Week 13, Nov 21, Nov 22, Thanksgiving break

Nov 21

Today was the day of the play! The kids did so great! I put together an art show of all the kids work they've done in art. We also had a bake sale to raise money for the co-op and made over 300$!
 
Nov 22

Today we did a couple of crafts that River made up (bookmarks). Then we went outside to collect leaves for a Thanksgiving craft and River decided to do a water expiration that she made up. After the kids played outside for a while they came in and we made a Thankful tree with leaves of all the things we're thankful for. 

River has been enjoying a book, "Brains, Not Just a Zombie Snack" and it's been a great introduction to learning about the brain and it's function. 

Over Thanksgiving break we were really lucky to focus on family time. We read some extra books that fit our "Gratitude" extra reading list. We hosted Thanksgiving dinner for some of our family and River was a big help cooking, baking, and hosting. On Friday Kenny worked with River to make a solar oven out of a cereal box. They didn't quite get it to work because it was so windy/cold, but had a ton of fun making it! On Saturday we set up our tree and watched Home Alone 2. Earlier in the day we went to Home Depot for a workshop but missed it and took the project home. 

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