Nursery Rymes - 3

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star and Star Light, Star Bright were the rhymes we focused on this week.

We worked on a simple star mobile where Emma traced a large star cookie cutter then used puffy paint to trace the star shape.  We cut them out and used different length strings to add them to a coat hanger.

We did some extra tracing work.

We read several books that I have in my space unit stockpile. 

Continuing to fill up our Nursery Rhyme Notebook and have just a few more to go until school is done.  Of course I will still do school in summer cause I am mean like that!  (Don't worry the girls love it.)  Thanks for checking out some of what we have been doing. 

Side note:  If any local friends ever do a space unit and need books to supplement I have quiet a few.

Scarecrow Pete

I love all things fall! For some reason my creativity abounds more in fall than any other time and my crafting comes out for my kids to enjoy.  This month we have been focusing on all things fall and we read the book Scarecrow Pete by Mark Kimball Moulton. It is an incredibly cute book about how a boy makes a friend in the garden and how his friend Scarecrow Pete helps him learn to love reading.

Supplies you will need:

• small mason type canning jar with lid and ring
• small square of off white cloth
• small amount of batting
• fabric paint or markers
• hat, nose and necktie for scarecrow

I really don't think I need to explain how to make the craft as it is pretty self explanatory and if you have any crafting ability, believe me when I say you can do this one.

I printed out a bunch of bible verses to put inside and each day we will take time to read one.  During the month of November we will write on a slip of paper something we are thankful for and put it inside Pete.  Overall it was a fun craft, a cute book and it is my prayer that the greatest book of all makes a permanent mark in my kids lives. Thanks for reading.

I am linking up to stArt at A Mommy's Adventures and Kids Get Crafty at Red Ted Art.

stArt - The runaway pancake

This week we read and listened to the book Marsupial Sue Presents "The Runaway Pancake" by John Lithgow. We did some gingerbread man activities this week and from my perspective this story has a similar storyline to the famous Gingerbread man story.

For the craft we simply painted a paper plate and added some googly eyes, a nose and a mouth. (I added some feet though the runaway pancake only rolled in the book.)


We also made some Puffy Oven Pancakes for dinner.



It was a great way to bring a fun story to life. The only down side is that once you have listened to the audio book you get the song stuck in your head.

Check out how others bring books to life at A Mommy's Adventure.