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Fall Part 2 - 11/1/2010

Welcome November!  This must be my favorite month.  I love the falling leaves, the apple cider, Thanksgiving, harvest... everything!

We are coming in for a new unit in our art and music appreciation.  Up this month... Norman Rockwell and Antonio Vivaldi.

Norman Rockwell is a lot of fun.  I thought that some of his home and family scenes would be fun to look at during the Thanksgiving season.  He gives one such a warm and cozy feeling.  I'm looking forward to learning about him more with Noah.

I still LOVE the Classical Kids Collection.  The Mozart CDs were fantastic, so we are going to continue our music appreciation by listening to Vivaldi's Ring of Mystery.  I also have his Four Seasons, and I'm hoping that we can talk about what is going on in each season, particularly Autumn.

Now, as it is the month of Thankfulness and harvest, we have a related new Bible verse.  This month we will begin with memorizing Psalm 136:1 - "Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good."  This will probably be too easy for Noah to focus on for an entire month, but we will continue to add to is as the month progresses.  Seeds Family Worship has a song for this verse called "His Love Endures" that we will listen to after our devotional time in the morning to solidify the verse in our heads.

And without further ado...

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
  • Seasonal - Pumpkin Bowling! (scroll down here to find out how)
  • Rotating (Music) - Play with our Melissa and Doug Band in a Box
  • Extra Activity - Sticker Sorting (like what we did last week, but I'll make a chart where he puts similar colors and/or shapes together)
  • Baby Box - baby gets stickers too!
Thursday
  • Seasonal - Read Fall Books
  • Rotating - Preschool
  • Extra Activity - Peanut Butter Playdough  (we didn't do this last week so we'll try again!)
  • Baby Box - PB Playdough for the baby as well
Friday
  • Seasonal - Make a bird feeder out of a pinecone, peanut butter, and birdseed
  • Rotating (Math) - Pumpkin Numbers Game (scroll down on this website to find)
  • Extra Activity - Sing fun fall songs
  • Baby Box - Wooden Blocks
Saturday
  • Science - Lesson in how a electric guitar amplifier works
Sunday Box
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