Thursday, December 3, 2009

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, books completed 12/3/09

We are currently reading Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, Robert O'Brien, 233 pages. The children beg to read this book each day and as it is one of my favorite stories as a child, I am happy to oblige!

Other books recently completed:

Both: Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde (The Selfish Giant and The Star Child), P. Craig Russell,
Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde (The Young King and The Remarkable Rocket), P. Craig Russell, Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde (The Devoted Friend and The Nightingale and the Rose), P. Craig Russell (Note: The three books above are in comic strip form), Gilgamesh the King, Ludmila Zeman, The Revenge of Ishtar, Ludmila Zeman, The Last Quest of Gilgamesh, Ludmila Zeman, The Coat of Many Colors, Korlek and Baynes, The Golden Sandal, Rebecca Hickox, Life in Ancient Mesopotamia, Silpha Mehta-Jones, The Winged Cat, Deborah Lattimore, The Friends of Abu Ali, Dorothy O. Van Woerkom, 64 pages, A Kitten Called Moonlight, C. Birmingham, 40 pages, Soccer Sam, Marzolla and Sims, 48 pages, So You Want To Be President, George and Small, 52 pages, The High Rise Private Eyes #3, The Case of the Puzzling Possum, C. Rylant, 48 pages

Lella: The Prince and the Pauper (GIC), Mark Twain, 239 pages

Marcus: Mr. Popper's Penguins, Richard and Florance Atwater, 139 pages

Turkey Art Project


"Hi there! We are Marcus and Lella's Thanksgiving turkeys! You can see we were made from their hand prints. Marcus made me. I am on your left. My sister, made by Lella, is on your right. We were thankful that Marcus and Lella's Mama got motivated to do an art project!"

Making Christmas "Soap" Globes


We had so much fun making soap with our Pastor's family! The project was extremely easy and the kids enjoyed placing the mini-ornaments inside the soft glycerin. The link below is to the website we used. Enjoy!

How To Make Soap