Birds and Nuts I missed one

Chesnuts and we're on our minds. I asked the discussion question " What part of a chestnut would you want to eat.The kids told me that they would want to eat the inside but not the outside because of the pointy parts. The trees in Washington, Illinois keep getting more beautiful every day . With this tree the leaves turn all different shades of red. I keep picking up the leaves so the kids and I can look at them. These pictures are of the walnut harvesting video I was able to find. It showed the machine that go es up to the trees and shakes the walnuts down to the ground. There are also parts shown where the walnuts are processed. I was learning a lot right along with the kids.   

We made our "Bird Nest". I like the activity because it made the kids think about what they would need to do to take care of a pet. We talked about the fact the bird would need food, love , and a clean bed.

We finished the bird nest and this little girl looked at her bird and said it needed a mouth. I found a permanent black marker and drew a mouth on her bird.

We got our Sight Words for out Concept Review. This is a very essential activity for learning to read words and learn proper sentence structure. I wanted to make this activity fun. We took our time and did all the words .  I hope this is an activity for November's Curriculum. If not I will put it in there.

Oven mitts and baskets get me all kinds of cooperation. This was such a fantastic way for the kids to see how you need to handle chestnuts. My husband even asked me what the things were in the basket. The Porcupine Balls are fabulous to paint with. All kinds of chestnuts were painted with these and their fine motor skills got the workout they needed by picking up the porcupine balls. 

 We revisited the book for this month with all the story pieces and the seed pouch. With all of these things the kids were able to tell me about different parts of the story. We also talked about the country of Oman. I think the kids are starting to understand that there are other people on the planet. I was blessed to be able to see my brother and his family today. My niece and two nephews amaze me every time I see them and its not just because I am their aunt. My brother and his wife have 5 year old fraternal twins that were born premature. My brother and his wife have taken advantage of every opportunity so that they can always be learning new things and things they need to know for kindergarden. They are doing the same thing for my soon to be 2 year old nephew. I feel this is what Mother Goose Time Curriculum does as well for kids. I had so much fun spending time with all of them today. I am ready to see them again right now but I will have to wait a little bit.  We have tons of adventures waiting for us with Mother Goose Time Curriculum. We will see all of you very soon.

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