Fairy Tales and Thanksgiving

For our fairy tale week we read several fairy tales. One of the favorites seemed to be Rumpelstiltskin. I really like Paul O. Zelinsky's versions, very traditional (so be a little careful!) and the pictures are so beautiful!

On Thursday we made crowns. I had several styles to choose from, along with markers, glitter glue and stick-on jewels. Very fun to see all the different styles of creating these, from really decorated to super simple. 

We also had a castle to play in. The students really enjoyed playing knights and princesses. 

Thanks for the donations for our Thanksgiving feast! They had lots of yummy food!

 We also made turkey puppets. Simple, but fun.

 Then we made patterns using food. The morning class had 3 foods to choose from--candy corn, marshmallows, and goldfish. They created their own patterns. In the afternoon class I made the pattern and then each student came over and chose what would come next in the pattern.

 Afternoon class with their puppets.

 Afternoon class at their feast!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend off of school!