maybe you could build a replica of School Kids' Party Place and Burgers or maybe Cinco de Mayo?!!!

Glowing Moonjellies

Class last week was so enlightening.  We re-read "Night of the Moonjellies."  It is a great book.

Then we made moonjellies using a plastic bag, twist tie, and glow in the dark snake!  Hopefully, they made it into your homes and created a lovely night vision for your family.

Next, we worked on ocean animal identification.  (We watched an ocean video while trying to find all the animals that were on our coloring page in the video.) We've got some great ocean explorers in class! 

Next week, we are headed to the zoo.  We can't wait to go to the aquarium and see all the animals we talked about in class.  Please remember to send Ida your permission slips.  It should be a grand adventure!

Night of the Moonjellies: The restaurant challenge

Today we read a fantastic story about mysterious moonjellies. The story is set in a New England beach town. The seven-year old boy in the story works at his grandma's hot dog stand. It is quite the busy place! One morning before the stand opens he finds a moonjelly lying on the beach. He picks it up and shows it to his grandma. Later that night, after closing time, she takes him out to the ocean on a boat where they see thousands of moonjellies glowing in the water. What a beautiful sight!

Today, we took on quite the challenge. Half the class set out to color and cut-out some play money, while the other half of the class transformed the classroom into a restaurant.
They set a table, came up with a menu, restaurant name, designated roles for everyone, etc. Both teams did a lot of hard work!
After the money was cut out, the customers were welcomed into Cinco de Mayo. (Don't let the name fool you, there was no Mexican food on the menu.)
Naomi showed the customers to their table and gave them all menus. Addie (a visitor) took everyone's orders. Vivian and Eden cooked up the food and plated the entrees. Parley delivered the plates to the hungry customers. And Daniel worked the register.
We learned so many lessons! Running a restaurant is HARD WORK!! The main lesson we learned was you can't please everyone, especially when you run out of hamburgers.
Next week, we will let the kids switch roles.

Into the Deep, Dark Coal Mines

Today we explored the setting of The Rag Coat. We looked at black and white pictures from the early 20th century that showed what it was like to work in the Appalachian coal mines. It was hard, dirty, and dangerous!
We talked about why Minna's dad (the character in our book) died of the miner's cough. We discussed what safety gear we needed in a deep and dark coal mine and why it was needed.
We then attempted a little "mining" ourselves. We donned our safety gear and headed into the dark FILA Coal Mine. We found several pieces of coal just lying about. It was a fairly easy mining project.
We also talked about why we have mines. Not only do we need it to heat homes and make electricity, we were reminded that Santa Claus needs it, too! We did a little "chocolate mining" by mining the chocolate chips out of some cookies with just two toothpicks!
We talked about some of the things that are mined and heard a lot of great info. We learned Naomi's birthstone is the valuable diamond-which people like to mine.
We ended class by investigating some rocks and minerals from a rock collection. We learned a rock is made up of two or more minerals. We tried to identify different rocks and minerals and discovered our class is full of rock hounds!

Next week we will head to the Atlantic!

Quilt Bingo and Adventure Bags

What a great class we had today! Everyone was so well behaved and attentive to our story and all our projects.
We read the beautiful, heart-wrenching book, The Rag Coat, by Lauren Mills. The book is set in an Appalachian coal town. The main character, Minna, is a young girl whose father dies from working in the coal mine. She is very poor and has no coat. Therefore, she cannot go to school in the cold weather. She yearns for a chance to go to school. Her mother, along with the other mothers in the town make quilts to earn money. They decide to quilt Minna a coat out of their old rags. Minna LOVES her coat, but the kids at school are quick to make fun of it.
Have your children tell you how it ends. It is really a sweet story with so many good lessons.
After we nailed down the setting, characters and themes we talked about making quilts. We talked about how difficult it is to make a quilt. We looked at various quilt patterns online. We loved the puppy and fish quilts.
I showed the kids a quilt my grandma made me out of old jeans. They enjoyed it and added their own quilt stories.
They then set out to design their own quilt patterns using pre-cut rags from my fabric bin. (Thank goodness I like to hoard things!)
We later used our quilt patterns to play a friendly game of bingo. We had a wonderful guest bingo caller, Teacher Shannon! We were so happy to have her. She knew just how to keep us all in line.
After bingo, I surprised the kids with their old t-shirts. While they were "quilting" I transformed them into adventure bags (just like the quilting mothers in our story turned the rags into a coat!). I hope they like them and use them to hold all their treasures. I've heard mixed reviews (from Vivian).

Next week, we are going to mine underground. (Actually it will be above ground;). I'll let you know if we find any diamonds.

Have a great week!

