Here are our themes for the week, all of which went into the Word Box, as usual.
Our K poems for the week from An Alphabet of Catholic Saints and God's Alphabet
~Circle Time~
Songs and Rhymes
Old King Cole
Sing a Song of Sixpence (on the "King" theme again)
Seasonal (for Advent):
See the Candles Burning Bright
Advent is a Time...
Waiting for Jesus
Come Thou Long Expected Jesus
O Come O Come Emmanuel
Mary echo pantomime (of the Annunciation/Visitation)
St. Nicholas pantomime and song
~Foods for K Week~
Chicken a la king - first time making this, and I didn't care for it, even though it had a whole stick of butter in it!
We also had kale chips and Kix cereal. I also would have liked to have had kielbasa, but I like to avoid nitrites and couldn't find any without it. Maybe at Trader Joe's? I'll have to look when we are there over Christmas... Also, I should have made Korean BBQ - so, so yummy - how could I have forgotten it????
~Tea Time~
Rambo enjoys tea time (I swear, she does this headband thing herself!)
Here's a close-up of the teatime snacks... they also had some blueberry tea (what, no kiwi tea?!?)
~Letter Formation~
forming letter Kk using playdough
writing K's in cornmeal
Cut and Paste K Collage... Caroline also noted that "kids" is a K word, although she didn't write it down by their images on the K collage
Punch Out the Letter - Capital and Lowercase Kk
~Flower Fairy for Letter K: Kingcup~
Caroline coloring her flower fairy page from the Flower Fairies coloring book
Caroline's completed Kingcup Fairy
~Saint for Letter K: Blessed Kateri~
painted Blessed Kateri
Copywork from An Alphabet of Catholic Saints and illustrating Blessed Kateri
Caroline's completed work
~In the Book Baskets~
Favorites for Letter K:
Liturgical Year and Religious K Books:
various other Advent/Christmas books
~Picture Study: K is for Kiss~
Caroline drew the painting Virgin and Child by Dieric Bouts, which shows Mary and the infant Jesus sharing an intimate moment.
Caroline's work next to the original
~ABC Virtue of the Week: Kindness~
Cecilia wanted a kindness picture as well... here it is, alongside an Our Lady of Guadalupe picture that she helped to color. She got to use markers, and oh, how she loves them! She will sit for a long time and thinks she must cover every bit of white space - well, that is what real artists do, isn't it? ;) I know somebody who's getting washable markers for her third birthday! Caroline was so concerned that Cecilia would run out her blue marker while doing the kindness picture!
Caroline's copywork from the K poem in God's Alphabet
~Activities for K Week~
Another silent k... knitting!!!
Finger knitting, that is
I should have also taken a photo of her with the finished product, but it is already wrapped up now... I will try to get one after Cecilia opens it! I found the directions for how to finger knit on this Youtube video. It was really easy, and the directions are very clear.
~Cooking Project: K is for Three Little Kittens Cookies~
Mixing the dough...
...rolling it out...
...using the letter K cutter to cut out cookies (we also used a cat shape - from Halloween, but oh well - and I freehanded a mitten shape)...
...lifting the cookies to a baking sheet...
...adding some "pie filling," aka jelly...
The kittens got their mittens pretty messy eating that pie! ;) They even got some on their paws and on a few Ks!
Yum!
~Chores/Practical Life: K is for Kitchen~
unloading the dishwasher
I've never heard of finger knitting. That is so cool. I am dying to learn how to crochet and knit. I want to make the girls leggins for ballet. Love to learn how to finger knit! You find the best stuff!
ReplyDeleteMaking ballet leggings would be so cool! I added a link to the Youtube finger knitting video in the post... it was really clear and easy to understand! Here's the address again since I still have it copied and can paste it right in: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3LKAlDz9ig
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