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WINTER

Artist: Van Gogh

Music: Vivaldi

Themes:

JanuarySnow and Forest

FebruaryThe Night Sky

March/AprilServing God and Others
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WINTERBOOKLISTLIBRARY? OWN?

Stopping by Woods on Snowy Evening illustrated by Susan Jeffers

The Story of the Snow Children by Sibylle Von Olfers

Zin Zin Zin a Violin by Lloyd Moss

Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton

Night in the Countryby Cynthia Rylant

Possum Magicby Mem Fox

Vincents Colorsby Vincent Van Gogh and the Metropolitan Museum of Art

One Snowy Night by Nick Butterworth

Miss Rumphiusby Barbary Cooney

Papa Piccoloby Carol Talley

Gabriellas Songby Candace Fleming

The Clown of God by Tommie DePaola


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JANUARY

Theme: Snow

Hymn: Holy, Holy, Holy

Poem: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Storytelling: The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids


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STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING

by Robert Frost

Whose woods these are I think I know.

His house is in the village though;

He will not see me stopping here

To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer

To stop without a farmhouse near

Between the woods and frozen lake

The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake

To ask if there is some mistake.

The only other sound's the sweep

Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.

But I have promises to keep,

And miles to go before I sleep,

And miles to go before I sleep.


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HOLY,HOLY,HOLY

Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee;

Holy, Holy, Holy! Merciful and Mighty!

God in Three Persons, blessed Trinity!

Holy, Holy, Holy! all the saints adore Thee,

Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;

Cherubim and Seraphim falling down before Thee,

Which wert, and art, and evermore shalt be.

Holy, Holy, Holy! though the darkness hide Thee,

Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see:

Only Thou art holy, there is none beside Thee,

Perfect in power, in love, and purity.

Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!

All Thy works shall praise thy name in earth and sky and sea;

Holy, Holy, Holy! Merciful and Mighty!

God in Three Persons, blessed Trinity!


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THE WOLF AND THE SEVEN YOUNG KIDS

Once upon a time there was an old goat. She had seven little kids, and loved them all, just as a mother

loves her children. One day she wanted to go into the woods to get some food. So she called all seven

to her and said, "Children dear, I am going into the woods. Be on your guard for the wolf. If he gets in,

he will eat up all of you all, even your skin and hair. The villain often disguises himself, but you will

recognize him at once by his rough voice and his black feet."

The kids said, "Mother dear, we will take care of ourselves. You can go away without any worries."

Then the old one bleated, and went on her way with her mind at ease.

It was not long before someone knocked at the door and called out, "Open the door, children dear,

your mother is here, and has brought something for each one of you."

But the little kids knew from the rough voice that it was the wolf.

"We will not open the door," they cried out. "You are not our mother. She has a soft and gentle voice,

but your voice is rough. You are the wolf."

So the wolf went to a shopkeeper and bought himself a large piece of chalk, which he ate, making his

voice soft. Then he came back and knocked at the door, calling out, "Open the door, children dear.

Your mother is here and has brought something for each one of you."

But the wolf laid one of his black paws inside the window. The children saw it and cried out, "We will

not open the door. Our mother does not have a black foot like you. You are the wolf."

So the wolf ran to a baker and said, "I have sprained my foot. Rub some dough on it for me." After the

baker had rubbed dough on his foot, the wolf ran to the miller and said, "Sprinkle some white flour on

my foot for me."

The miller thought, "The wolf wants to deceive someone," and refused to do it, so the wolf said, "If you

will not do it, I will eat you up." That frightened the miller, and he made his paw white for him. Yes,

that is the way people are.

Now the villain went for a third time to the door, knocked at it, and said, "Open the door for me,

children. Your dear little mother has come home, and has brought every one of you something from

the woods."

The little kids cried out, "First show us your paw so we may know that you are our dear little mother."

So he put his paw inside the window, and when they saw that it was white, they believed thateverything he said was true, and they opened the door. But who came in? It was the wolf. They were

terrified and wanted to hide. One jumped under the table, the second into the bed, the third into the

stove, the fourth into the kitchen, the fifth into the cupboard, the sixth under the washbasin, and the

seventh into the clock case. But the wolf found them all, and with no further ado he swallowed them

down his throat, one after the other. However, he did not find the youngest kid, the one who was in

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After satisfying his appetite he went outside and lay down under a tree in the green meadow and fell

asleep.

