More Math and Christmas today! Babe finished up Chapter 7 in Math. I can't believe it! We are flying through it. That's about two chapters a month! We will finish up 2011 with some subtraction, which she is definitely ready for.
For Math, I just had her review creating addition sentences to match a picture. But instead of using the dog manipulatives or connecting cubes, I surprised her with Christmas pencils and erasers. She was very excited.
After her chapter review worksheet to complete Math for the day, I read her "Silver Packages: An Appalachian Christmas Story" by Cynthia Rylant. Today I wanted to introduce Babe to the giving attitude of the Christmas season, and this was the perfect book to do it with. The book was about the Christmas Train in the Appalachian Mountains that started in the 40s. A man who felt indebted to the rural town that saved his life wanted to give back somehow, but when the citizens turned down his money, he decided to start the Christmas Train. It stops in the town every Christmas and gives toys to all the kids. The book is really a very good book, and when I was done reading it, I think it got Babe in the giving mood.
So I revealed to her what we were going to do next Friday, and that we needed the whole week to prepare. I will not reveal it on the blog yet, but today, to prepare, she started hand-making Christmas cards. All I'll say is that she can't stop talking about it and she is so excited.
"Don't you wish it was next Friday now?!"
Ha. Cute.
After lunch, she added another book to the reading log - "Hello, Snow!" by Hope Vestergaard. I again thought she'd have a bit of a tough time with this one but she breezed through it. Too awesome.
And with that, she got back to working on her handmade cards for next Friday and finished the day with a couple more!
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