Current Book Club: Mercy Watson

Friday’s at 10 Starting Oct 16, 2026

$35 per class or $250 for all 8 classes in unit

This literature study focuses on Kate DiCamillo's fun character Mercy Watson, the porcine wonder! We will learn skills through games, activities, crafts, videos, cooking, and traditional lecture. History, art, life skills, agriculture, and earth science will be addressed in multiple lessons.

Experiment materials will be provided by instructor.

Mercy Watson 6 Book Pack provided by families.

Class Outline

Oct 16 Class - Read Mercy Watson together, pig lesson with activities, bread making (and eating with butter of course!)

Oct 23 Class- Discuss Mercy Watson to the Rescue. Lesson on Community Helper the Firefighter, farm agricultural facts and activites

Oct 30 Class - Discuss Mercy Watson Princess in Disguise. Come dressed up in costume to discuss book and review vocabulary. A math lesson on measurement and clothing construction, crafts of tiaras/crowns, butter barrel candy

Nov 6 Class - Discuss Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride. Lesson on Community Helper the Policeman, personal emergency safety activities, and a building a car craft.

Nov 13 Class - Discuss Mercy Watson Fights Crime. History lesson of the lullaby, cowboy activities, and how it’s made video for hard candy and appliances.

Nov 20 Class - Discuss Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig. Make lemonade, botany lesson and craft, tea party and etiquette

Dec 4 Class - Discuss Mercy Watson Something Wonky This Way Comes. Lesson on history of popcorn and activities, make butter, idioms art

Dec 11 Class - Read Mercy Watson Christmas. Christmas music and song history lesson with activities, pan flute craft