I taught joy school the week after Thanksgiving. We learned about the letter L, the number 11, and the color red.
On the first day I had the boys take turns drawing a L word out of a jar. We would do an activity (or a few activities) for that L word and then draw another word out.
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Ladybug - we did a ladybug pom pom magnet picture and some ladybug puzzles (found here).
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Then we had a ladybug snack (apple slices with raisins stuck on using peanut butter).
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Lion - we went on a lion hunt.
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We found lions with the numbers 0-11 on them and then put them in numerical order.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2bNbNHC7uE9fCHMNfi06ujZmH0fZy64dFLZRZeaMAG-T1JiY1W0ezaYkqV222AHyJni3IyNdOGnWTs0MR_7YeoHCKryHeM-2Hvg9rUeVT0lly29rgKqxyAeOTShFmFpNHqLoElr9Ewwru/s320/IMG_5102.jpg)
Lemons and Limes - we stamped using lemons and limes (cut in half) on a L. And then we drank pink lemonade.
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Lamb - we glued cotton balls onto paper plates to make lambs.
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Llama - we read the book Lana Llama's Little Lamb.
Lizard - we read the book Where's My Tail? and did a Lively Lizard tracing worksheet.
Legos - we built L's out of legos and ate candy legos.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiHBxmhmkg0RfW8IqOVqAZ72EtD3A8odCaXD5XrfPVxwaCojDFerBFMRFBez0HVmh9PsK7D_3Aq_prFlsHjTKwNM5wI0GvPL8FPrjSCS9Q877Jo3rQsjbePVG-WwDDv3QGMZBd2lMZXVrQ/s320/IMG_5097.jpg)
The second day was more Christmas themed. We did a lot of Christmas light activities.
We did few different Christmas light pom pom magnet pictures (one found here, the other I can't find at the moment).
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2tnGSdDeHY4RzB6PSWMXVj83b1CPee0rSvYMTaLfW7j4Kyt6pAZRQGccuKph9NLCURA25tlhR6r1ZKSM13hhdu_CXydRYZXZsI4BpehpLhFCswvjL9oRZb5Syz6WH3O958mR-O2Z4MZcU/s320/Desktop112.jpg)
We ate rice krispy treats shaped like Christmas lights.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkL42mee3f8OVS_nAnWh3fgusgjkBN3FyDBVdFF9q6FIdodOycHAV0TsMwy8ppJnS3-fpeOVI3GfeyzIKp0yJAsmGKwFtQZXBGc2jwf2DiJQKTf_pBAnZG_kXHqQc8Zn2QF8mpu8X9QcpO/s320/IMG_4476.JPG)
And while we ate, we watched a YouTube video of Christmas lights set to music.
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We made Christmas lights with fingerprints.
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I attempted to have them do some patterns with Christmas lights (found here), but they were so not into that...
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We made a Christmas tree craft.
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We played a Christmas number game (found here).
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And finally did some color sorting with Christmas pictures.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTjUvbW2Zwrknl4be2ssyxadWCdcFQ1nv08WI9sr8v50iAB6TCEOm2wCReyUOk67_TjcxLtdWYTJDj5_-7Wnk4Tay0-7YE7QN28Flv7pWx6_jIkgeK_pz4quezM7ppgu8uPP_TLzbGa75K/s320/IMG_5124.JPG)
It was a lot of fun! Although I'm really glad I got my week over with at the beginning of December. I can't even imagine having to host this week (or even last week) while also trying to do all the last-minute Christmas prep!
![](http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/38/AA1F35B36A4DA21146CA0A66E13F030B.png)
On the first day I had the boys take turns drawing a L word out of a jar. We would do an activity (or a few activities) for that L word and then draw another word out.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi974E4xC6DI1xp-_w3tQUDWc5e0GyFNW9I78cCQcGIMHmV0v1aoYLVhmPTogLEEfbfXSsHZdtQgQKVPn34gqLgiMyu4t1K2HJA8zy5k905L130TFTD_7thBsDnu0OELblNMDRNSisGPtsT/s320/IMG_5094.jpg)
Ladybug - we did a ladybug pom pom magnet picture and some ladybug puzzles (found here).
