Learning the dojo boundaries. Basics

Finished gingerbread man ornaments - opened gifts - played with gifts - graduation

extra hrs

extra hrs

Calendar, 100 chart, counted plastic santas 1-20 and created groups of Santas 1-20. Reread Hanukkah story.Spun the dreidel and made a chart of how often it landed on each side out of 24 spins. Baked Mexican cookies. Read word flash cards. Delivered their gifts to all the other students. Quinn's birthday party.

Back to basics. To practice with discipline

Walk through a nature path and look at all the plants, animals Earth and sky and see how they are related to our martial arts training

As the final class of the year we invite mom to train with us.
Exercises, drills, blocks punches and kicks

Today we tried to put all the blocks together with the punches and stances. Along with rope work and drills

Calendar, 100 chart, Reviewed Hanukkah traditions- counted groups of menorah candles 1-9, created groups of candles 1-9. Initial sound worksheet and review of printing all letters. Read sentences utilizing /in/ /and /it/ and briefly explained periods, question marks, and exclamation points. Decorated wooden star and car ornaments. Colored the castle with JM. Listened to 'The Polar Express' on actorsguildstories.com - oral comprehension questions. Also asked them why they think some people don't believe in Santa - Quinn's quick response -'They are stupid" and
Anna's response after several seconds of pondering, and given in a sweet, soft tone, was..."They are very sad people",then she shook her head and shrugged her shoulders. Acrylic paintings of frog and flower for Grandma for Christmas.