Mar. 10, 2006 - Hats!
We had a fun week learning all about hats! I found this fun book by Ellen Spinelli, Do You Have a Hat?. It talks about famous people and the hats they wore: Abe Lincoln, Amelia Earhart, Walt Whitman, etc. The book had a bouncy rhyme and was a pleasure to read. This was our main book for the week and we read it every day (just as we do our Five In A Row books).In addition, we took the time to explore and learn about some of the people mentioned in our main book. We learned about Nat Love and cowboys and Stetson hats. I found a really fun book about cowboys and how they used their hats for so many purposes ...watering their horses, protection from the weather, and as a pillow, just to name a few. We also learned a little about Daniel Boone and his coonskin cap, and Louis Comte who just so happened to be the first magician to do the "rabbit in the hat" trick. And while we didn't talk much about Walt Whitman, I did show them a picture of this famous American poet and read aloud a small portion of his poem "Oh Captain, My Captain."
I found a book on the history of clothing. We studied the section on hats and enjoyed noting how many different kinds of hats their are and how hats have changed over the years. We learned a little about milliners and the parts of a hat (crown, brim, etc) too.
This took us to our fun activity for the week ...making a hat! We found a pattern in the book on the history of hats. We made our hat out of white poster board. We decided on a tall stovepipe hat, just like Abe Lincoln would have worn. Then we painted it pink and hot glued on lots and lots of beads. Julia declared it was "soooo cute!"
Tonight we are having a "Hat Dinner." Everyone is coming to dinner wearing a hat. And I am going to make a hat cake for dessert ...imagine the kind of hat that Madeline wore and that is what this cake will look like. It will be a single round layer for the brim and a smaller layer baked in a pyrex bowl added to the top to make the crown of the hat. I'll frost it with a yellow icing and add a ribbon to make it look pretty. I think it will be yet another fun themed dinner!
It's been a fun week, and even though it was light in regard to the 3 R's, I still think we learned a lot.
Comments
Mar. 10, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Posted by gal51
sounds like tons of fun!!!
Blessings!
~Heather
Blessings!
~Heather
