Art At Home

I haven’t added any of Isabel’s artwork that she does at home because she has been doing so many great things at school, so I thought I would share just a few of them… Enjoy!

Isabel drew this last night while we were waiting for dinner to finish baking in the oven. It’s done with markers and I love it!

This one is crayons and markers.

Coloring pages can be found online everywhere. I can print off a page from the internet and she’s more likely to color it then she is from the handful of coloring books that she has.

Butterflies in blue and purple done all in crayon.

School News: Letter G

We learned today that there will be no school on Friday, something about a teacher holiday or something.

Golden glittered G.

Isabel didn’t tell me much about her day at school today. She did mention how she tripped and knocked over the bookcase and another Mommy and her teacher helped pick it up. They read the story of the sower in the Bible, Mark 4:1-20. When I asked her about it, she said, “Oh yeah, he planted seed and they fell on the ground and were choked out. Then he planted more seeds and they went in the dirt.”

(after she told me she heard the story of the sower at school… I looked up coloring pages online and found this one for her to color. She did a great job!)

She also mentioned the show and tell that was brought by special helper, Aiden. He brought 2 lightsaber’s and they both made noise. For snack they had fishy crackers, raisins, and juice.

When she got home from school, she worked a bit on number writing.

1…2…3…Good job!

4…5…6…7…

8…Great job!

School News: Stone Soup

It’s a rainy wet day today… let’s make soup.

At school today, Isabel and her class made stone soup. They added potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, peas, and the stone to their soup. When I picked her up from school, the room smelled delicious but I’m not sure if they tried it because both Gino and I got different answers from Isabel about if they did or not.

The story of Stone Soup has different versions…

Some travelers arrive to a village, caring nothing but an empty pot. Upon their arrival, the villagers are unwilling to share any of their food items with the hungry travelers. The travelers fill the pot with water, drop a large stone in it, and place it over a fire in the village square. One of the villagers becomes curios and asks what they are doing. The travelers answer that they are making “stone soup”, which tastes wonderful, although it still needs a little bit of garnish to improve flavor, which they are still missing. The villager does not mind parting with just a little bit of carrot to help them out, so it gets added to the soup. Another villager walks by, inquiring about the pot, and the travelers again mention their “stone soup” which has not reached it’s full potential yet. The villager hands them a little bit of seasoning to help them out. More and more villagers walk by, each adding another ingredient to the pot. Finally, a delicious and nourishing pot of soup is enjoyed by all.


The moral of the story… that working together, with everyone contributing what they can, a greater good is achieved.

Since it was raining outside they played games in the gym. They played Duck-Duck-Goose. Isabel got to be the Duck and the Goose! During free play in the classroom they got to play with a black and yellow tent with round windows. That was a lot of fun!

The special helper was Payton, she brought a book about ballerina’s for show and tell. For snack they had carrots with dip and juice to drink.

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Letters for the month of November are: G, H, I, J

Numbers: 1-5

Shape: triangle

Color: brown

Concepts: fast/slow and first/last

Bible verse: “Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good.” Psalm 107:1

Bible theme: thankfulness

Bible concepts: I demonstrate my thanks to God by praising Him.