Dec. 6-9

In Art the children will make stained glass frames, The Meaning of a Snowman Ornaments, lacing wooden ornaments, and magic scratch snowflakes.
In Music we will learn about holidays in other countries. We will finish our Kwanzaa story and play a Kwanzaa game called “I Got The Spirit”. We will learn about Santa Lucia Day and sing “Santa Lucia”.
Our field trip to the Omni Theatre at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History is this Thursday, Dec. 9. Please meet at the school (Mrs. Hague and Mrs. Camp will be there by 8:30. We need to leave by 8:45 (they want us to be there by 9:30. The show starts at 10:00.
Please remember to wear your school field trip shirt or Flint Academy shirt on Thursday to the Fort Worth Omni Theatre.
We will come back to the school for lunch after the show, and we will have our party after lunch. Please send a lunch as usual that day.

Nov. 29-Dec.2

The children will be making Christmas cards for their family and friends. We will be using stamps and stickers to add to the cards. The students will also be creating their own sticker snowman to take home.
We will be reading about how the children in Israel celebrate Hanukkah. We will also be reading about the African celebration of Kwanzaa.
In Science we will be talking about the different kinds of weather. The children will be sorting different sizes of nuts in Science Center. We will be observing the Chrysanthemum flower outside and painting our own to put in our Nature Journal. The children will be painting their own flower and cutting and pasting the different names/parts of a flower.
Be sure and turn in the permission slip and money for the Omni Theatre Field Trip next Thursday. We will have our Christmas Party when we get back from the field trip.
Be sure to bring the envelope with money and names to buy for if you would like your child to buy Christmas gifts from the Reindeer Lane Store this Wednesday. We will be going on Wednesday morning.

The Flint Academy

Arlington, Tx
No education seems to be worth the name which has not made children at home in the world of books, and so related them, mind to mind, with thinkers who have dealt with knowledge. — Charlotte Mason