Sneezing and Sniffling In A Winter Wonderland

     Last week if you read my previous post was not very active due to a nasty cold. This week was just as, if not moreso, relaxed due to the fact thatvmy son's nasty cold ended up causing him a double ear infection and sinus infection. The antibiotics hopefully are working, but after four days of it he has still been fighting this infection with a fever. So far this morning he has been fever free, but the day is young. Heck it is still dark outside. I was told by his receptionist to give this six days of a potential fever before freaking out because of how sick he had gotten.
     Not only was my son sick, but over the last week-end I ended up finally catching this cold. Sick kid and sick mom is not easy. I barely survived the day so as you can see blogging was not on my high list of to-do's during this time. We did learn some things though thanks to my v8 energy drink, airbourne, and whatever energy my child was interested in using, which has not been much. So we have read lots of books together.
    This week we learned a little bit anoit the season of winter. Here where we live a good snowy winter is a hit or miss. Some years it is a white snowy cold winter wonderland...so far this year no snow and a lot of cold weather, so I had to use my imagination for some indoor winter activities.
     This week we also have learned about the letter Qq and the comcept of quiet vs. loud.

 Books We Read Together:
My q Sound Box by Jane Belk Moncure
Welcome to the Ice House by Jane Yolen
This Quiet Ladyby Charlotte Zolotow and Anita Lobel
Safety Winter by Sue Wilkenson
Quack! The Sound of Q by Cynthia Klingel and Robert B. Noyed
Boot Weather by Judith Vigna
Sarah's Questions by Harriet Ziefert
Walking In A Winter Wonderland by Tom Hop Good
Quick As A Cricketby Audrey Wood
Sneezy the Snow Man by Maureen Wright

Songs We Sang Together This Week

The Queen of Hearts nursury rhyme
Sleigh Ride
The letter q song from abcmouse.com
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Five Little Ducks by Raffi
Frosty the Snowman
A Quiet Quarterback song
Jingle Bells
Do You Know the Question Man?
If All the Snow Flakes Were Candy Bars and Milk Shakes

Activities We Worked On Together
Letter Qq coloring sheets
Qq vocab review coloring sheet
Painting a winter scene with q-tips
Play loud and quiet songs together on the piano
Play with shaving cream
Paper shape quilt collage
Play with ice
Use cotton balls to have a "snowball" fight
Play Quiet As A Mouse
Go on A Winter Nature Quest Walk through the neighborhood.
Play with dry quinoa

Winter Topics We Learned Something About
What happens in nature during winter.
Winter animals
Winter safety
Winter activities
Winter Holidays
Winter clothes