"Y" week

Part of me is sad to be coming to the end of our letters, part of me is ready.  It's been a great year, we've learned a lot, and I feel like I've done a lot of work that benefited us this year and will potentially benefit us in future years with other children.  Lately I've been thinking about the coming year and what I'd like to accomplish with Gemma and Kolbe when it comes to learning at home...all the while keeping in mind we have a third little one joining our family here in a about 6 weeks.  I've found a lot of great resources, and thought a lot about our daily routine, and am confident (?? maybe that's a strong word...) that we'll be able to continue learning together, even if our "schedule" isn't quite as structured as it was with our Letters of the Week (and believe me, that "structure" has evolved as the year has gone by and our needs have changed and shifted).  But I'm getting ahead of myself now.  I plan on posting in the next couple weeks about some ideas for the future, but for now, our "Y" Week activities and books included:

• "Y" is for "Yes, Lord!"  Another great activity/craft from Catholic Icing.  Have I mentioned that I am so glad I own this book?!!
• Month by Month a Year Goes Round -  great rhyming book that talks about the changing days, months and seasons of the year.
• Just Like You -  A very sweet, multicultural book that talks about babies from all around the world.
• We had fun singing "Yankee Doodle" with this book.
• We looked at a great picture book about Yellowstone National Park and discussed the various things we saw.
• We enjoyed Yellow: Seeing Yellow All Around Us (our version from the library was just in English) and did this Y/Yellow/Yarn craft from DLTK.
• We're almost to the end of A is for Altar, B is for Bible and Museum ABC.  These have both been great resources throughout the year.