Soon afterward the old goat came home from the woods. Oh, what a sight she saw there. The door

stood wide open. Table, chairs, and benches were tipped over. The washbasin was in pieces. The

covers and pillows had been pulled off the bed. She looked for her children, but they were nowhere

to be found. She called them by name, one after the other, but no one answered. When she at lastcame to the youngest, a soft voice cried out, "Mother dear, I am hiding in the clock case. She took it

out, and it told her that the wolf had come and had eaten up all the others. You can just imagine how

she cried for her poor children.

Finally in her despair she went outside, and the youngest kid ran with her. They came to the meadow,

and there lay the wolf by the tree, snoring so loudly that the branches shook. She looked at him from

all sides and saw that something was moving and jiggling inside his full belly.

"Good gracious," she thought. "Is it possible that my poor children, whom he has swallowed down for

his supper, can still be alive?"

The mother goat sent the kid home and to fetch scissors, and a needle and thread, and then she cut

open the monster's paunch. She had scarcely made one cut, before a little kid stuck its head out, and

as she continued to cut, one after the other all six jumped out, and they were all still alive. They were

not even hurt, for in his greed the monster had swallowed them down whole. How happy they were!

They hugged their dear mother, and jumped about like a tailor on his wedding day.

But the mother said, "Go now and look for some big stones. We will fill the godless beast's stomach

with them while he is still asleep."

The seven kids quickly brought the stones, and they put as many as many of them into his stomach as

it would hold. Then the mother hurriedly sewed him up again. He was not aware of anything and

never once stirred.

The wolf finally awoke and got up onto his legs. Because the stones in his stomach made him verythirsty, he wanted to go to a well and get a drink. But when he began to walk and to move about, the

stones in his stomach knocked against each other and rattled.

Then he cried out:

What rumbles and tumbles,

Inside of me.

I thought it was kids,

But it's stones that they be.

When he got to the well and leaned over the water to drink, the heavy stones pulled him in, and he

drowned miserably.

When the seven kids saw what had happened, they ran up and cried out, "The wolf is dead! The wolf

is dead!" And with their mother they danced for joy around about the well.


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FEBRUARY

Theme: The Night Sky

Hymn: What a Friend We Have in Jesus

Poem: The Moon

Storytelling: Johnny and the Three Goats


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THE MOON

byRobertLouis Stevenson

The moon has a face like the clock in the hall;

She shines on thieves on the garden wall,

On streets and fields and harbour quays,

And birdies asleep in the forks of the trees.

The squalling cat and the squeaking mouse,

The howling dog by the door of the house,

The bat that lies in bed at noon,

All love to be out by the light of the moon.

But all of the things that belong to the day

Cuddle to sleep to be out of her way;

And flowers and children close their eyes

Till up in the morning the sun shall arise.
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WHAT AFRIEND WE HAVE INJESUS

What a friend we have in Jesus,

all our sins and griefs to bear!

What a privilege to carry

everything to God in prayer!

O what peace we often forfeit,

O what needless pain we bear,

all because we do not carry

everything to God in prayer.

Have we trials and temptations?

Is there trouble anywhere?

We should never be discouraged;

take it to the Lord in prayer.Can we find a friend so faithful

who will all our sorrows share?

Jesus knows our every weakness;

take it to the Lord in prayer.

Are we weak and heavy laden,

cumbered with a load of care?

Precious Savior, still our refuge;

take it to the Lord in prayer.

Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?

Take it to the Lord in prayer!In his arms he'll take and shield thee;

thou wilt find a solace there.


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JOHNNY AND THE THREE GOATS

Every morning Johnny drove his three goats to pasture and every evening when the

sun was going to bed he brought them home.

One morning he set off bright and early, driving the goats before him and whistling

as he trudged along. Just as he reached Mr. Smith's turnip field what should he see

but a broken board in the fence. The goats saw it too, and in they skipped and began

running round and round the field, stopping now and then to nip off the tops of the

tender young turnips.

Johnny knew that would never do. Picking up a stick, he climbed through the fence

and tried to drive the goats out. But never were there such provoking goats. Round

and round they went, not once looking toward the hole in the fence. Johnny ran and

ran and ran till he could run no farther, and then he crawled through the hole in the

fence and sat down beside the road and began to cry.

