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

LIGHTING THE WAY WITH WORDS

Have you had any momentous moments that you would like to share? Send us your visual definition of momentous at nightligthstories@gmail.com. We will post it on the blog for all to see!

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

Episode 13: The Patchwork Pumpkin, Part 1

Click here to listen to: The Patchwork Pumpkin, Part 1

Hello All,

Have you ever carved a pumpkin or made a scarecrow? The Night Light Stories household loves to do both. So far, we have created the scarecrow that is pictured below. The pumpkins are scheduled to be carved next weekend when the grandparents arrive for a visit.

We would love to see a picture of your pumpkins, scarecrows, or any of the Harvest time decorations you created this year. Send the pictures to nightlightstories@gmail.com and we will post them on the site for all to enjoy, as well as in our Fan Art.

What did you say? A word of the day! That is right! In our story there are

many juicy words that are fun to learn and say!

Crest: the highest part of a hill or mountain range

Ferocious: savagely fierce

Girth: the measure around anything

Muffled: To deaden (a sound)

COMPREHENSION CHALLENGE

After listening to the story, can you recall the details to answer these questions?

1. Where does Millie find her father first in the story? The second place she finds him? The third place she finds him?

2. Why does Millie’s father carve the pumpkin without her?

3. Can you name all of the things that are on her father’s list to complete?

JUST ADD IMAGINATION!

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

1. Making lists are a very helpful and useful tool. I use them daily so that I do not forget to complete the many tasks that need to get done throughout the day. Make a to do list. Check each thing off as you complete them.

2. Create a scary face for Millie's jack-o-lantern. What shapes would you use to make it ferocious looking?

3. Millie's mom uses the idiom "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" in the story. An idiom is a phrase which has a meaning that is commonly understood by speakers of the language, but whose meaning is often different from the normal meaning of the words. You can find a list of idioms at the website http://www.idiomsite.com/. See how many on the list that you have heard of or used before.

BRIGHT BIRTHDAY WISHES

We want to send out bright birthday wishes to:

Aunt Kathleen of Valencia, Spain

Nanny D of Danvers, MA

Grammie of Ocala, FL

We hope your day SPARKLED!

If you know someone who has a birthday coming up and you'd like to send them a Night Light Birthday wish, send us an email at nightlightstories@gmail.com.
Please send us your loved one's first name and the first initial of their last name only and we'll pass along the birthday wish. There are no age limits!

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

LIGHTING THE WAY WITH WORDS

We would love to see your visual definition of linger. You can share it with us at nightlightstories@gmail.com. Just don't linger too long! As always, I look forward to watching the glow grow brighter with the many words we can share together.

LIGHTING THE WAY WITH WORDS

Send us your visual definition of knead to nightlightstories@gmail.com.

We would love to see what you have been baking or creating!

The Winner!

Congratulations to the blog Samuel's Mommee!

You won the Night Light Stories night light!

Be sure to contact me at nightlightstories@gmail.com

with your address so that I know where to send it!

Thank you for all the wonderful entries.

LIGHTING THE WAY WITH WORDS

Give us a jolt of energy. Send us your visual definition of jolt to nightlightstories@gmail.com.

We can't wait to see how you picture jolt.