Season and Holiday Unit Study

I put together this unit study for my craft-loving little girl who will be in K4 this year.

• Pick a Perfect Pumpkin:  Learning about Pumpkin Harvests
• Apples, Apples, Everywhere
• How Do You Know It’s Fall?
• Autumn:  An Alphabet Acrostic
• Too Many Pumpkins
• Why Do Leaves Change Color?
• The Little Yellow Leaf
• Leaves by Stein
• Apple Picking Time

• Rake and jump in leaves
• Collect 5 different kinds of leaves and do leaf rubbing craft
• Field trip to pick apples and a pumpkin.  Hayride and corn maze.  Late Sept.

• Bird feeder pg 18 Month-by-Month Arts and Crafts
• Leaf rubbings http://www.squidoo.com/leafrubbing
• Apple print craft http://www.allkidsnetwork.com/crafts/fall/apple-print.asp
• Carve jackolantern and glue pumpkin seeds in pumpkin pattern (Holiday and Seasonal patterns)

• Over the River and Through the Woods
• Thanksgiving Day – Gibbons
• We Gather Together:  Celebrating the Harvest Season
• Thanksgiving Day – Rissman

• Go to Fair
• Thankful running
• Make an apple pie

• Thankful Tree http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/thanksgiving/thankfultree/
• Make turkey out of hand and feet http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/thanksgiving/handfoot/
• Dried beans indian corn http://www.allkidsnetwork.com/crafts/thanksgiving/bean-indian-corn.asp
• Make cornucopias for lunch http://www.allkidsnetwork.com/crafts/thanksgiving/thanksgiving-cornucopia.asp

• Boat Ride with Lillian Two Blossom
• Dream Wolf – Goble
• Dreamcatcher – Osofsky
• Grandfather Four Winds and Rising Moon – Chanin
• Firedancers – Waboose
• Buffalo Dreams – Doner
• A Small, Small Tale from the Far, Far North
• The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
• Home of the Brave – Say
• Long Night Moon – Rylant
• Little Runner of the Longhouse
• Soft Step and Bright Eyes

• Prepare Fry Bread
• Native American Feast with foot races

• Teepee village http://www.busybeekidscrafts.com/Tepee-Village.html
• Totem pole made out of marshmallows and candy adapted from this site http://www.blog.birdsparty.com/2012/06/hawaiian-tiki-luau-party-diy-party.html
• Make a rattle http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/na/rattle/
• Make a cornhusk doll http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/nativecrafts/cornhusk.cfm

• The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree
• Bright Christmas:  An Angel Remembers
• The Little Crooked Christmas Tree
• The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
• Danny and the Kings
• The Christmas Tree Tangle
• The Little Boy’s Christmas Gift
• The Finest Christmas Tree
• A Pussycat’s Christmas
• One Splendid Tree
• Sleeping Moon
• The Little Fir Tree
• The Christmas Boot
• Night Tree
• Carl’s Christmas
• A Moose in a Maple Tree:  The All Canadian 12 Days of Christmas
• An Early American Christmas
• The Silver Whistle
• Keeping a Christmas Secret
• Carl’s Christmas

• Decorate the house for Christmas
• Make Christmas cookies
• Make a Gingerbread House
• Advent Calender
• Make Peanut Blossoms

• Holiday Glow pg 10 Month-by-Month Arts and Crafts
• Straw Reindeer ornament pg 15 Month-by-Month Arts and Crafts
• Artful ornament pg 19 Month-by-Month Arts and Crafts
• Make candy cane with pattern and glue on cotton balls and red tissue paper (Holiday and Seasonal Patterns)
• Make button wreath ornament with brothers http://www.marthastewart.com/268828/button-wreath-ornament(need buttons and wire)

• When Winter Comes
• Singing Away the Dark
• First Snow in the Woods:  A Photographic Fantasy
• No Two Alike
• White Snow, Bright Snow
• Brrr!
• White Wonderful Winter
• When Will It Snow?
• In the Snow:  Who’s Been Here?
• Flannel Kisses
• A Little Bit of Winter
• Snow – Stojic
• Gooseberry Goose
• Three Pebbles and a Song
• Frederick
• It’s Winter – Glaser
• Under My Hood I Have a Hat – Kuskin
• Now It is Winter – Spinelli
• Mouse’s First Snow
• Sleep, Black Bear, Sleep

• Make colored frozen balls out of balloons filled with colored water and frozen.
• Make a snowman

• Make snowflake patterns out of paper
• Make a snowglobe http://www.ourbestbites.com/2011/12/how-to-make-a-homemade-snow-globe/
• Cotton ball snowman craft http://www.allkidsnetwork.com/crafts/winter/cotton-ball-snowman.asp

• Fancy Nancy Heart to Heart
• Pink of Hearts
• The Great Valentine’s Day Balloon Race
• Little Mouse’s Big Valentine
• Valentine – Carrick
• A Valentine for Norman Noggs
• Mouse’s First Valentine
• The Day it Rained Hearts
• A Charlie Brown Valentine
• The Valentine Bears
• Emily’s Valentine Party
• Queen of Hearts
• Be Mine, Be Mine, Sweet Valentine
• Dear Bunny
• Love, Ruby Valentine
• The Very Special Valentine

• Host a Valentine’s Day Luncheon.   Plan menu, go shopping, and prepare the luncheon.
• Make Peppermint Patty hearts.  Wrap in tin foil and decorate with stickers.

