Michaelmas Week

During the last week of September, we took a break from learning letters to celebrate Michaelmas.  The girls and I continued to start our mornings with a walk, circle time, French lesson, and penny whistle lesson.  I made sure Johanna took some time to practice writing the letters she had already learned. I also told Julia a new "Super Sam" story for the week. In this story he meets a dragon(a nice one) who lost his parents, and made his way into the forest.

On Monday, I told the girls a story for Michaelmas out of this book:   

Afterward, the girls drew their own pictures of a princess being rescued from a dragon.

Johanna's Drawing

Julia's Drawing

On Tuesday,  the girls modeled dragons out of clay.  They enjoyed doing this so much that they decided to make dragon eggs, nests, and knights. They even colored a cardboard "scene" they could sit them on, and even better, they were easily portable.

Johanna's Sculptures

Julia's Sculptures

On Wednesday, I read them a story about Saint George from this book:

Saint George is considered to be the earthly counterpart to Saint Michael.

After I told them the story, we painted pictures of Saint Michael and the dragon.  We painted using the wet-on-wet watercolor technique. It is a challenge for the girls to control the paint using this technique.  At this point, they are not expected to make any kind of detailed paintings. Even I still have a hard time!

Mom's Painting

Johanna's Painting

Julia's Painting

Finally, on Thursday, we made our dragon bread.  The kids always enjoy doing this!