Town Mouse, Country Mouse

This week Holly read Town Mouse, Country Mouse to me. This is the first time she 'remembers' this story even though we have read this a few times through the years. She did a great job reading aloud, good voice and little help with words. I adore how her reading skills have just blossomed!

After reading the book she narrated it back to me and then she did a Venn diagram on the two mice. I didn't help her with it, didn't offer any suggestions other than use your book to refresh your mind as you think through the diagram. She did a beautiful job... she even attempted some cursive handwriting.

We also listened to a version of the story through storynory.com. Here is a link: Town Mouse, Country Mouse

When she was finished she colored some bookmarks that I laminated for her. She was in need of some new book marks and thought this might make for a useful craft connection this time around. Now that we did bookmarks... we might do this a bit more often! I found the printables for the book marks through Jan Brett's site: Jan Brett - Town Mouse, Country Mouse Activities There is a lot more you can do or use through this link.

St. Patricks Day Fun

On St. Patrick's Day we infused a little holiday fun into our lessons for the day. We own a couple of fun little books that I read and Holly read to me. We listed to Irish music and enjoyed a story telling CD of Irish folk tales. One folk tale is of Fin M'Coul - we own the book and it is on the CD. It was fun to compare the two, Holly really enjoyed that.

In the afternoon Holly made rainbow cupcakes, a nice little cooking project. She did this last year and really enjoyed it - from what I can tell this might become a little family tradition.

As well, we had Lucky Charms for breakfast and green eggs for dinner. Just some small touches to our day to make it festive!