"J" is the Letter of the Day

It's Tuesday so that means Homepreschool. We hosted today and "J" was the shining star. We warmed up with some songs and learned "John Jacob Jinglehiemer Schmidt" (it's in your head now, too, isn't it?). Then, we took turns running to the letters that I called out to review all our "old" letters and introduce our "new one." After reading "My J Sound Box," we did a coloring page and then read "Jack and Jill." Everyone had a good time acting it out as well as "Jack be nimble." That was all by design as the weather is not conducive to being out and these kids need to run off some energy! :) Jell-O jigglers were next and everyone got to choose either a pumpkin or turkey. Yummy!
Back to reading and we read and talked about the First Thanksgiving and the Pilgrims and Indians and what they ate. Then, we made turkeys but not just any turkeys...jakes. Yes, that's right, jakes are young, male turkeys that my lovely husband taught me all about. What fun we had!
Last, but not least, we talked about the best "J" word of all, Jesus. We read a couple of books about Him and His birth. After that, we danced to "Joy to the World" by Bebo Norman. It's a more upbeat tempo and the kiddos had a great time. Just take a look...

Dancing the morning away! Candace was my helper today and did a great job. Thanks, Candace!
MF and Heath getting their groove on...

Now we have MF and Ruthie and Heath and Evie. Joseph didn't seem to mind going solo but did find a partner in MF later. :)

Here we have our "jakes." Can't wait to dig into the real thing Thursday!