amanda advent calender

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

listen to the advent song:

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

St Nicholas Week

I wanted to share our activities we have been doing this week leading up to St Nicholas day December 6. Victoria made this out of a pinecone.

We are reading this story of St. Nickolas

http://www.stnicholascenter.org/Brix?pageID=438

We have used these coloring sheets

http://www.stnicholascenter.org/Brix?pageID=365

Check out my other blog http://rettasspot.blogspot.com/ for dutch songs.

seasonal table

Here is my autumn seasonal table.

I used fresh fall flowers; gourds; indian corn; art by Paul Gaugin titled Yellow Ray Hicks or Fall Harvest; and fall colored stones.

summer travel games

http://childparenting.about.com/od/familytravel/a/travelgames.htm

http://childparenting.about.com/od/familytravel/a/travelgames.htm

summer activities

check out this site for ideas

http://gardenofpraise.com/summer.htm

games for July 7-11

Here are some games from wikepedia encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Man%27s_Bluff_%28game%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queenie%2C_Queenie%2C_who%27s_got_the_ball%3F
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heads_Up%2C_Seven_Upot_the_b
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumpsies


morehttp://www.mainstreetmom.com/fun_old_games.htm game websites


Here are a few craft websites http://www.seedsofknowledge.com/silhouettes.html
http://www.seedsofknowledge.com/sand.html
http://www.seedsofknowledge.com/birdhouse.html
http://www.seedsofknowledge.com/plasticlids.html
http://www.seedsofknowledge.com/facepaint.html
http://www.seedsofknowledge.com/riceart.html
http://www.seedsofknowledge.com/kidsapron.html