Week of Feb 7, 2011

This week rabbits are our connecting theme. Lyra's fable is How Brer Rabbit Lost His Fine Bushy Tale. We will all be hopping about ( and getting some winter energy out) to songs and games about bunnies at circle time. Lyra has been making pom poms for a valentines garland, but these week they will turn into little bunny rabbits.

The riddle of the week:

What can you hold without ever it touching you hands?

From a Future American Farmer

Lyra's letter to the President regarding GE alfalfa.


Dear Mister   President  Obama:
I hope you stop the GE alfalfa  for  the organic farmers and people like me.  It is not  good  for  you  to eat  them.  We want to eat food that is from nature not from scientists.
I want to be a farmer  when I grow up and to grow seeds not tainted by GE plants.

Thank you,
Lyra Cauley
age 8

riddle of the week

Several weeks ago, I started giving Lyra a riddle at the beginning of every week. It serves many wonderful purposes. First, I read her the riddle instead of writing it on the board. She spends time trying to make sure she has written it correctly and practices her spelling.  Secondly, I do not give her the answer- but she may ask anyone we see all week. Thus, involving all the friends and family in our life into her schooling. I find this nice, honestly, because it shows a bit of what she is learning and how we teach her. And thirdly, she must think from outside the box, inside the box and underneath and above the box.  So much fun, and so much brain and character development.
This week's riddle was found on Our Little Nature Nest



It hasn’t any windows
It hasn’t any doors
Although it has a ceiling
It hasn’t any floors
‘Twas built without a builder
A hammer or a nail
Because you see this funny house
Belongs to ___________.