I got behind on sharing our journal pages to go with each letter. Then our internet with out for a week and a half and I got behind on everything. You can click on the tag name "Journals" on the side (or click here to see the beginning of the year and the A-F journal pages). Here's a post about the journals and how we're using them.
Sorry these aren't printable as some of the past ones are... I can't seem to get it all figured out.
Here's G: Watch me grow. I'll measure them again at the end of the year.
H: draw hat and hair (this person outline is from: Inchmark)
-crazy hair
-sweet piggy tails
-egg head?
-Indian hat?
I: My insect
J: What gift would you bring baby Jesus: (Lalaloopsy dolls were popular for Jesus)
k: What is in the kangaroo's pouch? (Here's our kangaroo day Part 1 Part 2)
L: I love _____
M: My mom...
-This poor mom isn't 38! I'm not sure she'd want us thinking she is.
-But neither is this mom 14.
A lot of the kids like to free draw in their journals too. Here on of my little friends practiced her number 8s.
This poor little friend has a house fire on Christmas Eve and drew about it almost everyday for two weeks.
If they tell me something to write by the picture, I do. They all seem to want this narration now.
If you knew this friend, you'd understand!
We had a fun green eggs and ham day at school. This snack is actually from Bee's book party, but isn't it perfect for this day?
My co teacher taught this day, but I just loved all the things she did with the book. Here, the kids are doing an egg experiment. They made predictions about how high the block tower would have to get for the egg to crack when knocked off. They guessed low. We tried it and added more blocks and tried again and added more.
Until we got to 25 and I had to help hold the tower. Then the egg finally cracked when flicked off the top.
Then we cooked green eggs and ham. I had good fresh green farm eggs at home but didn't even think to bring them in to show the kids. They probably haven't seen green eggs.
The kids all sat around and watched as we cooked them up on an electric skillet. Green food coloring was added to make them green. Chopped pieces of ham were added to make them... hammy. The kids liked them. They liked them in a box and with a fox.
Mostly unrelated, but on my Gg day, we played with green gak. It's an easy recipe. I chose to make it up ahead of time, but it could be made with the class.
Here's the quick version of how you make it- there are some great tutorials out there, if you need photos in your directions.
GAK
Mix equal parts water and white school glue (can use the gel school glue too). I made 2 c each. Mix this well.
Mix warm water (about 2 c) with 2 T borax. Stir well until dissolved. Borax is with the laundry supplies at the store.
In small batches, like 1/3 cup at a time, pour the glue mixture into the water and borax mix. Each time, working that glue mix up and kneading it and removing it prior to adding the next 1/3 cup of glue. Keep using that same borax and water solution. Add food coloring to the gak mixture if desired. Store nicely in a baggie or airtight container.
That mix made up enough for 20 baggies. I included a safety note with mine since i sent it home when we were done playing.
Will remove varnish from wooded chairs! Just saying!