Sweet, sweet Sushi and Off-Broadway Water Cycle Performance

During our last class we revisited Japan with our book, A Pair of Red Clogs. It was just as delightful the second time.
We watched a short video on Japan. We learned that there are big cities and big volcanoes!
We also learned to make sushi-with candy!! First, we watched a video on how to make REAL sushi and applied the technique to our fruit roll-ups, Rice Krispy treats, and Swedish fish.
It was delicious and our technique was flawless, except for our plating skills. We need to work on those.

This week, we are going to read one of my favorite books! The Rag Coat is a beautiful, sweet story set in the Appalachian Mountains.
I need your child to bring in a t-shirt they love but have outgrown. We are going to recycle it into something fantastic that they can use!! PLEASE DO NOT FORGET!!!

Also, GREAT JOB on the Water Cycle performance at lunch! I am so proud of your talented and brave kiddos!!!

Candy sushi

A Pair of Red Clogs and our water cycle debut

  Our book, A Red Pair of Clogs, by Masako Matsuno, brought us a wonderful lesson on telling the truth.  The setting took us to Japan where we met the author as a young girl.  She told the story about her new, beautiful red clogs.  When she was playing the weather telling game with her friends, one of her clogs cracked.   She was heartbroken.  She knew it was too soon to ask for a new pair, so she purposely got the clogs dirty, dirty, dirty, in hopes that her mother would want to buy her a new pair. Instead, she felt horrible for trying to deceive her mother.

    We talked about the story's setting, theme, characters, and the wonderful onomatopoeia. (The new clogs sing when she walks and runs- "Kara, koro, kara, koro." ) We also noted how the artist depicted the time of day with color.

    We made a weather wheel to take home and track the weather for your familes. I hope the arrow is pointing to rain today.  (It's raining at my house.)

    We also worked on a skit illustrating the water cycle.  The kids enjoyed acting and were very excited about the possibility of a lunch performance next Thursday.  So, WE WILL PERFORM OUR PLAY AT 12:10 PM next Thursday, directly after announcements.   I think you will like it, especially the cute performers.

Afternoon tea in England

We spent another day reading The Glorious Flight.  It was just as great the second time.

We talked about some of the wonderful things we get from France and Great Britain.  France brings us wonderful things like grapes, perfume, berets, the Eiffel Tower, croissants, and French poodles.  While England is known for its double decker buses, the Royal Guard, umbrellas, and tea.

We then pretended that we were airplanes flying across the English Channel.  We actually flew to the bathroom to wash our hands.  When we finally flew back to our classroom, it was like we actually DID fly to England. A lovely tea party was set out for us.

We talked a bit about using our best manners as we sat down for our tea (only after our hostess sat first.) We then politely placed our napkins in our laps as our hostess filled our tea cups (with delicious lemonade.)  We politely sipped our tea as we held up our pinkies.

We were oh so polite as we asked for crackers and cookies to be passed to us.  We had such a delightful time.  It was hard to leave England.

Next week, we will read a wonderful story from Japan.

Our "toast" to Louis Bleriot.

Pinkies up!

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The Glorious Flight and classtime

What a high-flying day we had in class this week.  We read a wonderful book, The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot July 25, 1909,  by Alice and Martin Provensen.  It is another TRUE story.  It tells about the successes and failures of Louis Bleriot in his attempts to build a flying machine.  He tries and tries again, despite failure, broken bones, bruises and other setbacks.  Finally, he succeeds!  He becomes the first man to fly across the English Channel from France to England.  It was an amazing feat.

 

We enjoyed seeing his flying inventions and crashes.  It was such a good lesson of endurance and determination.

We also picked out the onomatopoeia present in the story.  Be sure to ask your child to give you an example of onomatopoeia.  They might need a little reminder : ).  The flying machine in the story made the sound CLACKETA, CLACKETA.

 

After reading, we made a little airplane shaped snack and learned the parts of an airplane.  Our little creations were delicious.  And finally, we tried our hand at paper airplane folding.  This proved to be very difficult, even with directions.  We intended to go outside and fly them, but we barely had time to fold them.  Maybe, next week we will give it a try!

 

 

Mummies, Dates and Pyramids

We LOVE the book, The Giraffe that Walked to Paris!  It was great to read it again today.  I hope your kiddos went home and reenacted the plot of the story with their giraffe, pyramid, and Parisian cutouts.  I found the cutouts on this site: http://madebyjoel.com/2011/08/paper-city-paris.html

They were about the cutest things I had ever seen, until today, when I saw your kids turn each other into mummies.

Yes, we focused on Egypt today.  First, we talked about deserts and how hot they are.  We then sampled some dates.  A few of them ended up in the garbage can.  But finally we learned about pyramids and mummies.  We learned the process of "making" a mummy and then tried it out on a few of our friends.  We got so good, that by the end of class we were making triplet and twin mummies.  We also mummified a pet! (No animals were hurt in the making of the pet mummy.)

