This month for the Virtual Book Club we read Mole Music (Live Oak Music Makers) by David McPhail and played musical instruments and listened to music. What you need: Computer to connect to YouTube, and instruments. We watched some videos of people playing instruments: The Piano Guys, LSO performs ‘Mothership’ (with example improvisers), and Shenandoah…
Today on the way to the bus it was a rush to find all the snow gear. Throwing on the coat and rushing to the door with hopes we would not miss the bus. Rose decided we needed to look for animal foot prints. Something we have done before. We did not see any. Rose…
After reading this great post by In Lieu of Preschool. My girls asked to so some big chalk activities. I said yes you we could. The after first time we read Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert, we went outside and did a chalk drawing. We started with a basic tree. We added leaves…
Today, I watched Mary play and do something she normally does with her sisters. She had a great time, but every time there was an easy path, she choose to do something harder. So some times the hard way is much more fun. Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com
We have been working on patterns. This week we used socks. Rose and Amelia have been putting on a different socks each day and making patterns out of them. This is also a great activity to do with the book Fox in Socks. They put the socks on and then decide what the pattern will…
Name: Longfellows Wayside Inn: Grist Mill Location: Sudbury, MA Website: http://www.wayside.org/guide/grist+mill Length of Stay: 45 minutes The Grist Mill is open from April to November. It is a great stop to see the workings of an historic water mill. Outside you can look around and see the waterwheel and the small pond and stream that…
The Little Red Hen is a class folktale story. It is one that is fun to read and learn from. We read the book and learned about making bread and the steps that we did. We read The Little Red Hen (Little Golden Book) and then made bread. Amelia put the ingredients in the mixer….
It was like any other day. I was cleaning up and the tissue box was empty. I cut out the box top and got ready to throw it away. M took it from my hand and walked away. I came back 10 minutes later to see her using it as her camera. M was walking…