An incomplete unit on the seasons/calendar

I have decide, last minute, to get this one put together. I feel like I am missing a lot still. But, I need to get the other units put together so I am giving this one a rest, for now.

CALENDAR/SEASONS

Related Subjects:

Seasons
Month
Week
Day
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter
Calendar


Books:

Around the Year (Tasha Tudor ISBN: 0689828470)
The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree (Gail Gibbons ISBN: 0152712453)
The Bear Almanac, 2nd: A Comprehensive Guide to the Bears of the World (Gary Brown ISBN: 1599213311)
The Time Book: A Brief History from Lunar Calendars to Atomic Clocks (Martin Jenkins ISBN: 076364112x)
The Reasons for Seasons (Gail Gibbons ISBN: 0590907352)
The Four Seasons
Stopping By the Woods on Snowy Evening (Robert Frost ISBN:
Paper Snowflakes
Casey Back at the Bat (Dan Gutman ISBN: 0060560274)
An Orange in January (Dianna Aston ISBN: 0803731469)
Tuesday (David Wiesner ISBN: 0395870828)
January Rides the Wind: A Book of Months (Charlotte Otten ISBN: 0688125565)
July is a Mad Mosquito (J. Patrick Lewis ISBN: 0689318138)
On the Same Day in March (Singer ISBN: 0064435288)
April Foolishness (Teresa Bateman ISBN: 0807504041)
April Without Spring (Violet E. Rawlings ISBN: 1425101143)


DVDS:

Yosemite: Seasons


How were the days of the week named (in English)?

Sunday Sun's day
Monday Mon's day
Tuesday Tiw's day (god of law)
Wednesday Wodin's day (king of gods)
Thursday Thor's day (god of war)
Friday Fria's day (goddess of love)
Saturday Saturn's day (god of farming)

Make a yearly calender. Write in the months, days, seasons, holidays and family birthdays. Draw appropriate pictures for each month.

Memorize the days of the week: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday

Memorize the months of the year: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.

Use your knuckle to know how many days in a month: January: knuckle, February, March: knuckle, ...Remember to start July with a knuckle and that February is an exception.

Make a tree for all seasons, which you will decorate differently each month to reflect that month.

Take a picture of the same tree, once a month, for a year. See the difference.

Read books about the seasons, the months, about time.

Activities:

January:

Make pea soup
Go ice skating
Draw snowflakes on another tree for all seasons
Make paper snowflakes
Make popcorn ball snowmen
make a snowman from peanut butter balls. Combine equal parts peanut butter, dry milk, honey. Form balls. Roll in coconut
Make snow cones
Pour hot maple syrup over clean, packed snow. Roll around a stick and enjoy
Read the book *An Orange in January*

February:

Make cherry pie
Draw small hearts on a tree for all seasons
Bake a heart shape cake
Bake sugar cookies cut in heart shape. Decorate them with red glitter and icing

March:

Learn About Ireland and St-Patrick's Day
Draw kites on a tree of all seasons
Bake shamrock shape cookies
Read the book *On the Same Day in March*

April:

Practice track skills (board jump, high jump, sprints, ...)
Make a Rainy Day Can of Activities. Write and or illustrate on separate cards some activities that would be entertaining on a rainy day.
Draw small umbrellas on a tree of all seasons.
Help with spring cleaning
Read the books *April Foolishness* and *April Without Spring*

May:

Make a Spring centerpiece with silk flowers
Draw small flowers on a tree of all seasons
Make a Mother's Day card with pressed flowers
Use watercolors to paint a field of flowers
Study animal babies born in the Spring

June:

Make a Summer flower centerpiece with silk flowers
Plant sunflower seeds
Make limonade
Make assorted icies. Mixed juices with ice in the blender.
Play baseball
Read *Casey Back at the Bat*
Draw small fans for a tree of all seasons
Prepare and go ot for a picnic

July:

Draw small flags on the tree of all seasons
Put up a tent and camp out in the backyard
Go fishing
Have a cook-out
Roast corn on the cob by soaking them in water, wrapping in foil and burying in hot coals.
Have a camp fire and sing songs
Make strawberry shortcake

August:

Go swimming or scuba diving
Make sand castles
Make a shell mobile
Draw small shells on the tree of all seasons
Eat watermelon
Make yogourt popsicles (plain yogourt with unsweetened juice)

September:

Bake ABC cookies, decorate with frosting.
Draw small leaves on the tree of all seasons
Make a leaf collage
Make peanut butter

October:

Carve pumpkins
Roast pumpkin seeds
Bake a pumpkin pie
Bake pumpkin bread and/or scones/muffins
Visit an apple orchard, pick apples
Make apple cider
Make apple sauce
Draw apples on the tree for all seasons
Make a autumn theme wreath

November:

Make an autumn centerpiece

December:

Make a pine cone bird feeder. Stuff lard into pine cone. Press on millet. Hang.

Make a gingerbread house

Decorate gingerbread men

Draw small presents on the tree for all seasons

Make eggnog

Learn about the different kind of evergreen trees

Make a centerpiece of red candles, pine cones and holly


The Seasons:

For Spring, read about:

- animals awaking from hibernation
- frogs and toads laying their eggs at the ponds
- birds building nests
- deciduous trees sprouting leaves
- insects eating leaves
- lambs being born
- farmers sowing spring crops
- orchards in blossom
- bulbs blossoming

For Summer:

- flowers filling gardens
- orchards riping with fruit
- farmers gathering crops
- birds and snakes hatching
- tadpoles growing into frogs
- caterpillars hiding in coccooms

For Autumn:

- farmers harvesting wheat, squash, pumpkins
- orchards bearing apples
- squirrels gathering nuts
- leaves on trees turning brown, red and gold

For Winter:

- deciduous trees shedding leaves
- animals hiding underground
- some birds migrating
- deer gnawing the barks of trees

Read books about each season:

January Rides the Wind: A Book of Months
July is a Mad Mosquito
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