Here are our themes for the week, all of which went into the Word Box, as usual.
Our M poems for the week from An Alphabet of Catholic Saints and God's Alphabet
~Circle Time~
I don't seem to have a photo of the girls with their O Show and Tell and mystery sound pouch items...
Songs and Rhymes
Old Woman who Swallowed a Fly
Old Mother Hubbard
Old Woman in a Basket
Old King Cole
One, Two, Buckle my Shoe
Old Woman, Old Woman
~Foods for O Week~
orange chicken - in the freezer section at Trader Joe's!
oat-banana pancakes and omelettes
We also had plenty of oranges and orange juice, and we had an oriental stir-fry one night. We had lots of oatmeal and oat bran for breakfast, as usual, and of course, the girls enjoyed olives!
Tea Time pictures are below, with our owl learning!
~Letter Formation~
forming letter Oo using playdough
writing O's in cornmeal
Cut and Paste O Collage
~Flower Fairy for Letter O: Orchis~
Caroline's Mallow flower fairy page from the Flower Fairies coloring book
~Saint for Letter O: St. Odilia~
Illustrating St. Martin
finished copywork and illustration
~In the Book Baskets~
~Picture Study: O is for Ox~
~ABC Virtue of the Week: Obedience~
These are virtue coloring sheets found here. Using the great idea of another Catholic homeschooling mom, I am reading Caroline a relevant story from this sweet little book full of stories with morals to them.
~God's Alphabet Poem: O is for Offering~
Caroline's copywork from the O poem in God's Alphabet
~O is for Owls~
We made these owl cupcakes as a treat to have for tea time! The girls put the eyes and beaks on after I frosted the cupcakes.
They turned out pretty cute, huh? But a warning... just so other people are aware of the potential issues if they attempt any projects that I post pictures of... I had the hardest time getting the Oreos to come apart with the frosting still intact on just one side! You are supposed to use the side of the Oreo with the frosting as the eye, and then place an M & M or a Junior Mint on it. Well, I had to use a serrated knife to try to get the frosting to stay on just one side of the cookie. That caused lots of cookie crumbs to get in the frosting and made it take awhile to get them all assembled. But, the end result was very yummy!! Anyway, the tufts are just one of the non-frosted halves of the Oreos covered with the chocolate frosting. So the ingredients needed are: Oreos, cupcakes, chocolate frosting, brown and yellow M & Ms (although one of our owls ended up with green eyes once we ran out of browns!).
~Tea Time~
She did eat her entire cupcake, of course! We used a basic butter cake recipe from our King Arthur whole grains cookbook, along with chocolate cream cheese frosting.
~Cooking Project: O is for Orange Cinnamon Rolls~
Here's the dough all baked up and overflowing out of the peel!
~Indoor Movement Activity (on a rainy day!): O is for Obstacle Course~
2 comments:
A long blogging break and not liking certain tastes currently...hmmmm..... ;)
I just made an "O" week list today in a waiting room and had "obstacle course" on it. :)
mmmm...orange chicken...
Caroline's copywork is really improving! I remember you posting stuff that could barely be read at all not too long ago! Her printing is better than Kain's, haha!
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