Fairy Tales

The last two weeks have been dedicated to a favorite topic-Fairy Tales. There are just so many that we needed a little more time than we usually spend on one subject. We did so much fun stuff! We wrote and illustrated our own tales (they really had the "Once Upon A Time" down-not so much with the "Happily Ever After" part), we made figures with salt clay that we later painted, we decorated Gingerbread Men, and we read TONS of stories. I really tried to find ones that were more uncommon so they would not be bored with same-old Cinderella. But your kids really know their tales! (A lot of the knowledge was attributed to the show "Super Why" by the kids). You can ask them about their favorites and see if they can tell any of them back to you. Storytelling is a great language skill!
Also, we started their "Counting Books." They have done One: Me! Two: Hands and Three: Billy Goats Gruff. This will go to ten-so keep adding in the pages as they come home and it will be a really cute book.