> Remember that yard work last week? Well, now I have the scars to prove it. I have poison ivy so bad on my left hand. Huge blisters… that come and go. Great. I didnt want to infect the kids today so I am wearing a black glove on that hand. I know it is […]
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Friday Wrap up!
>I went to bed feeling rather crummy last night. ( Word of advice: Dont NOT cheat on WW and then decide to go to Callahans and order a chopped sirloin dinner. I was good. No bread. Bakes Potato plain. But, I guess that red meat didn’t agree with my choices. ) I also have poison […]
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Outside Play Anyone?
> Today we tried a new lunch treat that I read about on a blog. Caterpillars! You stick the dry spaghetti through the hot dog and boil. Most of the kids loved it! Whitlee riding a tricycle and Rosanna checking for mail in our playhouse mailbox. A worm! Building Community is so important. This is […]
Color be Beautiful
> Clara is sorting M&M’s. One of the kids favorite toys is a tape measure. MATH! More measuring !! I love walking into a room and seeing kids writing ! Lacing cards full of colors! Color Puzzles Soft toys – you push the animal and it tells you story . Sorting colored bears. This is […]
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The Train Wreck
> Today. I failed. We are doing the story “Brown Bear , Brown Bear”. I have some cool new toys that are made from the story. I have story cubes that you match the front of the animal to the back. I have a soft toy that makes the animal sounds. I downloaded from ITUNES […]
Lots of Learning going on !
> Stringing red and green beads onto pipe cleaners. We talked about making a pattern but I didnt insist that they do it ” my way “. How many apples long is the worm? Jaden’s mom enjoying the fun conversations ! Look, I made a necklace! This takes concentration. Look at Anna’s pattern! This can […]
J is for Johnny
> J is for Johnny Appleseed ! Today I gave a teaser that Saturday is Johnny Appleseed’s Birthday!
Can I have this group every year?
> Look what Jaxson was drawing ! I see lots of shapes and body parts! LETTERS! This is one of the new table activities I put out today. I saw it on a fellow bloggers blog! Tracing names on wax paper is so much easier. You can see through it better! Some of the […]
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Apples , Apples , Apples
> How many apples in the tree?Can you count them 1 , 2 ,3 .How many green ones?How many red?Now eat an apple and go to bed. Today a couple of the kiddos helped me to make a poster with this poem on it. We were able to talk about periods ( means stop ) […]