Butterfly Life Cycle Party

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At the end of our study of butterflies, we had a party with a few family friends.  Initially I was going to have them do tons of butterfly activities, but as I started really delving…

Butterfly Life Cycle Party: Directions

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Here are the directions I had at each station.  This site, Learn About Butterflies, is great for printing any images  you want to show them.  It's also really interesting and will give you a greater…

Butterfly Study

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My wonderful sister-in-law set us up with a sweet deal for a caterpillar so we could watch the transformation to a butterfly (note: this was almost a  year ago!! We're coming up on time to…

Letter of the Week – Letter W

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Day 1 Find w stickers and put on W Color and assemble Letter W Book Go to library and get w books Put out W words (wall, washer, washcloth, window...I highly recommend using masking or…

Historical Fiction: The Great Depression

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[Part of an ongoing series of historical fiction book lists for students and teachers. For the full list and to see more info, click here.] Lower Grades (K-3) Angels in the Dust-Raven (4.2/0.5) The Babe and I-Adler…

Letter of the Week – Letter V

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Day 1 Find v stickers and put on V Color and assemble Letter V Book Go to library and get v books Put out V words (vacuum, vase...I highly recommend using masking or painting tape…

Letter of the Week – Letter U

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Day 1 Find u stickers and put on U (She's basically over this activity.  So, I have discontinued it.  I think maybe it was too easy, but if I made it harder, it was too…

Historical Fiction: War of 1812

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[Part of an ongoing series of historical fiction book lists for students and teachers. For the full list and to see more info, click here.] Lower Grades (K-2) An American Army of Two-Greeson (2.9/0.5) The Battle for…

“T” Party

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During our Letter T week, we had a "T" party...get it, T like tea. :) We initially were going for Tuesday the twenty-first at ten. But, then decided to have it while we had some…

Letter of the Week – Letter T

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This week we started day 1 on a Wednesday, skipped the weekend and ended with day 5 on a Tuesday.  Because, really, you can't have a T Party on any other day. :) Day 1…

Letter of the Week – Letter S

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Day 1 Find s stickers and put on S Color and assemble Letter S Book Go to library and get S books Put out S words (stove, shelf, soap, sink, stool, stairs...I highly recommend using…

Letter of the Week – Letter R

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Day 1 Find r stickers and put on R Color and assemble Letter R Book Go to library and get r books Put out R words (refrigerator, roof...I highly recommend using masking or painting tape…