Harvest and Hibernate

Thank you Farmer Roberts for the Hay Ride!!

We painted our hands and stamped our signatures, to make a large Candy Corns. We glued our "hand" made candy corns around a picture of our class on the tractor bed, then Miss Janalynn delivered the card with a fun scarecrow to Farmer Roberts. He was sure happy to see all our hand prints.

"Bear Snores" on, by Karma Wilson, was the BIG highlight of the week. I got a copy of the CD, and the children had a blast listening to the narrator, and listening for the chime, to turn the page.

Scarecrows also play a part during harvest time. They are supposed to scare away animals, so they don't eat the crops, and seeds. We found out that scarecrows aren't really that scary when we read the book, "The Lonely Scarecrow" by, Tim Preston. I was really proud of the children who could cut out the scarecrow. Some I helped, but for the most part, all the children at least tried. We did a lot of practicing on our cutting skills this week. I can see much improvement in just a short time.

Squirrels, rabbits, moles, and hedge hogs love to harvest nuts. "The Nutty Nut Chase" by Kathryn White, was a fun read about sharing. afterwards, we cracked open peanuts and smashed the shells, to decorate a large paper nut. The peanuts were fun to eat too.

Who's the Turkey?

Who ever thought you could make a turkey out of a pine cone. The kids thought it pretty neat to be able to. We looked at a lot of pictures of Turkeys, learned a funny Turkey poem and read a funny book called "Ten Fat Turkeys" by Tony Johnston. Tracing our hand is something we love to do. Some were surprised to see that you could make a turkey with their hand print. I've been finding hand traced turkeys all over my house now.