If you were a witch and could grant three wishes, what wishes would you grant? Â What scares you? Why? Â What are you going to be for Halloween and why? Â Describe your halloween costume. Pass your journal to a friend and have them read it out loud. Could they guess what you were […]
 Pack a basket with learning opportunities.  • paper and pencil • picnic basket • blanket • paper plates • napkins • cups • camera • homemade sandwichesInvite your child to help check off a list of the foods and supplies that you will bring on your outing. Ask your child to help you write a list of picnic items. (He can cut and […]
Traffic  In summertime our garden walk Is like a summer street; So many bugs run up and down With tiny little feet. The ants are shiny taxicabs, Oh, my! They go so fast! Here comes a caterpillar bus Who slowly travels past. I’m very sure that bugs must have Some very special vision; For […]
Ten Fluffy Chickens  Five eggs and five eggs That makes ten. Sitting on top is the mother hen. Crackle, crackle, crackle; What do I see? Ten fluffy chickens As yellow as can be
The Plumpuppets When little heads weary have gone to their beds, When all the good nights and prayers have been said, Of all the good fairies that send bairns to rest The little Plumpuppets are those I love best. Â If your pillow is lumpy, or hot, thin, and flat, The little Plumpuppets know just […]
 The New Moon Dear mother, how pretty The moon looks tonight! She was never so cunning before; Her two little horns Are so sharp and bright, I hope she’ll not grow any more.  If I were up there, With you and my friends, I’d rock in it nicely, you’d see; I’d sit in […]
 Daddy fixed breakfast. He made us each a waffle. It looked like gravel pudding. It tasted something awful. “Ha, ha,†he said, “I’ll try again. This time I’ll get it right.†But what I got was in between Bituminous and anthracite. “A little too well done? Oh well, I’ll have to start all over.†[…]
The letter L is a dependable letter. It usually makes the “lll” sound as in let. This is especially the case when the letter L is not partnered with another consonant However, it is sometimes silent when followed by a consonant in the same syllable (as in should or walk).  This isn’t always the case… it […]
