The kids were so glad to be together again after a long Christmas Break! We welcomed Matthew today! He was so much fun and we are so excited to have him in our Joyschool!
Today we learned about Nursery Rhymes! I forgot to take any pictures! SAD! So I took some of the Nursery Rhymes to put a little color in the post, although I know it doesn't make up for seeing what our cute kids were up to!
Anyway, I pulled out my favorite book and read lots of rhymes to the children. (I think the cute little boy on the cover of the book looks just like Matthew)
First we read "The Old Woman who lived in a Shoe"
and then I scattered all kinds of shoes all over the living room and let the kids match them up. We all picked which shoe we would want to live in and had to explain why. The kids had such darling explanations...(wish I could remember them all and share, alas I am writing this post about 6 weeks late!)Next we read "Old Mother Hubbard"
I already had all of Lucy's pretend food setup in the kitchen like a grocery store, so I let the kids fill up a grocery cart and take it to an empty box and stock "Old Mother Hubbard's Cupboard"
They really had fun!
Then we read "Jack be nimble"
and practiced jumping over things.
"Little Bo Peep"
We went to the park and played hide and go seek, except the ones hiding were the sheep and they had to "baaaaa."
Last, but not least "Jack and Jill"
Since it was blazing hot... I brought 2 bowls and some cups. I filled the first bowl with water and put it at the top of the play structure. Then I put the empty bowl at the bottom of the park. I gave all the kids cups and told them they were "Pales" like in the nursery rhyme. We had to say the rhyme over and over while we went "up the hill" and filled our cups with water, and then emptied them into the bowl on the ground. We went until the bowl was completely full and since it was hot the kids started drinking their "pales of water."
It turned out to be a very fun game the kids loved. We had so much fun!
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