Highlights from "N" Week

Learning Along the Alphabet Path

~  Nasturtium Fairy Coloring Pages ~

From this Coloring Book
(While looking at the Flower Fairies Alphabet book and listening to the CD!)

~ Picture Book Science :: N is for ummmm.... Nothing!   ~

We were too busy getting ready for the feast of St. Nicholas! 

~ Picture Study :: N is for St. Nicholas  ~

Using this drawing tutorial!

~ N is for St. Nicholas ~

Our Painted Saint Nicholas,
for with An Alphabet of Catholic Saints
and you can print the copy work we used here.

St. Nicholas Coloring Pages from the St. Nicholas Center. 

We pulled out all of our books about St. Nicholas to read:

The Miracle of Saint Nicholas (Golden Key Books)
Saint Nicholas: The Real Story of the Christmas Legend
The Legend of Saint Nicholas
Saint Nicholas
St. Nicholas: A Closer Look at Christmas
The Real Santa Claus: Legends of Saint Nicholas (Phyllis Fogelman Books)

We also listened to the CD Legends of St. Nicholas: Medieval Chant & Polyphony and watched Nicholas: The Boy Who Became Santa.

~ N is for New Testament ~

The boys worked on finishing their New Testament Lap books for History during "N" week.  I'll try and post pictures of their finished Lap books soon! 

~ N is for Night Prayers ~

I just LOVE the book God's Alphabet and have decided to incorporate it into the remainder of our Alphabet Path journey this year.  Like the Picture Dictionary we added to our home collection as one of our O Antiphon treats, this book had been recently reprinted, and was originally published back in 1938!

I ended up making a coloring page using a Precious Moments image and the Quote from God's Alphabet for the letter N:

N is for Night Prayers
which faithfully say
 and angels will guard you until it is day!

Over our Christmas break the girls also enjoyed working on Lydia's latest coloring pages to add to their notebooks as well!

~ Crafts ~

St. Nicholas Makeover

A couple more crafts made at our Home School Craft Day:

~ Serendipi-Tea time ~

St. Nicholas Hot Cocoa Mix

We've been making this for years now, and it is always a favorite activity!  


St. Nicholas Cupcakes

Cupcakes decorated with White and Red Frosting, Coconut,
 Chocolate Chips, Red Hots, and Mini Marshmallows


St. Nicholas Cookies

Using this recipe from Catholic Cuisine. 

We ended the week by Celebrating the Feast of St. Nicholas!!