December 2014 - Unschooling Kindergarten

This entire month we also read "Unwrapping the Greatest Gift" together each evening for Advent. 
12/1/14 - Curious George at the Waterville Opera House; Coliseum
12/2/14 - Behind the Scenes at the Nutcracker, tree decorating, Scouts blanket night, counting steps
12/3/14 - Lots of outside play in the snow!
12/4/14 - Chutes and Ladders, Where is Sock Monkey?, rough-and-tumble play
12/5/14 - Setting up church fair, errands with Daddy (post office, Marden's), shoveling off steps for delivery people, kindness delivery to flaggers, Christmas books with Mama (exclamation points)
12/6/14 - Playing in snow and Minecraft with Neighbors, Sparkle Stories marathon (vocabulary, emotional expressions)
12/7/14 - Sunday School (advent story), choosing wise man costume and pretend play, shopping for giving tree gifts
12/8/14 - Sick day! Lego Marvel game on YouTube, VeggieTales Christmas episode, League of Extraordinary Vegetables, coloring wrapping paper (purple, of course!)
12/9/14 - Sick day! Syllables by sound and clapping
12/10/14 - Sick day! Math magnets (addition and subtraction), reading Lego Move sticker book with finger to follow along and counting syllables in words by sound, coloring advent picture by number with Mama
12/11/14 - Pretend play with Daddy (Indiana Jones), 2nd Advent Candle
12/12/14 - Outdoor time, color-by-numbers Advent picture, games with Brady
12/13/14 - Lowes Build and Grow (Christmas train), Festival of Trees (scavenger hunt), Hanukkah party
12/14/14 - Stars in Sunday School, traditional concert w/Holbrooks
12/15/14 - numbers, reading to Brady
12/16/14 - Russia (Little Passports), library Christmas party (candy factory and ornament-making), How to Train Your Dragon pretend play, Harry Potter Lego book, Scouts (making ornaments for self and friends - Oma and Opa, Grace, Ayden and Brady)
12/17/14 - Emptied dishwasher, drew out recipe and made toaster pizza on his own for supper, dreidel game, Santa's workshop (helping Daddy fix broken ornaments, decorations, etc.)
12/18/14 - Giant snowman, Sparkle Stories (including Nutcracker)
12/19/14 - Newells, more Sparkle stories, recognized the letter "A" in "A tasty surprise!" in book
12/20/14 - Library for banjo music, dancing, and new books (Bear and Beatrice sleepover book, Copy Crocs), choosing get-well cards at Target for aunties, open house for Franks (dragon cave, Legos), Sparkle stories
12/21/14 - Wise man in pageant at church, singing Christmas songs, Santa Activity book, Sparkle stories (new subscription - Willowbee Tree), creating four stories in the style of "If you give a Mouse a Cookie", 3rd and 4th Advent candles
12/22/14 - Helping Mama at work, health food store and post office (balance challenges while waiting in line), superheroes at the playground with Mama, Avery's house for a playdate
12/23/14 - Playdate with Newells
12/24/14 - Making cupcakes and birthday shopping for Jesus, snowball attack on Nana and Grampy's car, Christmas Eve pageant at church (Joseph)
12/25/14 - Christmas! Buildling Lego Fusion and Mixels, new activity books (letters, numbers, hidden object pictures, colors), Skype with Oma and Opa and Aunty Rochelle (sharing stories he had written), Star Wars thumb wrestling
12/26/14 - Playing detective with Grampy, Angry Birds Go! on iPad, walk outside and playing catch with Charlie, Amelia Bedelia books with Nana and Grampy, Sparkle Stories (many...all week long...)
12/27/14 -  Chima Speederz
12/28/14 - Angry Birds National Geographic books, especially the atlas
12/29/14 - Recognizing sight words like "no", "off", and exclamations, restaurant pretend play while waiting at passport office
12/30/14 - Frog and Toad pretend play game with Mama and Grampy, telling Nana about the recipe, making an instruction book for a Popple Lego bed, new Lego Club Jr. magazine
12/31/14 - Cleaning up Christmas decorations, Lego Club Jr. magazine (maze, finding hidden objects, matching letters), New Year's sleepover with Avery