Getting ready for Thanksgiving

We had fun creating a Thanksgiving tree this week, making some leaf, pumpkin and animal ornaments while talking about the feast of 1621 and the creation of Thanksgiving during the Civil War.  We made a few Creatology decorations - a tree house and a teepee.  Although our decor had the traditional view, we talked about how the Puritans and Wampanog didn't really look like that.

We went to all our usual activities, knowing that we wouldn't be able to next week.  Our last zoo class was this week, where we learned about rivers and ponds.  We read "Over in the River" to prepare, which also is  a lesson in some of the rivers of the US.  In class, they made fish hats and frog mail holders.  They met a toad and a kookaburra, and fed some Koi.  She made a tree banner at Michael's. 

We also made our own instruments at home out of recycled materials.  Boxes and rubber bands for guitars and shakers out of old bottles and rice or beans.  We observed how different materials make different noises when hit.