November Currently

My blogging habits are truly dreadful at the moment, but I somehow feel if I manage to join Oh' Boy 4th Grade's Currently (albeit a week late!) then I haven't completely given up!!

Listening - Friends (series 9), I've watched this so many times that its even been in my Currently before!

Loving - We started back on Wednesday, so I've only had 3 working days! Though its a crazy 7 weeks of term before the Christmas break...

Thinking - It may have been a slight 'honeymoon' period after half-term, but my crazy class of Year 1s are finally appearing to have settled down (fingers crossed for next week!)

Wanting - Another week's break to recover from the fantastic, but incredibly busy half-term I've just had! Below are a couple of my highlights from my 10 days in Sydney.

Needing - To make a start on making my Christmas cards. While I was away the Christmas patterns arrived so I'm very excited!

Reading - Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb. I usually like fantasy books, but this one seems a little slow paced. I read 3 books on the plane home though, so there wasn't much choice on my kindle!

Storybook Sunday - Leaf Man

Another favourite book of mine, especially when I've taught in Reception (Kindergarten) is Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert.

The best part of the book is without doubt the amazingly clever illustrations which are pictures completely made out of leaves.

The children are fascinated working out what they are. And of course, once we are done, we all head outside to look for our very own leaf men! This book is obviously best introduced in autumn. There is also a page at the end which allows the children to identify common leaves.

As I usually do a whole week on leaves and autumn, I often follow up Leaf Man with We're Going on a Leaf Hunt (based on a familiar story!) which is another gorgeous book to read about that time of year.

Go link up with Paula's Place for more great book suggestions on Storybook Sunday!