Viking Ships at Sunrise

This was our first meeting at our new location, the Miller Family YMCA. As the children arrived, they decorated their own book, just like Brother Michael's "Serpens Magna."

 I summarized the fifteenth book, Viking Ships at Sunrise, and asked the children a variety of questions about the book.

When we arrived at the part in the book where the tree house spun, each child received a Dizzy Pill (which is actually a tootsie roll) to help make them less dizzy. After eating their Dizzy Pills, the children were instructed to spin around three times, as if they were in the spinning tree house.

When we got to the part in the book where Jack wrote in his notebook, I showed the notebook I made that has all of Jack's notes in it.

First, each child colored a Viking and all of its clothing (helmet, coat, belt, boots, shield, hammer). Then, they cut out the clothing and glued in onto the Viking. This paper craft can be found at http://www.dltk-kids.com/fantasy/mpaperviking.htm.

We then made Viking ships! Prior to the meeting, I printed out and holepunched the boats. At the meeting, the children colored and cut out the Viking ships. I walked around, taping the boats and attaching a straw to the sail. If you do this activity, I recommend having multiple helpers. With only one or two people, it takes a while to tape all of the children's boats. You can find this craft at http://www.bayeuxtapestry.org.uk/activities/bayeuxtap-ship.pdf.

Our last craft was creating a sea serpent, like Sarph. The children colored and cut out oval pieces, and I helped hole punch them. Then, the children attached the pieces using brads.