LIGHTING THE WAY WITH WORDS

What kind of options have you had lately?
Feel free to share your visual definition

of options with us. We will post them here on the blog for all to enjoy.

As always I look forward to the many words we can share together.

ROCKIN' WITH ROCKNOCEROS

Hi All,

We would like to thank everyone who entered the contest to win Rocknoceros' newest CD, Pink. There were quite a few of you who entered through email, facebook, and on the blog. We loved the diversity of entrants that included moms, grandmothers, teachers, and kids! Thanks again for all your support. As always, we look forward to the many contests, words, pictures, and stories we can share together.

The winner of the contest is:

Miss Traci and her classroom at
Small Scholars Academy

Congratulations! We hope you enjoy your new CD.

Harvest Season in Review

Hi All,

We hope you all have had a wonderful autumn so far. The Night Light Stories household has been very busy. What have we been doing you ask? Thanks so much for asking, let me show you!

We posted "The Patchwork Pumpkin", our first two part story.

Click here to download: Episode 13 and Episode 14

We made a scarecrow together.

We reused old milk cartons to help us decorate for Halloween together.

We climbed the highest hay stacks we could find together.

We worked hard to clean up all the fallen leaves and

branches in the yard together.

We picked, designed, and carved 4 pumpkins together.

(One for each of us.)

We created a haunted gingerbread house together.

We had to restock the Halloween Candy.

We would love to hear what you were up to this autumn.

What kind of activities did you and your family do together?

In the meantime, we wish you a safe and

Happy Halloween from:

Supergirl

and Bumblebee!

One more thing!

Don't forget to turn your clocks BACK one hour before you go to

bed on Halloween night. As always we look forward to the many

pictures, words, and stories we can share together.

LIGHTING THE WAY WITH WORDS

There are many ways to give and receive nourishment. We would love to see how your creative minds visually define nourishment.
Feel free to send us a picture

at nightlightstories@gmail.com
and we will post them for all to enjoy.
As always, I look forward to the many words we can share together.

EXCITEMENT!

I got a treat in my email today and it is not even Halloween yet! Mr. Black and his class sent me this fun picture of them enjoying the Imagination Movers CD they won from Episode 12. Thank you so much for sharing your excitement!

The Night Light Stories "Patchwork Pumpkin"

Hi All,

The Night Light Story household carved our pumpkins last night. There was a lot of laughter, pumpkin "guts", and pumpkin seeds! Below is the picture of our very own "Patchwork Pumpkin". You can download Episode 13 and Episode 14 by clicking on the links.


Feel free to share the pictures you take during this Harvest Season. We would love to post them for all to enjoy!

Also, don't forget! The fantastic and charastmatic children's band Rocknoceros is offering their new CD, PINK, as a prize to one of our loyal listeners. Click HERE to find out the details on how to enter! Contest ends October 31st.

EPISODE 14: The Patchwork Pumpkin, Part 2

Click here to listen to Part 2 of the Patchwork Pumpkin

Hello All,

We hope you enjoyed part two of the Patchwork Pumpkin. We plan on posting the pictures of our jack-o-lanterns this weekend after our "Carvefest" with the kid's grandparents. We would love to see yours as well! Send us a picture of how you are celebrating this time of year and we will post it for all to enjoy!

CONTEST CORNER

To help celebrate our 1st two part story, the Northern Virginia based band, Rocknoceros, generously offered their newest CD, PINK, as a prize for a contest. To enter, simply visit Rocknoceros' website and explore all around. Dance to some songs, check out their podcast, and read their bios. Then, come back to this post and leave a comment about what you found most interesting, fun, or inviting about this intriguing trio!

What did you say, a word of the day? That is right, in our story there are many illuminating words. Try and use them in your conversations this week!

awkward:lacking grace or ease in movement

exasperated:annoy extremely

flinch:to draw back or withdraw from

silhouette:the outline or general shape of something

COMPREHENSION CHALLENGE

After listening to the story, can you recall the details to

answer these questions?

1. What made Millie flinch in the hay loft?

2. Do you think Millie raked the leaves like her mom asked? What did she do with them?

3. Where was Millie's father before she showed him the scarecrow?

JUST ADD IMAGINATION!

Try these activities to keep your imagination glowing after hearing the story.

1. Make a list of things you could reuse around your house to make a scarecrow.

2. Visit Crayola.com's coloring website http://bit.ly/pwpump to create a picture from your favorite part in the story. Send it us at nightlightstories@gmail.com and we will post it for all to enjoy.

3. Carve your own digital pumpkin at http://www.puffgames.com/pumpkincarving