We checked out several weather books from the library, including:
Oh Say Can You Say What's the Weather Today (very cute...takes big/tougher concepts and puts them in Seuss form. Who can argue with that?!)
We also got What Will the Weather Be? and It's Science "Weather" which were a bit above Gemma, but still gave us some great things to discuss.
I also checked out Crafts for Kids Who Are Learning About Weather, and we did one craft from it. This is a cool book, I can definitely see using some of the other crafts in the future.
Here are some great weather printables from DLTK.
"W" is for "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands"
Gemma has always liked this song a bunch. We looked at and talked about our My World book and checked out this version of "He's Got the Whole World" from the library (it was very nice I thought). We sang the song (making up lots of our own verses, Gemma got a kick out of that) and did this craft from Catholic Icing. Both kids had fun, I think this is probably one of my favorite crafts that we've done all year. They turned out so cute. Too bad Kolbe ripped the pinky off of his picture and I can't find it. So much for keepsakes. ;-D
"W" Crackers!!
We made some "W" (and square) CRACKERS (click link for recipe). I got a new hand mixer for my birthday as my stand mixer wasn't working very well, and honestly I just didn't use it that much. We didn't have room to store it in the kitchen, and hauling it out and cleaning it up when done was just a task that made me totally unmotivated to really ever use it (read: lazy). The hand mixer is so easy, I find I am pulling it out lots more often, much to Gemma's (my faithful and eager kitchen helper) delight.
A project we didn't get to but I'd like to remember for the future:
"W" is for Watermelon
Read Watermelon Wishes and do this cute watermelon craft from DLTK.
And a few other "W" books we liked:
Wombat Walkabout
Little Whistle
I Like Wind
Day by Day a Week Goes Round
And a few other "W" books we liked:
Wombat Walkabout
Little Whistle
I Like Wind
Day by Day a Week Goes Round
Three letters (and weeks) to go! We're looking forward to the Summer Reading Program at the library about the time we wrap up with our letters, and I've been thinking/working on some plans and ideas for summer and next school year (that's another post in and of itself). I've got all our "Letter of the Week" posts organized under my "Learning at Home" tab at the top of the page if you're interested. I decided that the better record I kept of all this, the easier it would be to possibly replicate it with future children. We shall see...
3 comments:
I don't know what I'd do without my stand mixer. I use it almost every day and sometimes two or three times a day! But it does take up a lot of space.
what are you going to do with your stand mixer do you think you will get rid of it?? If so I have a friend who is wanting to buy one.
Honestly, I couldn't in good conscience sell it to anyone, it just really works that poorly. Plus, I am hanging onto the glass bowl that came with it as it works great as a mixing bowl for the hand mixer. Thanks for checking though!!
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