Here are the directions we followed:

1) Remove the organs and place them in canopic jars

2) Place the body in salt

3) After time has passed rub the body with oils, herbs and more salt. (We also added tickling the body to this step.)

4) Carefully, wrap the body in linen strips.

5) Place the body in up to 4 coffins.

6) Secretly place the mummy in the pyramid.

(A few of these steps were done in our imagination.)

Everyone participated in our mummification process.  And almost everyone was mummified at some point during class.  They were all superb sports.  It was so fun to watch! 

Next week, we are taking to the skies and reading, The Glorious Flight.

Organ removal

Oil and herb rub

Linen wrap (notice our triplet mummy skills)

La Giraffe and a Paris Menagerie

We read a marvelous story about a giraffe this week.  The best thing about it was the fact that it is a TRUE story!
The book, The Giraffe that Walked to Paris, details the story of the giraffe given to Charles I by the Pasha of Egypt in 1826.  The French ambassador to Egypt suggested the French king might forgive a quarrel the two leaders were having if the Pasha gave him a gift.
The Pasha decided upon his giraffe because the French people had never seen one.
The giraffe sailed across the Mediterranean Sea aboard a ship.  They took three cows along, because the baby giraffe needed THREE pails of milk a day.  This baby giraffe was 11 feet tall!  The journey over water went well, only one cow got seasick.
The ship landed in Marseille.  There was one problem-the King was in Paris!!  The two cities are on the opposite ends of France.  It was decided that the giraffe would stay in the warm weather of Marseille for the winter.  The king was very unhappy.  When spring came he sent for his present.  But they didn't exactly know HOW to get the giraffe to Paris.  Finally, they decided she would walk.
People in France flocked to see La Giraffe!  She was very popular.  Her picture was everywhere-on clothes, dishes, store signs, windows.  Women even styled their hair in her honor (very high.)
The king grew even sadder that everyone saw HIS present before he did.
Finally, the king met the giraffe and was astounded!   He declared her the queen of the animals.
La Giraffe lived in the Paris zoo for the rest of her life.
In honor of La Giraffe, we spent the remainder of our class building a zoo.
We figured out what animals could be displayed together and built them enclosures.  Our zoo was absolutely fantastic.  We had an aquarium that Josh made.  Not to brag, but this aquarium had WHALES!!!   Julian spent his time gathering dinosaurs for his exhibit(yes, our zoo had dinosaurs).  Lily and Eden worked on a fantastical exhibit of unicorns and other horses.
Tayler designed an incredible giraffe enclosure.  She later kicked out the giraffes and let the gorillas move in.  (The giraffes moved to a smaller enclosure next door.) Naomi created the perfect enclosure for her cow and lizard.  They now live in perfect harmony.  Parley built an amphibian/reptile house.  All his creatures looked very content.  Vivian and Damsel spent their time building multiple cute animal enclosures.  There was even a pig with all her piglets.
These creative kiddos did great things.  I loved how they immediately started separating the animals into groups.  Lily made a huge cat family.  The horses found each other.  All the sea animals migrated together.  Our zoo was a smash.  At the end of class, we even found a LIVE caged animal.  We eventually let her go to lunch.
Next week, we will talk about Egypt and make a mummy.

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Cards, Love, and Bingo

There were some extraordinary Valentine cards passed out during class on Thursday.  It was so fun filling each other's Valentine pouches with cards and treats.  It was great to see the variety, especially the handmade cards. SOOOO cute!  Thanks for doing those.  It made for a fun class.

After exchanging cards, we each decorated a heart sugar cookie with frosting and sprinkles.  Then we played a game with Sweetheart candies.  Each child chose a candy with a word or phrase on it.  Then they were challenged to use the word or phrase in a sentence.  Such fun!

After that we read the book Guess How Much I Love You.  We enjoyed it!

Then we played Valentine Bingo.  Everyone got a bingo!! 

At that point all our classmates arrived back from their fire fieldtrip. They even brought us all fire fighter hats!! We caught them up with cookies and cards and then read the book, I'll Love You Forever. (I even made it through without crying!)  The reactions were hilarious.  They weren't too sure about a mom rocking a 9-year-old, teen, and then grown man?!?!  I had a similar reaction when I read it for the first time, especially, when the mom drives across town with a ladder atop her car, and climbs the ladder to the man's room.  He must be a heavy sleeper and have a very understanding wife and she must have super mom strength to maneuver the ladder.  But in the end, we agreed it was a very sweet, lovely story. 

Lastly, we played a marvelous, spirited game of charades.  They were all so GOOD!!  And they were excited to "go again!"  I promised them I would bring it back because there was just not enough time for a hundred rounds of charades.

Next week we will be reading a FANTASTIC story.  It's about a giraffe from Egypt.

Charades-baby with a pacifier (or did I even need to explain.)