Snow, Snow, and yes FUN!

This year we haven't had the snow fall of years past, but just enough to enjoy it. Luckily, we had ice the day before, so the snow landed on frozen grass.

Before the snow came we read, "Snowy Day" and completed activities from Homeschool Creations. The next day we sequenced our story, after an another reading.

Here are two Montessori Inspired trays from MontessoriMOMents.

• Spooning Snowballs
• Sifting Snowflakes

Here is a MamaJenn link for an Edible Tortilla Snowflake

We also made these cool snowflakes from delia creates. Although, I used yellow pipe cleaner and they looked like the dog got to the snowflake.

Boiling hot water - enough to fill your 6 pint sized mason jar
1/3 cup borax - you can find this in the laundry aisle.

pint mason jar
pencil
WHITE pipe cleaners
string/yarn

Plural Nouns

WOW, there are a lot of rules about plural nouns! Six rules to be exact. I have put together some help to guide us though the SIX RULES of plural nouns.

What is a noun? By Mr. Thorne

First---let's see what does singular and plural mean? youtube and another by Mr.Thorne

Another YouTube video about plural and singlar nouns. I would not watch the entire video. Simply STOP or fast forward the video until you go over that rule.

This is the pdf file is were I found the following six rules of changing a singular noun to a plural noun. This is another resourceful site.

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Rule #1 The plural of nouns is usually formed by adding s to a singular noun.

Example: lamp, lamps

Rule #2 Nouns ending in s, z, x, ss, sh, and ch form the plural by adding es.

Example: dress, dresses; fox, foxes

• Mr.Thorne video

Rule #3 Nouns ending in y preceded by a consonant is formed into a plural by changing

y to ies. Example: family, families; lady, ladies; fairy, fairies

• Mr. Thorne video

Rule #4 Nouns ending in y preceded by a vowel form their plurals by adding s.

Example: boy, boys; day, day

Rule #5

Most nouns ending in o preceded by a consonant is formed into a plural by

adding es. Example: hero; heroes

Rule #6

Some nouns ending in f or fe are made plural by changing f or fe to ves.

Example: beef, beeves; wife, wive

• Mr. Thorne

Of course, we are talking about english grammer, so there are always EXCEPTIONS to the rules.

• Some words are always plural. Mr. Thorne
• Irregular plurals Video, video, Irregular Nouns - animals, fish, and bugs, Vocabulary - Irregular Nouns - plants and foods

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Once you know the rules here are several online games to play.

• Singular Plural Noun Game
• The Plural Girls
• Bug Catcher
• Roy the Zebra - this site has five games
• See 'N Spell Plurals
• Plural Play