Easing into the school year.

Current book stack for Manny. We try to read from these daily.

Charming the Birds from the Trees: Festal Learning Basket: The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist...

http://www.charmingthebirdsfromthetrees.com/2011/08/festal-learning-basket-beheading-of.html?m=1

Festal Learning Basket: The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist...

Commemorated August 29th

Books
Elizabeth and Zechariah (The Children's Bible Reader, Pages 162 - 163)
Mary Visits Elizabeth (The Children's Bible Reader, Pages 166)
The Birth of John (The Children's Bible Reader, Pages 167 -168)
John the Baptist (The Children's Bible Reader, Pages 177)
The Baptism of Jesus (The Children's Bible Reader, Pages 178 - 179)
Jesus and John (The Children's Bible Reader, Pages 192 - 193)

Activities
Try to eat all of your food in bowls and avoid plates and platters
Avoid eating round foods (apples, grapes, etc.)
Enjoy treats made from honey (honey sticks, a spoonful of honey in your tea or on your cereal, etc.)
Make wool roving or pipe cleaner honeybees to decorate your feastday table
Light a beeswax candle at dinnertime
Use modeling beeswax to create something special

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Please Note: I listed all of the passages regarding Saint John the Baptist in The Children's Bible Reader. If you are limited on time (or attention span!), the passage entitled Jesus and John is the one that corresponds to this feast.

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