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Poppins Book Nook- Animal Theme
Nov
The theme for this months Poppins Book Nook was animals. Since we were learning about Thanksgiving this month, I decided to go with a turkey for our animal.
We used a few different books to go with our theme. We read “A Turkey for Thanksgiving” by Eve Bunting, which is a super cute story! Then we read 2 non-fiction books- “All About Turkeys” by Jim Arnosky and “Turkeys that Fly and Turkeys That Don’t” by Allen Fowler. We learned so much from those 2 books!
As we read the non-fiction books about turkeys, we added feathers to this turkey. Each feather has an interesting fact about turkeys.
I had Hailey write in her journal pretending to be a turkey and giving reasons why she should not be eaten for Thanksgiving dinner.
We also made some turkey crafts, you can see the full post here. These are the cute hats we made.
Hailey made this turkey with a cute poem on it.
Hunter’s turkey
Each month you will have a chance to win a book from the Poppins Book Nook group related to the theme of the month. This month you have a chance to win National Geographic Animal Encyclopedia. The only rule is that you must live in the US to win.
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Enchanted Homeschooling Mom – 3 Dinosaurs – Monsters Ed – Chestnut Grove Academy – Growing in God’s Grace – Royal Little Lambs – Life with Moore Babies – Teach Beside Me – The Usual Mayhem – Fantastic Fun and Learning – Kathys Cluttered Mind – Toddler Approved – Growing Book by Book – Adventures in Mommydom – Edventures with Kids – Learning & Growing the Piwi way – A Gluten Free Journey – Preschool Powol Packets – To The Moon and Back – Our Craft ~N~ Things – Fresh Farm Adventures – Are We There Yet? – Afterschool for Smarty Pants – Hopkins Homeschool If you have your own fun activity to link up, you can that here:
Poppins Book Nook- Seasons
Oct
The theme this month for the Poppins Book Nook is seasons.
We read the book “The reasons for the Seasons” by Gail Gibbons and learned why the seasons change.
Since the current season is fall and we have been working on a fall unit study, I decided to focus on fall and leaves. This binder has the different mini-units that we are covering this fall- apples, leaves, etc.
Each mini-unit has a section in the binder. This is the leaf section with this printable from Enchanted Homeschooling Mom glued onto a divider for our leaf section.
Since we made a lapbook for our apple study, I decided to do something a little smaller for our leaf study. Hailey glued these few activities onto the back side of the divider for the leaf mini-unit.
The Leaves book comes from Enchanted Learning.
You can find the accordion style book about why leaves change color here.
I wrote leaf related vocabulary words on leaf shaped cards and we did several activities with those.
There are many pages of work that Hailey did in this mini-unit. This leaf observation page comes from Enchanted Homeschooling Mom and the super fun leaf unit she has available.
Hailey also did a leaf rubbing.
She made this Fall Tree Craft, using a leaf to paint.
We also made this Fall Tree Handprint Craft.
Hailey and Hunter dressed up in the color of chlorophyll one day. It was amazing how excited Hailey was about doing this and how quickly she got ready for school!
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Enchanted Homeschooling Mom – 3 Dinosaurs – Monsters Ed – Chestnut Grove Academy – Growing in God’s Grace – Royal Little Lambs – Life with Moore Babies – Teach Beside Me – The Usual Mayhem – Mum Central – Fantastic Fun and Learning – Kathys Cluttered Mind – Toddler Approved – Growing Book by Book – Adventures in Mommydom – B-Inspired Mama – Edventures with Kids – Learning & Growing the Piwi way – A Gluten Free Journey – Preschool Powol Packets – To The Moon and Back – Our Craft ~N~ Things – Fresh Farm Adventures – Are We There Yet? – Afterschool for Smarty Pants
Each month you will have a chance to win a book from the Poppins Book Nook group related to the theme of the month. This month you have a chance to win Four Seasons Make a Year. The only rule is that you must live in the US to win.
