Thanksgiving Book

Today we went to Barnes and Noble to find a really good Thanksgiving Book. I have a few books from my teaching days but I wanted a really simplistic "I am thankful for" book. I need a book like this to better explain next week's activity. I found a book called "Thanks for Thanksgiving" and I love it. It simply states things kids are thankful for. I will read this book to her at least once a day between now and Thursday. On Monday I plan on starting our own Thankful Book. I will read the book and then help guide her to what she is thankful for each day until Thanksgiving. She will draw the picture and then I will record what she is thankful for under her picture. Because we are doing the same activity each day next week, I won't post everyday. I will just post our finished product at the end of the week.

Turkey Hand Feathers

I should really think of better names for the activities that I do. Names that sound exciting would be much better. I am not the most creative person in the world so these names work.

Today we completed our art project from yesterday. I made Audrey's project first. I did this for two reasons. First, Audrey is not able to use a glue stick yet. Second, I want Claire to be able to practice following directions from a model. Most of our projects allow her to do whatever she would like but sometimes it is good for her to see a finished project and follow directions from that. She did great! While Claire worked on the turkey Audrey painted with water on construction paper. She loved it! My friend gave me that idea and it was awesome and paint wasn't everywhere when we were done.

Scissors

Today we got ready for tomorrow's art project. I traced Claire and Audrey's hands on different colors of construction paper for our turkey project. They loved getting their hands traced! I cut out the hands while Claire practiced with her own scissors on construction paper. The scissors that came in my art tub are wonderful! They are totally plastic but still actually cut. I would highly recommend this art kit from Barnes and Noble. I got it super cheap at one of their table sales. It has everything you need!

The Big Book of Exclamation

Today we didn't have an activity. We read books and played without any structured activity time. And that was fun. However, I did want to mention this book that a speech therapist showed me. It is called The Big Book of Exclamation and it is a tool used to develop language. The pictures are awesome and it will be one of Claire's Christmas presents. Here is the website where you can purchase the book:

http://thebigbookofexclamations.com/

Jello

Today I decided it was again time for another cooking project. My original plan was for us to make pudding together. However I saw a box of jello in my cupboard and thought that would be something fun and different. (I also remembered that I had some oh-so-adorable individual jello molds.) Claire really enjoys cooking and baking with me but Audrey makes it a little more difficult. Today Audrey slept a little longer than usual and we were able to finish the whole project without any distractions. :)

Clearly something I did not think about was that Jello is not something that is ready immediately for tasting. Claire loved making it until she realized she couldn't eat it right away. The last picture is how our project ended. Perhaps pudding would have been better. :)