P is for Party

Adam spent this week celebrating his big brother!Jason's birthday took over most of our week activities. We spent our time preparing for a party! Shopping, decorating, wrapping...

Our story for the week was Curious George's Surprise Party. It shows George decorating for a party, making a cake, and then being surprised as the party was for him! Here's Adam's letter P.

Maybe you can see it better as Beth demonstrates...we have fun :)And then our week concluded with, what else, a party!

O is for Owl

Our book this week was Owl Moon. A child goes owling with her father. It's a beautifully written story and so simple, yet you find yourself on the edge of you seat waiting to hear an owl. We all practiced our owl calls - who, who, who, whoooooo. I also enjoyed reading many non-fiction books about owls. We looked at the snowy owl, barn owls, and many others. We learned that all owls have a facial disc, amazing eyesight, and excellent hearing. I also found it interesting that the fathers do most of the hunting to feed the young. It's so much work that by the time the babies are ready to hunt on their own, they are larger than their overworked dads. We didn't do many activities this week. It was really about getting back into a routine after the Christmas break. We did, however, go to the Discovery Science Center where Jason and Beth took a class on owls. They dissected an owl pellet. Actually, Jason dissected one. Beth thought it was too gross. As for Adam, he was too young for the class but we enjoyed playing in the museum. And a friend has collected owl pellets on her walks so maybe he'll get to dissect one himself soon enough.

N is for Noel

We're in Christmas mode so what else could N be but Noel? We are preparing for the birth of our Savior and enjoying every minute of it! We did take some time to talk about the letter N. And I'll admit, I thought I could also teach N is for numbers to fill in our activities. What was I thinking a week before Christmas??? We are enjoying plenty of Christmas activities and even read some of the books I got from the library with a counting theme but really this week was all about Noel, the birth of the Christ Child! Our book was Elvis Presley's The First Noel. I enjoyed singing this beautiful song accompanied by the beautiful pictures in the book and the singing voice of Beth (she loves to sing :)This week we also enjoyed a trip to the El Capitan Theatre with Grandma to see Tangled. I can't relate this to Noel or the letter N but it was a fun and very special part of our week :)Merry Christmas to all!