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Poppins Book Nook- Fairy Tale Theme
Aug
The theme for the Poppins Book Book this month was fairy tales, which is a perfect theme for us! The only problem was- which book to pick! Before we could decide on a book, we had to find out exactly what a makes a book a fairy tale.
I drew this lovely castle… I thought I was doing a pretty good job drawing it, but while I was working on it Hailey said, “Are you sure you don’t want to just print one? I don’t want you to embarrass yourself on the internet.” She did admit I did a pretty good job once it was done though. She colored it in after I finished drawing it.
Then we went over what makes a story a fairy tale. Once we knew what needed to be in a book to have it be considered a fairy tale she decided she wanted to read Cinderella.
Hailey did a great job reading “Cinderella” to Hunter.
Then we decided to make Cinderella’s carriage. Hailey and Hunter painted a pumpkin blue.
Then Hailey added some glitter.
Our finished Cinderella Carriage.
Then Hailey wrote her own fairy tale.
Posing with her favorite page in her book.
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Enchanted Homeschooling Mom – 3 Dinosaurs – Monsters Ed – Chestnut Grove Academy – Growing in God’s Grace – Royal Little Lambs – Life with Moore Babies – Teach Beside Me – The Usual Mayhem – Mum Central – Fantastic Fun and Learning – Kathys Cluttered Mind – Toddler Approved – Growing Book by Book – Adventures in Mommydom – B-Inspired Mama – The Fairy and The Frog – Edventures with Kids – Learning & Growing the Piwi way – A Gluten Free Journey – No Doubt Learning – Preschool Powol Packets – To The Moon and Back – Our Craft ~N~ Things – Fresh Farm Adventures – Are We There Yet?
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Poppins Book Nook- Ocean/Beach Theme
Jul
The theme for the Poppins Book Nook for the month of July is ocean/beach. This worked out perfectly for us because Hailey really showed a big interest in learning about the ocean after our recent trip to the beach.
The first thing Hailey did was make a KWL chart… she listed the things she knows and the things she wants to know.
Then we got some books out of the library… some ocean related books…
and some dolphin related books. There were just so many good ones I couldn’t decide what to pick!
We really enjoyed the books, but this was our favorite. There were so many interesting facts and bright, colorful pictures.
Hailey is working on a unit study about dolphins. We didn’t finish it in time to include it in this post, but I hope to post about later this week as we are almost done.
She is also creating a dolphin lapbook, which is not done either. Come back later this week to see a post about that.
We made a yummy treat to go along with our ocean theme… Hunter ate his before I could take a picture.
They turned out cute! It’s just a graham cracker with blue frosting, some goldfish and some sprinkles.
Hailey was pleased with the results too 🙂
Of course, we had to make a craft, and we decided to make a killer whale.
You’ll need:
paper plate
black paint
black construction paper
something to paint with
pencil
googly eyes
glue
yarn
Hunter saw me setting up to do an activity and he got super excited to get started!
The first thing we did was draw a line with a pencil on the plates, showing how far we wanted the black paint to go. Then Hunter and Hailey painted their plates.
Add some googly eyes
Some yarn for a mouth
Our completed killer whales.
If you’re looking for more beach/ocean related activities I have posted several this month- check them out!
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Check out some (or all!) of the other bloggers participating in Poppins Book Nook:
Enchanted Homeschooling Mom – Royal Baloo – 3 Dinosaurs – Monsters Ed – Chestnut Grove Academy – Growing in God’s Grace – Royal Little Lambs – Life with Moore Babies – Teach Beside Me – The Usual Mayhem – Mum Central – Fantastic Fun and Learning – Kathys Cluttered Mind – Play Create Explore – Toddler Approved – Growing Book by Book – Adventures in Mommydom – B-Inspired Mama – The Fairy and The Frog – Edventures with Kids – Learning & Growing the Piwi way – A Gluten Free Journey – Mom to Crazy Monkeys – No Doubt Learning – Preschool Powol Packets – To The Moon and Back – Our Craft ~N~ Things – Farm Fresh Adventures – Proverbial Homemaker
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