Cinco De Mayo
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Photo credit: Mary Beth
She said "Yes!"
/And so we celebrate the Solemnity of the Annunciation
Angel Food Cake
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the First Fresh Blueberries of the Season
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Pure, White Whipped Cream
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Chilled Sparkling Red Zinger Tea
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- In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth,
- to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin's name was Mary.
- And coming to her, he said, "Hail, favored one! The Lord is with you."
- But she was greatly troubled at what was said and pondered what sort of greeting this might be.
- Then the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
- Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus.
- He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father,
- and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end."
- But Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I have no relations with a man?"
- And the angel said to her in reply, "The holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.
- And behold, Elizabeth, your relative, has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren;
- for nothing will be impossible for God."
- Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word." Then the angel departed from her.
The Feast of Eric Carle
/At the end of this week of feasting in the middle of Lent, I found myself this morning utterly charmed by the Google logo. At my friend Donna's site, I learned it was a special occasion, the 40th anniversary of the publication of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. I did a little mental inventory of craft supplies. I did some googling. Mary Beth did some googling. We had a little conference. And the day began to wiggle along most delightedly. I needed this day. I needed the charm of delight-directed children. I needed the relative ease of pulling off some fun learning. I needed Stephen's bemusement as I frosted a caterpillar cake. "I think," said he, "it must be the Feast of Eric Carle."
Indeed.
Mary Beth took pictures to capture the day, of course. So, she's going to take this post from here.
I took more pictures and I'm going to do this just like the St. Patrick's Day Post. Enjoy!
I printed these out at DLTK, here! Then I made the numbers to correlate to the day--not to the number of items.
Science Today: The life cycle of the butterfly. Nicky and Katie both did this. It was printed out from here and they put them in the right places and then made their own.
Pattern Block Mat Printed out here! Katie, Kari, and Nick all did this one.
Thumbprint Caterpillars! From Ed Emberley's book
Egg Carton Caterpillars after we had omelets for lunch. Even Paddy was inspired to do this one!
Then, from our very old book (which is now out of print) we made our own Eric Carle collages.
I made all of the things that the caterpillar ate.
Mom topped the day off with going to the store and collecting ingredients for this.
Isn't he very cute?!
This was a very fun day, even if we planned as we went.
Next time, we're going to do this project.
St. Patrick's Day
/Guest Post By Mary Beth
I was in charge of St. Patrick's Day today. I printed out a lot of activities from various places for Nick, Katie, and Kari! I hope you enjoy!
Our Bulletin Board! All ready for St. Patrick's Day!
They Had Their Faces Painted and Ready to Go!
Shamrock Stamping With Do-a-Dot!
Irish Flags! Nick, Katie, and Kari all did this with Do-a-Dots!
Connect The Dots! Nick used Stockmar crayons and Katie used Crayola Paint Pens.
Rainbows! Katie and Kari used the gems from gnomes and gnumbers and Nick Do-a-Dotted his and then added Elmers 3D glitter for sparkle!
Kari found this little work on the montessori shelves and since it had all of the colors of the rainbow I told her that she could use it!
Picture Puzzle! Nick did this with black and green Stockmar Beeswax crayons and yellow do-a-dot!
Math Sheet! I printed this out for Katie because she said she didn't have enough!
Map of Ireland! Nick did this with green and orange do-a-dot and spread it with his fingers.
Maze!
Custom made bookmarks (with Katie and Kari) and cards!
Our doorknob hanging leprechauns! Mine is the one pictured though (mine with a little help from Karoline)!
Pipecleaner Rainbow by Karoline! This game was inspired by Montessori Journey. We had stickers and I made my own version!
Most of what we've done in the schoolroom today! Leprechaun Hats!
Moving down to the kitchen we had plenty to do, starting with a craft from Wildflowers and Marbles.
We loved them at Valentine's day and now with Mint Oreos we love 'em even more!
Shamrock Shakes!
All that green!
Teatime!
Our Supplies for the sit-down work:
Gems
On the menu tonight...
/We live in a neighborhood that has a very large Indian population. Andwe are so lucky to have one of the finest Indian restaurants ever right here in town. When the restaurant opened, my husband was enthused about introducing our family to Indian food and we were heartily receptive to the introduction. The only drawback is that the restaurant is outrageously expensive. Patrick and I have tested several recipes at home for our family favorite main dish: Chicken Tikka Masala. This is the fruit of our testing. Perfect for the Feast of Mother Teresa tonight!
