Month: October 2022

One of the favorite books for all of my toddlers over the years has been “Goodnight Moon”. The simple rhyming and repetition is calming for my little ones.

Abeka Curriculum

I was able to incorporate several of our Abeka nursery lessons into this unit as well. Following are some of the specific books with links that are used in this Farm Tot School Unit:

• Language Development 
• Arts & Crafts with Button Bear 
• Summer Fun with Amber Lamb 
• Learning Numbers with Button Bear 
• Nursery Arts & Crafts 
• Child Art for 2’s

Goodnight Moon Sensory Tub

Color: Red

Shape: Crescent

Number: 2

Letter: M (moon)

• Abeka Language Development card 1
• Abeka Nursery Arts & Crafts pg. 1 & 55

“In the great green room”

“There was a telephone”

• Abeka Language Development card 65
• Abeka Learning Numbers with Button Bear pg. 101

“And a red balloon”

S reviewed his colors by coloring the balloons on page 2 of this download the color that I told him.  Then I cut it out and folded it into a book.

“And a picture of—”

“The cow jumping over the moon”

I got this printable from Homeschool Creations.  I added a craft stick to them so I could make the cow jump over the moon.

“And there were three little bears sitting on chairs”

I cut out the bears and chairs for S to sort them by size. Then she wanted them to have a “bowl of mush” too.

“And two little kittens”

I printed the 2 Little Kittens printable for her to color.

“And a pair of mittens”

• Abeka Language Development pg. 144

“And a little toy house”

“And a young mouse”

• Abeka Language Development card 51
• Abeka Child Art for 2’s pg. 53
• Abeka Summer Fun with Amber Lamb pg. 35

“And a comb and a brush”

“and a bowl full of mush”

“And a quiet old lady who was whispering “hush””

“Goodnight room”

I printed the Goodnight Room Coloring Page for S.

“Goodnight moon”

“Goodnight cow jumping over the moon”

• Abeka Arts & Crafts with Button Bear pg. 25

“Goodnight light”

• Abeka Language Development card 25
• Abeka Child Art for 2’s pg. 25

“And the red balloon”

“Goodnight bears”

• Abeka Language Development card 10

“Goodnight chairs”

“Goodnight kittens”

• Abeka Language Development card 15

I found this 3 Little Kittens for her to match mittens with the kittens.

“And goodnight mittens”

“Goodnight clocks”

Here is the Hickory, Dickory, Dock coloring page.

“And goodnight socks”

“Goodnight little house”

• Abeka Language Development card 34
• Abeka Learning Numbers with Button Bear pg. 17
• Abeka Nursery Arts & Crafts pg. 177

“And goodnight mouse”

“Goodnight comb And goodnight brush”

“Goodnight nobody”

• Abeka Language Development card 33
• Abeka Summer Fun with Amber Lamb pg. 59
• Abeka Learning Numbers with Button Bear pg. 29

“Goodnight mush”

“And goodnight to the old lady whispering “hush””

• Abeka Language Development pg. 153

“Goodnight stars”

“Goodnight air”

“Goodnight noises everywhere.”

• Abeka Language Development card 52

Chewy Sugar Cookies

Cookie Ingredients:

• 1 Cup Butter
• 1 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 1/4 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1//2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Cookie Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Spray cookie sheet with nonstick spray
3. Cream together the butter and sugar.
4. Add the egg and mix well.
5. Stir in the flour, baking powder, salt and vanilla.
6. Form dough into a large ball and place in a bowl to refrigerate for a hour.
7. Roll the cookie dough onto a floured surface about 1/4 inch thick.
8. Cut out the dough with cookie cutters and place them on the pan.
9. Bake for 8-10 minutes.
10. Cool and add the buttercream.

Buttercream Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup Crisco
• 4 cups powdered sugar (2 lbs)
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 tablespoon milk (if thick)

Buttercream Directions:

1. Cream together the butter and Crisco with a mixer.
2. Slowly add in 1 cup of powdered sugar at a time.
3. Add the vanilla, if it seems too thick you can add a bit of milk.
4. Color with yellow food coloring.