• Make Valentines Day cards for family:  http://familyfun.go.com/valentines-day/valentines-day-cards/best-valentines-day-cards-834796/#Perfect Pairings;20  You can count on me when things get sticky, treat transmitters, blast off rocket candy card (for brothers)
• Make a funny valentine http://fun.familyeducation.com/valentines-day/childrens-art-activities/35258.html
• Make a Valentines Hat http://crafts.kaboose.com/kids-valentines-hat.html
• Make paper love bugs http://crafts.kaboose.com/paper-love-bugs.html

• Bible story books on Jesus
• The Legend of the Three Trees
• The Donkey’s Dream
• They Followed a Bright Star
• Cat in the Manger
• The Fourth King

• Watch Storykeepers Easter episode
• Make chocolate crown of thorns http://threesidedwheel.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/celebrating-lent-chocolate-crown-of-thorns-recipe/
• Make Resurrection buns http://www.positivelysplendid.com/2010/04/special-easter-recipe-he-is-risen.html

• Palm Branch http://funfamilycrafts.com/handprint-palm-branches-for-palm-sunday/
• Last Supper Table http://catholicicing.com/2010/03/holy-thursday-last-supper-craft/
• Jesus Heals craft https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151266395960302&set=a.423909610301.372488.333386500301&type=1&ref=nf
• John 3:16 Easter Craft http://www.brimfulcuriosities.com/2011/04/in-his-hands-john-316-easter-craft.html

• And Then It’s Spring
• My Spring Robin
• Sarah Bear and Sweet Sidney
• The Winter Wren
• Come to the Meadow
• Spring Song
• Rabbit’s Good News
• Mud – Ray
• Spring’s Sprung
• Cold Little Duck, Duck, Duck
• Hopper Hunts for Spring
• Wake Up, It’s Spring
• Winnie-the-Pooh’s Book of Spring
• Hurray for Spring
• Pooh’s Favorite Things about Spring
• Spring Fever – Weigelt
• Groundhog Weather School
• Who’s Awake in Spring

• Hide plastic eggs in backyard for brothers to find.
• Plant flowers
• Dye eggs.
• Make an earthworm cake.

• Flower magnets pg 9 MBM
• Sandpaper flower prints pg 23 MBM
• Popsicle box pg 61 MBM
• Popcorn cherry blossom tree http://www.babycenter.com/210_popcorn-cherry-blossom-tree_23423.bc

• The True Story of Trapper Jack’s Left Big Toe
• The Sugaring-Off Party
• Pictures from Our Vacation
• One is Canada
• Eh to Zed?  A Canadian Abededarium
• I am Canada – Patterson
• Canada ABCs:  A Book about the People and Places of Canada
• Oh Canada – Ghione
• Eeeny Meenie Manitoba
• See Saw Saskatchewan
• The Gift of the Inuksuk
• The Girl Who Wanted a Song
• The Sakura Tree
• The Polar Bear’s Gift
• Northern Lights:  The Soccer Trails
• The Chinese Violin
• What is the Most Beautiful Think You Know about Horses?
• From Far and Wide:  A Canadian Citizen Scrapbook
• The Day I Became a Canadian:  A Citizen Scrapbook
• The Kid Line
• Shi-Shi-Etko
• Shin-chi’s Canoe

• Make Canadian flag cake
• Make Beaver Tails http://www.food.com/recipe/canadian-beaver-tail-fried-pastries-119576
• Sing Canadian Anthem

• Paint Canadian flag and handprint design http://tinytiaraparties.wordpress.com/2012/06/28/crafting-fun-diy-canada-day-flag-handprint-t-shirts/
• Make wind sock http://familycrafts.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=familycrafts&cdn=parenting&tm=20&f=21&tt=14&bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//www.zoomschool.com/crafts/canada/windsock/
• Multicultural paper dolls http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2012/01/multicultural-craft-for-kids.html

• Sun Up – Tresselt
• Simon in Summer
• Around the Pond:  Who’s Been Here?
• Haircuts at Sleepy Sam’s
• Come On, Rain
• One Hot Summer Day
• Summer’s Vacation
• Summertime in the Big Woods
• Hot Day on Abbott Avenue
• Summer Dreams – Newby
• Feel the Summer – Thomson
• Mayfly
• When the Fireflies Come
• Katie Discovers Summer
• Hooray for Summer
• Mama, Is it Summer Yet?

• Make homemade ice cream
• Have a sponge ball fight http://www.twoheartstogether.com/2009/07/27/sponge-balls/
• Draw on driveway and patio with sidewalk chalk
• Make a fish piñata for the last day of school http://crafts.kaboose.com/fish-pinata.html