The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Aug 1st- A few of my favorite things...

~The wonder of seeing real sea creatures at the library

~The magic of touching a real turtle shell from the ocean

~Carefully selected array of things to touch that makes the far-off ocean and its creatures real to a child if but for a moment

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 27th- A few of my favorite things...
~A Monday filled with fun challenges
~Making a bracelet that is both decorative and useful
~A bingo game where the real winning is in the eye of the observer

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 4th- A few of my favorite things...
~Taking the gigantic rhubarb you picked, 
~Learning how to carefully cut with a real knife, then...
~Taking the cut-up pieces and making rhubarb sauce for snack tonight

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Nov 16th- A few of my favorite things...
~The first real snowfall where you can first make a snow cat...
~Then choose your mode of fun...
~And slide down the sledding hill until you're ready to head back for some hot cocoa

The HAbit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Nov 4th- A few of my favorite things...
~Gold on the ground...
~Gold on the branches...
~Gold in the creek...who says real riches don't grow on trees?

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Sept 14th- A few of my favorite things...
~Having the opportunity to visit a real archaeology site here in CNY run by the State Museum, local archaeologists, and historians
~Learning about a people group, the Crowfield, whose culture in our area is just beginning to be understood
~Getting the chance to help sift through history so that one day, we may know more