November's First Friday Activities

I finally got the picture of the kids at First Friday activities uploaded! This was just a few days after All Saints and All Souls Day. Our home school group, on this particular First Friday, had the kids dress up like a saint. Each child had to give clues about the saint they were portraying and then the rest of the group guesses who they are. The kids learn a lot about a particular saint and get to play dress-up at the same time. From left to right, and in age order, we have St. Scholastica, St. Benedict, St. Agnes, and St. Agatha. The oldest liked this project so much that she wrote every one's little script and clues. Afterwards we all gathered for a game of saint's bingo, where the squares are filled with the names of the saints and the "caller" reads a saints name and a sentence or two about that saint. I learned a lot that day just by playing this game. Of course, the kids did too, but I think they liked the prizes and candy they won the best!