Just then who should come down the road but the fox.

"Good morning, Johnny!" said he. "What are you crying about?"

"I'm crying because I can't get the goats out of the turnip field," said Johnny.

"Oh, don't cry about that," said the fox. "I'll drive them out for you."

So over the fence leaped the fox, and round and round the turnip field he ran after

the goats. But no, they would not go out. They flicked their tails and shook their

heads and away they went, trampling down the turnips until you could hardly have

told what had been growing in the field.

The fox ran till he could run no more. Then he went over and sat down beside

Johnny, and he began to cry.

Down the road came a rabbit. "Good morning, Fox," said he. "What are you cryingabout?"

"I'm crying because Johnny is crying," said the fox, "and Johnny is crying because he

can't get the goats out of the turnip field."

"Oh, don't cry about that," said the rabbit. "I'll chase them out for you."


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Through the fence hopped the rabbit, and round and round the field he chased the

goats, but they would not go out, and finally the rabbit gave up the chase and went

out into the road and sat down beside the fox, and he began to cry.

Just then a bee came buzzing along over the tops of the flowers.

When she saw the rabbit she said, "Good morning, Bunny, what are you crying

about?"

"I'm crying because the fox is crying," said the rabbit, "and the fox is crying because

Johnny is crying, and Johnny is crying because he can't get the goats out of the turnip

field."

"Don't cry about that," said the bee, "I'll soon get them out for you."

"You!" said the rabbit, "a little thing like you drive the goats out, when neither

Johnny, nor the fox, nor I can get them out?" And he laughed at the very idea of such

a thing.

"Watch me," said the bee, and over the fence she flew and buzz-zz-zz she went right

in the ear of the biggest goat.

The goat shook his head and tried to brush away the bee, but the bee only flew to

the other ear and buzz-zz-zz she went, until the goat thought there must be some

dreadful thing in the turnip field, so out through the hole in the fence he went, and

ran down the road to his pasture.

The bee flew over to the second goat and buzz-zz she went first in one ear and then

in the other, until that goat was willing to follow the other through the fence and

down the road to the pasture.

The bee flew after the third goat and buzzed first in one ear and then in the other

until he too was glad to follow the others.

"Thank you, little bee," said Johnny, and, wiping away his tears, he hurried down the

road to put the goats in the pasture.


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MARCH/APRIL

Theme: Serving God and Others

Hymn: Amazing Grace

Poem: The Camels Hump

Storytelling: The Real Princess


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THE CAMELS HUMP

byRudyard KiplingThe Camel's hump is an ugly lump

Which well you may see at the Zoo;

But uglier yet is the hump we get

From having too little to do.

Kiddies and grown-ups too-oo-oo,

If we haven't enough to do-oo-oo,

We get the hump-

Cameelious hump-

The hump that is black and blue!

We climb out of bed with a frouzly head,

And a snarly-yarly voice.

We shiver and scowl and we grunt and we growl

At our bath and our boots and our toys;

And there ought to be a corner for me

(And I know' there is one for you)

When we get the hump-

Cameelious hump-


The cure for this ill is not to sit still,

Or frowst with a book by the fire;

But to take a large hoe and a shovel also,

And dig till you gently perspire;

And then you will find that the sun and the wind,

And the Djinn of the Garden too,

Have lifted the hump-

The horrible hump-


I get it as well as you-oo-oo-

If I haven't enough to do-oo-oo!

We all get hump-

Cameelious hump-

Kiddies and grown-ups too!
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AMAZING GRACE

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,

That saved a wretch like me.

I once was lost but now am found,Was blind, but now I see.

T'was Grace that taught my heart to fear.

And Grace, my fears relieved.

How precious did that Grace appear

The hour I first believed.

Through many dangers, toils and snares

I have already come;

'Tis Grace that brought me safe thus far

and Grace will lead me home.

The Lord has promised good to me.

His word my hope secures.

He will my shield and portion be,

As long as life endures.

Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail,

And mortal life shall cease,

I shall possess within the veil,

A life of joy and peace.

When we've been here ten thousand years

Bright shining as the sun.

