Medieval Make-Believe!

Our theme for the first 2 weeks of November was Medieval Make-Believe. Oh boy did the the kids LOVE it!! We voted on our favorite parts of the theme and these were the 2 winners:

1. Creating our crowns

2. Reading the story "The Frog Prince"

Runner-Up: studying our "King" card

In the story, "The Frog Prince" we learned about a Princess who was not a very good friend. She didn't keep her promises and did not like to share with her friends. We were able to extend the story lesson into everyday experiences. When a friend here didn't share a toy or tricked another friend, it was a chance to remind the children how it makes our friends feel when we behave that way. Which led to multiple discussions DAILY about ways to be a good friend.

These were all activities done on different days of the week. Everything pictured in the pictures is included in the Funshine Express curriculum that I use. I can't praise the curriculum enough. Everything that comes in the kits is so kid-friendly yet tied into school preparation.

Update on our changing trees project: Well it's the middle of November and we have 80 degree weather...... so there hasn't been much change in the trees, or any change at all really. We are hoping to see some colors in the next week or two. We are supposed to be get into the 60s. FINALLY! Sweaters, boots and scarves.

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Rain Rain Stay And Play!

I had a slight hiatus from the blog, But we are back in business!

As Funshine Express is great about incorporating the weather changes in their curriculum, we decided to take a nature walk around the neighborhood. We concluded during our morning meeting, the weather was "sunny but there were some clouds" so our meteorologist told us it was partly cloudy. "Partly cloudy and warm" to be exact! While playing out back Andy noticed that our trees are still green but the neighbor's tree was changing colors. Perfect opportunity for an extension! We decided to go on a nature walk and compare the neighborhood trees. While we on our walk and collecting leaves that have fallen, it began to sprinkle! There was no lightning or thunder so instead of running back to the house, we enjoyed the rain.  Elizabeth decided to use a large leaf as her "brella". Then we found a puddle. We watched as the small rain drops fell in the water and created ripples. We tried dropping different sized rocks to compare the ripples. Then of course the kids got to jump in the puddle before we headed inside. We extended the water experiment more when we got back into the house. We used a deep cookie sheet filled with water and dropped items of various weights and sizes and it was a blast to see what splashed and what didn't. As well as what made bigger ripples than other objects. Usually, here in South Georgia, when there is rain there is also lightning and thunder, so boy did we take advantage of the rain-only rain!