~Eliana is 5 years old~
"The Duke of Sultana is coming, so the Hotel Bellevue is rolling out the red carpet. But when the doorman gives the carpet a push, it rolls and rolls and rolls! It rolls out the door, onto the curb, and down the street. It runs east on Route 22 and out into the countryside and soon turns everything bright red!
Oh, no! Will this runway carpet ever stop?" ~ from the back cover of The Red Carpet, by Rex Parkin.This was such a FUN book! We mostly had some memory making fun (since we rowed this over spring break), but we also focused on a community theme, "things people do", directions, and more!
Memory Making Fun
Roll the Red Carpet Through Town!
"On special occasions the doorman, in blue, Rolled out a lovely red carpet too!" |
Ice cream cart in the public square. |
The police chase! |
"Attention Car 4!" they heard the voice say. "Arrest a red carpet! It's coming your way!" |
This story has a fun ending - you must take a look!
It is worth the effort to find this out-of-print book!
Fruit Rolls
After all that red carpet chasing, we rolled out our own red carpet ~ to eat!
Eliana said this was her favorite part of the row. :)
"Telegram"/Text
The story begins when the Hotel Bellevue receives a telegram that the Duke of Sultana is coming to stay. . . so I had Eliana send a "telegram" (text) to Malachi, who was at the property all week.
The surprise was a strawberry fruit roll. :)
Pretzels at the Mall
The boys were at the property in Montana, but they met us in Billings to have pretzels at the mall. (The red carpet upsets a pretzel cart as it rolls through the public square.)
Mali and Elli had cinnamon and sugar. |
They were SO good! {Fresh made and natural, too.}
Community: Police Officers, What Makes a Town Go Round? Street Signs
For Sonlight Core P4/5, we have been reading Things People Do.
For this row, we read:
- Hotel Manager
- Police (had to read ahead for this one)
- Newspaper Reporter
We noticed the red carpet! |
And we went on a field trip (with the YMCA preschool) to the police station.
Miss Sweet Eliana and Mr. "Cheese" Malachi |
More sweet. |
More cheese. :) |
Ah, now that's sweet. |
They were so well behaved and so quiet! |
In the dispatch room - the front office called 911 so that we could hear what it sounded like when an emergency call came in. |
They got to tour the police car. |
And meet the police dog, who was wearing his official police dog badge. |
I used Project Life pages (Design E, Design A and 6x6 from the Big Variety Pack, 6x12, 12x12) and journaling cards and papers from Amber and Cobalt editions and regular 8.5x11 sheet protectors for the preschool pack.
The Red Carpet is a Before Five in a Row selection.
Delightful Links:
- Preschool Corner {& 5K too!}
- Project Life Tuesday
- The Red Carpet Lapbook @ HSS
- The Red Carpet Early Learning Printables @ Homeschool Creations
- Police Officer Unit @ Homeschool Creations
- Special thanks to Tamara for her Red Carpet inspiration!
Did you make the playmat?!
ReplyDeleteI did not. I bought it at our local farmer's market and asked the lady who made it to stitch along the road for me so it would be quilted. If you could find the fabric, it would be easy to make. =)
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