We've no less days to sing God's praise

Than when we've first begun.


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THE REAL PRINCESS

There was once a Prince who wished to marry a Princess; but then she must be a

real Princess. He travelled all over the world in hopes of finding such a lady; but

there was always something wrong. Princesses he found in plenty; but whether theywere real Princesses it was impossible for him to decide, for now one thing, now

another, seemed to him not quite right about the ladies. At last he returned to his

palace quite cast down, because he wished so much to have a real Princess for his

wife.

One evening a fearful tempest arose, it thundered and lightened, and the rain

poured down from the sky in torrents: besides, it was as dark as pitch. All at once

there was heard a violent knocking at the door, and the old King, the Prince's father,

went out himself to open it.

It was a Princess who was standing outside the door. What with the rain and the

wind, she was in a sad condition; the water trickled down from her hair, and her

clothes clung to her body. She said she was a real Princess.

"Ah! we shall soon see that!" thought the old Queen-mother; however, she said not

a word of what she was going to do; but went quietly into the bedroom, took all the

bed-clothes off the bed, and put three little peas on the bedstead. She then laid

twenty mattresses one upon another over the three peas, and put twenty feather

beds over the mattresses.

Upon this bed the Princess was to pass the night.

The next morning she was asked how she had slept. "Oh, very badly indeed!" she

replied. "I have scarcely closed my eyes the whole night through. I do not know

what was in my bed, but I had something hard under me, and am all over black and

blue. It has hurt me so much!"

Now it was plain that the lady must be a real Princess, since she had been able to

feel the three little peas through the twenty mattresses and twenty feather beds.

None but a real Princess could have had such a delicate sense of feeling.

The Prince accordingly made her his wife; being now convinced that he had found

a real Princess. The three peas were however put into the cabinet of curiosities,

where they are still to be seen, provided they are not lost.

Wasn't this a lady of real delicacy?


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JANUARY SUMMARY

JANUARY:

Snow

Book of the

Week

Adventure Art Baking

Day

Activity Your Ideas

God's World Stopping By

Woods on a

Snowy Evening

Snow Hike Snowy

Watercolors

Around the

World

Katy and the

Big Snow

Compass

Treasure

Hunt

Snowball

Snack

Block City

A Beautiful

World

Zin Zin Zin, A

Violin

Musical Art Homemade

Band

Extra The Story of the

Snow Children

Snowy

ScenePainting

Snow

Flakes

Inside

Snow Play

Supplies Needed: Watercolors, tape, large sheet brown paper, wooden blocks, assorted household items, plastic tub,

shaving cream, white glue.

Ingredients Needed: hot chocolate, marshmallows, salt, dates, cocoa powder, shredded coconut, nuts, tortilla, powdered

sugar.


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FEBRUARY SUMMARY

FEBRUARY:

Night/Stars

Book of the

Week

Baking Day Activity Art Adventure

God's World Night in theCountry ZucchiniMoons

(Pretend Soup

pg 47)

Starry NightPlay dough

Night TimeAdventure

Around the

World

Possum

Magic

Lamingtons Invisible

Art

A Beautiful

World

Vincents

Colors

Sew a Starry

Sky

Paint a

Still Life

Visit a

Planetarium

My World One Snowy

Night

Constellation

Search

Starry

Night Art

Supplies Needed: glitter or sequins, white crayon/oil pastel, cross stitch hoop, black cross stitch fabric, blunt plastic

needle, yellow embroidery floss, construction paper, yellow/gold do-a-dot marker,

Ingredients Needed: Flour, cream of tartar, oil, table salt, black and/or blue food coloring


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MARCH SUMMARY

MARCH:

Serving God

and Others

Book of the

Week

Baking Day Activity Art Adventure

God's WorldMiss

Rumphius FlowerArranging Fence Weaving

Around the

World

Papa Piccolo Pizza (Pretend

Soup pg 86)

Nature Study on

Cats

Daddy Date

My World Gabriellas

SongHomemade

Pasta

Sink or

Float/Boat

Activity

Extra The Clown of

GodBagel Faces

(Pretend Soup

pg 22)

A Rainbow for

God

Paint like

DePaulo

Supplies needed: Flowers, small pitcher, small vase, assorted ribbons and strips of fabric, assorted household items thatfloat or sink, construction paper, watercolors

Ingredients needed: Eggs, yeast, flour, pizza toppings, sauce, cheese, bagels, cream cheese, assorted veggies


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JANUARY

Snow Hike:

Bundle up and go for a hike. You may not be able to stay out as long as you would in

other seasons but there should still be things to see and explore. Try making tracks

in the snow. Talk about what you hear (or dont hear).

