Dear Sis,

William is very excited for your arrival later today. It motivated him through lessons very quickly, so he can play with Baby Em when she gets here:)

Our Daily Reading

Today’s fiction selection is one of William’s favorites right now. Max the Brave by Ed Vere is about a kitty who is going to show his bravery by chasing mice… too bad he doesn’t know what mouse looks like.

Today’s non-fiction selection is from The Cat in the Hat Learning Library: What Cat is That? By Tish Rabe. In true Cat-in-the-Hat style, the book is written in rhyme and is loaded with great information about wild and domesticated cats.

Breakfast: Cat Bagel

“C” is for Cat Letter Craft

Activity Materials

• Print C is for Cat Letter Craft Template from Miss Maren’s Monkeys Blog, on card stock. 
  • Cut out “C,” ear, and nose portions of the template. We skipped the paper eye and whisker portions of the template.
• Supply a sheet craft paper for cat (black, brown, gray, orange, white), a second sheet of craft paper for mounting, pink craft paper for nose, 2 large wiggly eyes, a pipe cleaner cut into six portions for whiskers.
• Crayons optional to add pattern to cat. William wanted to add white stripes to his orange cat.

Student Assembly

• Trace and cut out or have your grown up trace and cut out the “C,” 2 ears, and a tail from cat colored sheet of craft paper. Trace and cut out nose from pink craft paper.
• Paste “C,” ears, and tail to the mounting sheet of craft paper.
• Optional: Add stripes, patches, or spots with crayons, as desired.
• Paste on wiggly eyes and whiskers.
• Write or ask your grown up to title, name, and date your work, for your homeschool portfolio.

Cat Matching Memory Game

Print Cat Matching Memory Game from Sunny Day Family, on card stock. To finish the game for use, cut cats out, back them with scrapbook paper, and laminate them for durability.

Matching Game

• Place half of the cards face up and half the cards face down.
• During turn, player flips a face down card and finds its face up match.

We played this version once before moving onto small scale memory game play.

Memory Game

• Choose 4-6 pairs of cards. Shuffle and place all face down.
• During turn, flip two cards. If they match, the player keeps them and has the opportunity to flip two more cards in search of another match. Continue until a match is not made.
• Play transfers to the second player. Process is the same. 
• When all cards are collected, they player with the most cards wins.

Cat Whisker Lacing Cards

Print Cat Whisker Lacing Cards form Your Therapy Source, on card stock. Cut out cats, laminate, and punch two holes on each side of nose with hole puncher. Supply pipe cleaners cut in half, for lacing.

Love,

b