After our good morning songs, we started right into our topic! Elephants. Play Pretend: Be An ElephantWe began by talking about the special features of an elephant - their trunks, their feet, their ears and we acted out different elephant movements. These were: trumpet our nose, make our noises, flap our ears and swing our trunks to the floorBOOK:

 This one didn't turn out like I had envisioned. The concept was a set-up that made books look like they were the focus of an Instagram book photo challenge. One of the authors I follow on instagram, Chani Lynn Feener, creates the most inviting photo challenge pictures and those were my inspiration. Unfortunately, my end result fell flat -

In celebration of the Hogwarts start of term (Sept 1) and the upcoming 20th anniversary of the Sorcerer's Stone, we set out some activities focusing on book 1!Below are 4 different activities. 1. Sorting HatPut a tally mark next to what Hogwarts House you would be in.2. Harry's School Supplies Scavenger Hunt  Hmmm, is this picture clear? Scavenger

 This was a temporary bulletin board and super easy to prepare.This bulletin board used a cardboard fireplace purchased several Christmas's ago so the only prep work on my end was making envelopes to hang from the ceiling and finding pictures of the Dursley's to put in cardboard frames (which were props used previously in online videos).  Because this was