Snowy Watercolors:

Using tape (painters or masking), mask off tree shapes on paper. Paint over entire

page with cool/winter colored watercolors (blues, purple, grey, etc). Sprinkle salt

over page. Salt should create a textured effect that resembles snow. Remove tape toreveal white tree shapes. Youve made yourself a snowy forest!

Compass Treasure Hunt:

Act as a compass to help your preschooler find some treasure while familiarizingthem with the concept of directions. Hide a baggie with hot chocolate mix and

marshmallows outside. Using your arms as a needle, point and say a direction(North, East, etc) and tell your child to take X # steps. Vary the type of step (big

steps, walk backwards, hop) and remember, you dont need to take the most directroute. Continue until your child reaches the treasure then hurry inside to warm up

and enjoy your treat.

Snow Ball Snack:

Place cup dates, teaspoons vanilla, 2 Tablespoons cocoa powder, 2Tablespoons shredded coconut, and cup of nuts of your choice in a food

processor until mixture looks relatively homogenous. Roll into small balls. If mixturedoesnt hold together well, try adding teaspoon water at a time. Roll balls in more

shredded coconut or powdered sugar. Eat and enjoy!

Block City:

Lay down a large piece of brown paper. Using wooden blocks, set up a city. Make

sure you include the places you often visit: church, library, post office, grocerystore, etc. Add roads with markers. You arent trying to make a real map, just talk

about the places in your community. If you want to add a compass, feel free.

Musical Art:

Pick out several selections of classical music and your medium of choice (pastels,

crayons or paint would all work well). Play each for a short time then ask your

preschool how that makes them feel and how they could draw/color thatfast, slow,


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bright colors for happy songs, dark colors for sad songs, etc. Finish up the selectionand your art before moving on to another piece.

Homemade Band:

Search your house for items to make instruments. Some ideas to get you started: fill

empty spice containers with dried beans or rice for shakers, use wooden spoons onempty oatmeal container for a drum, stretch rubber bands across a shoebox for a

guitar or cover end of an empty paper towel with wax paper and rubber band for akazoo.

Snowy Scene Painting:

Draw an outdoor scene - a tree, a favorite playground or even your backyard. Thenadd some snow paint using either of the two recipes below to turn it into a winter

wonderland.

Puffy Snow Paint:

1 part shaving cream (cheap kind,1 part white glue

Apply with a paint brush, Q-tip or fingers. Should dry puffy.

Crystal Snow Paint:

4 Tablespoons Epsom salt

cup hot water

Dissolve Epsom salt in water. Brush over painting, stirring the salt water each timethe brush is dipped to keep brush full of salty water. Be careful once dry as the salt

will brush loose.

Snow Flakes:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Fold flour tortillas into quarters. Take clean scissors

and let children cut small shapes out (dont cut out too much or the snowflake will

fall apart). Unfold, place on cookie sheet and brush with melted butter. Bake for 5-8minutes until beginning to brown. Let cool slightly then sprinkle/sift powdered

sugar on top. Enjoy!

Inside Snow Box:

Fill a medium size plastic container (Rubbermaid tote style) with snow. Addmeasuring cups, scoops and other kitchen items. Put on a pair of mittens and enjoy

playing in the snow in the comfort of your warm home. You might want to put a towel

underneath the box to catch runaway snow drips. If you dont have snow in your

neck of the woods, considering purchasing someInsta-snow.
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FEBRUARY

Make Starry Night Playdough:

1 cup all-purpose flour1 Tablespoon cream of tartar

1 Tablespoon oil cup table salt

1 cup waterBlack and/or blue food coloring

Tools and add-in options: Glitter, sequins, star-shaped cookie cutters.

Mix all ingredients in a medium saucepan with a wooden spoon. Cook over medium

heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and sticks to spoon. Let cool slightly.

Knead, adding glitter if desired.