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDbj2IUW_0w6Ud6gpOs8pxaakWwoe3uiFJxYsq54Du4_eMjR99l2rdgBhewkn12Un8C6ubvMaeKWiRAPE4C9NKuLxHeJoML3XhyphenhyphenztUmtDXi4ca3dyJARV6XqxgcMNZ643xl526xX31GSPn/s320/IMG_5071.jpg)
Then we had a ladybug snack (apple slices with raisins stuck on using peanut butter).
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikZnkpaBpsu1cnpNRbk5xLmh0JA_Yyum8eWjCoVHSdyCP_HPSdUQRSus_NhrqkfujawZ8WdmdLPEw_eThmto6Ep3erT0bMalxTts-URftuJCIKiDSneDPun1KZ9Y6FPdnWPcqf9kxbQ-j3/s320/IMG_5074.jpg)
Lion - we went on a lion hunt.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz65lX9JoTPZO0WyfI3PG_CkiI-eoTgOO6u0Cr3VklBilH4fFsEld7CJszE5zcB8sr3a7gksA94whEqVmo_TF1yq77Tcu7kIpuDto4ZQ1uR6FOyJR0UcPufzBd6QlaNsDhhK_xMSSPT_3M/s320/IMG_5079.jpg)
We found lions with the numbers 0-11 on them and then put them in numerical order.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2bNbNHC7uE9fCHMNfi06ujZmH0fZy64dFLZRZeaMAG-T1JiY1W0ezaYkqV222AHyJni3IyNdOGnWTs0MR_7YeoHCKryHeM-2Hvg9rUeVT0lly29rgKqxyAeOTShFmFpNHqLoElr9Ewwru/s320/IMG_5102.jpg)
Lemons and Limes - we stamped using lemons and limes (cut in half) on a L. And then we drank pink lemonade.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Ne6A9hDgMqVHnGslsY0cqpNDUWCRned_YFywuBy1EKTUbHQqskdD57_mZky_TMzYeJve5wcJ6zWwzEJSypr06AJ9SdVmm8jSTXDfzc00q_YJimCfcmgdWCzxb-tbEQ-hFG4zaPR9Mn_1/s320/IMG_5080.jpg)
Lamb - we glued cotton balls onto paper plates to make lambs.
Llama - we read the book Lana Llama's Little Lamb.
Lizard - we read the book Where's My Tail? and did a Lively Lizard tracing worksheet.
Legos - we built L's out of legos and ate candy legos.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiHBxmhmkg0RfW8IqOVqAZ72EtD3A8odCaXD5XrfPVxwaCojDFerBFMRFBez0HVmh9PsK7D_3Aq_prFlsHjTKwNM5wI0GvPL8FPrjSCS9Q877Jo3rQsjbePVG-WwDDv3QGMZBd2lMZXVrQ/s320/IMG_5097.jpg)
The second day was more Christmas themed. We did a lot of Christmas light activities.
We did few different Christmas light pom pom magnet pictures (one found here, the other I can't find at the moment).
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2tnGSdDeHY4RzB6PSWMXVj83b1CPee0rSvYMTaLfW7j4Kyt6pAZRQGccuKph9NLCURA25tlhR6r1ZKSM13hhdu_CXydRYZXZsI4BpehpLhFCswvjL9oRZb5Syz6WH3O958mR-O2Z4MZcU/s320/Desktop112.jpg)
We ate rice krispy treats shaped like Christmas lights.
And while we ate, we watched a YouTube video of Christmas lights set to music.
We made Christmas lights with fingerprints.
I attempted to have them do some patterns with Christmas lights (found here), but they were so not into that...
We made a Christmas tree craft.
We played a Christmas number game (found here).
And finally did some color sorting with Christmas pictures.
It was a lot of fun! Although I'm really glad I got my week over with at the beginning of December. I can't even imagine having to host this week (or even last week) while also trying to do all the last-minute Christmas prep!
![](http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/38/AA1F35B36A4DA21146CA0A66E13F030B.png)