November Virtual Book Club - Charlie needs a Cloak by Tomie dePaula

The book we worked on for our November Virtual Book Club is 

Charlie needs a Cloak by Tomie dePaula.

Charlie needs a cloak, and this book tells the story, from start to finish, of how he goes about to make one from raw material. It takes readers through the year. From spring sheep shearing his whimsical sheep who help him with his work, to weaving, to dyeing, through sewing the new garment  by the winter fire. Too bad Charlie doesn't notice, as soon as he puts it on, that his favorite sheep is already chewing on his hem!The story is fun and educational, while the pictures are delightful telling a hidden story in themselves. The illustrations are humorous, which dePaola is famous for. 

The following are activities we worked on related to the book.

Lapbook

We decided to work on a Lapbook for this book. We used the pack from Homeschoolshare to download the resources.

Step by step how Charlie got the material for the coat: Shear, Card, Spin, Weave, Sew

Learn to draw a sheep

Learn to draw a sheep

Jesus is the good shepherd colouring and Bible verse

Different Red Coats

I had prepared various printouts of characters who wear a red coat and with a simple clue K and L had to choose the character asked for. Finally we glued the pictures in our Lapbook.

Sewing

I wished to introduce knitting to my daughter. The best person to do that was my mum so we used a pack she had got as a gift to make and took it to grandma's house to guide her. The pack included a knitting wheel a crochet needle and balls of coloured wool. K was very happy to try it and is still in the process of producing her first knitted project.

Threading

We used the printable from the homeschoolshare pack and laminated the sheet to do threading.

Multi-sensory  Fun Activity

I printed a picture of a sheep on a blue and a pink paper and laminated them. I put shaving foam on them. K and L had to close their eyes before touching the material to use their sense of touch and smell and guess what is on the sheet. After this activity they thought of other stuff we could use to do the activity and their anwers were white liquid soap, marshmallow, popcorn, cotton .... We did actually try the liquid soap and the popcorn.

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O is for Olympics

We have been working on various stuff related to the Olympics but yet I had no time to publish any. Now I will post some interesting links we found online and later will post photos of activities K and L did related to the Olympics.




Learn about the Olympic mascots, create one and play games https://mascot-games.london2012.com/

A good link to Summer Olympics resources http://www.kathimitchell.com/olympics.html

Printable stuff http://www.abcteach.com/directory/theme_units/sports/olympics/

Log in at https://getset.london2012.com/en/login/international for educational stuff related to the olympics

Finally here are the photos showin some of the activities K and L did related to the Olympics.

Olympic Stadium info for Lapbook

 Colouring of all 26 sport disciplines

Craft related to Olympic Emblem

  Fun Olympic water play

Olympic Themed cookies

  Olympic diving practise

  Olympic Swimming practise at sea

Sorting boy girl 

Colour big balls blue small balls yellow

Cutting Practice

Circle the odd one out

Writing Practise

Preparing lapbook cover

Sort  by type

Sort by sizeS

Working on Olympics LapbookS

L is for Lapbooking

This year we discovered Lapbooking.Lapbooking can be done by any learner from preschoolers to adults. With this educational method, you make mini-books covering details that you've studied. After making a variety of mini-books about a larger topic, all the books are put together in a large folder. The finished product is called a lapbook because it's large and covers your lap.

The two topics we are working on are Fire Safety with L and Spain with K. L is so interested in Firefighters and safety issues. Whilst K is so excited that we are visiting Spain. I found info which she can find interesting and included it in the Lapbook.

Here are the Lapbook covers.

L had a set of flashcards with firefighter words and he matched toys to them.

Here he is practising the number to call in an emergency.

This is a sequencing game.

Colouring in of his favourite hero Fireman Sam.

Pre-writing task of name.

K is working on Spanish customs which include: flamenco, castanettes, bull running, bull fighting, tomatoe festival and footbal (she included the winning score of the Euro Cup). She also put on a dressing up costume of a Spanish girl and did the matching of the customs with things found in the house. We have more mini books which we are still working on in the Lapbooks.