Make Lamingtons:

http://www.joyofbaking.com/Lamingtons.html

Invisible Pictures:

Using a white crayon or oil pastels, draw on a white sheet of paper. Reveal yourpicture by painting over the drawing with water colors. You could also try making a

note for a friend or family member and including instructions for them to reveal it

themselves.

Sew a Starry Sky:

Adult prepares a cross stitch hoop with black cross stitch fabric. Using a plastic blunt

needle and yellow embroidery floss, let a child stitch as desired. No need to make adesign, just let them practice pushing needle through the fabric. Do ensure that

needle goes back and forth through fabric and doesnt get wrapped around edge of

frame. For a slightly easier version, use black plastic stitching and yellow yarn. No

hoop needed.

Paint a Still Life:

Explain to your child that a still life is a picture or painting of objects arranged. Go

on a hunt through your house and arrange a still life of your own. Favorite stuffedanimals or loveys make good additions as well as the classic fruit and flowers. Paint

or draw your still life.

Constellation Search:
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In advance, parents prepare the activity by drawing constellations in pencil on blacksheets of construction paper. Dustbunny.com has constellation maps and the Big

Dipper, Gemini and Orion are fairly easy constellations to imagine (and find outsidelater on if you wish to have more constellation fun!)

For the activity itself, the child finds the pencil marks and stamps over them with ayellow or gold do-a-dot marker (you can also use yellow chalk). Ask what shape

they see. Once they have taken a guess, connecting the lines for them or with themand reveal the name. Explain how people have used their imaginations to create

stories about the stars for a long time. They can even try making their ownconstellations by drawing a few dots on a piece of paper and creating their own

background story about what it might be.

Starry Night Art:

Wet several paper towels. Dab pastels on wet paper towels and draw on blackconstruction paper.
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MARCH

Flower Arranging:

Depending on your weather, find some wildflowers or buy some at the grocery

store. Prepare a tray with 2-3 flowers, a small pitcher of water, a funnel, a small vaseand scissors (if your child is a proficient with scissors, otherwise pre-cutting is

advised). The vase can be any small glass container; my daughters favorite is a salt

shaker with the lid removed that we found at a thrift store for $0.10 and it is perfect

for holding little dandelions. Guide your child as they pour the water in the vase,

measure and cut the flower to be to the correct height, remove the leaves that wouldbe in the water, and arrange as desired. Encourage your child to be thoughtful in

their choice of locations and they find a spot where the family can enjoy the flowers

over the next few days.

Fence Weaving:

Gather various ribbons and strips of scrap fabric and weave them into a chain linkfence. You can weave abstractly or try and make shapes like circles, squares and

hearts.

Nature Study on Cats:

Nature study doesnt have to be limited to outdoors. Spend a day observing your cat.

Talk about what you already know about cats and what you can observe. Draw a

picture of your cat. Then keep track of what your cat does during the day. If you have

access to Anna ComstockssHandbook of Nature Study,pre-read the section on cats

to give you some ideas of things to look for. If you dont have a cat, try visiting a petstore or go on a playdate to a friends house and borrow their cat. If allergic, just

study a different pet.

Make 2-ingredient Homemade Pasta:

Pioneer Womanhas the recipe and instructions. Try letting your preschoolers crack

the eggs (in a separate bowl first just in case any shell slips through). Unlike manymuffins and quick breads, you dont have to worry about overworking pasta dough

so let your little chef knead to his or her hearts content.

Sink or Float:

Gather up household items (ideas: pennies, drinking straw, piece of aluminum foil,

toothpick, marble, pepper (sprinkled from a shaker), cork, rock) and a basin ofwater. Have your preschool predict whether each item will sink or float then have

them test it.

Rainbow for God:
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The clown wanted to give a gift to God. Talk about what kinds of gifts God wants usto give him. Have your child draw a self-portrait in the middle of a piece of paper.

Cut out or draw colored circles (to represent juggling balls) and label each with agift such as obedience to parents, kindness to siblings, helping others, etc. Make

sure to emphasis that we give gifts because we love the other person and want to

make them happy.

Draw like DePaola:

Take a look at the illustrations in The Clown of God. They are done with ink outlines

and watercolor paint. Have your preschooler draw a picture with a pen and thencolor it in with watercolors.

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