“There is no difference between living and learning… it is impossible and misleading and harmful to think of them as being separate.” ~ John Holt


Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Day#25: Gifts

The lesson was on the letter M, the value being "Merry" for Merry Christmas. The children are saying "M" here.

We made these cute little Santas out of TP rolls. The children especially enjoyed putting the eyes on with sparkle glue.
Recess & picnic at the park. When we returned to the house we did some activities with gift boxes and had a gift exchange.

On our way out to recess at the park.
 I wanted to do a mini puppet play and read a couple of more books, but we just ran out of time. I took a little different approach for school yesterday and I think it helped me feel more comfortable and not stress out as much. When I was planning the lesson I mentioned to my husband that there are 2 hours and I need to make sure I plan a lot so that we don't end up with too much time. My husband reminded me that I should only plan for as much as their attention span would allow.

Remembering that advice, I didn't freak out as much to get everything done that I had planned. As a result, I feel like the children had a better time and everything went much more smoothly. It could have been that we only had 4 children, but I think my attitude helped a lot.

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