Again, with the reading

Have I mentioned how S drags his feet when it comes to reading? This is working for now, for reading, I'm making him randomly get a book a couple times during the day and read me a page or two out of it. He's reading more and more (cereal boxes, signs, from things Babe and I spell aloud to each other, t-shirts, etc.) and he gets excited when he reads those things. But "reading time" is a battle. Whatever.


Sometimes Carter and I sit down to read and S wants the attention so he asks to read with me. Those days are nice! 

The Moon

We talked about the moon in science group yesterday. I had a plastic ball globe and a golf ball we used as the moon to talk about orbit.  Then we talked about how the moon is not a light source. We learned different phases of the moon (new, crescent, quarter, gibbous, full) and put together a worksheet. We talked about the surface of the moon: it has mountains, valleys, craters, etc. All the info and the worksheet came from this website. We finished up with a moon snack: pb&j sandwiches cut into full moons, quarter moons, crescent moons and gibbous moons with a biscuit cutter.

Did you know that the footprints left by the boots of the Apollo astronauts with be visible on the moon for over 10 billion years because there is no erosion on the moon? Interesting fact I picked up yesterday. I guess I never thought about it before:)

Thankful Turkeys

We made these turkeys last week. We used the idea off of The Crafty Crow who found it on Preschool Daze (which the link actually takes you to).

Jett may have only been trying to get my attention, but I heard "Mommy" when I asked him what he was thankful for!