Summer Break

It's mid July and that means it's time to start thinking about going back to school for my kiddos. That also means start dusting off lesson plans for the year. This year, I will be participating in Texas Rising Star Quality program and I just finished and receiving my CDA credential (Child Development Associate) any day. I am pretty excited about that.  I have been doing a lot of different learning programs this summer and trying to add items to tweek our program it make it better.

Moral of the story: Enjoy the rest of summer break because school is right around the corner. :)

Toodles,
Heather

Easter Time

 The Littles explored for PEEPS and marshmallows. We tried to build STRUCTURES using the marshmallows and toothpicks.

A little math was taking place here. Jellybean sorting. We sorted them, counted them and of course, eat them.

What once was OUT now is IN

A cold snap hit us a little quicker than we had anticipated. The LITTLES were getting restless with out being able to spend enough time outside. They love playing in the playhouse while outside so I decided to bring it in. They were pretty excited to see it in the room. For now even the young LITTLES get to play in the playhouse. 

 

Enjoying the cool weather, thanks for stopping by,

Heather

Pumpkins Pumpkins

Today we finally carved our pumpkin. We recited a short Pumpkin Prayer as we went along. The girl Littles dug right in, while the boys just watched. Neither of them where interested in getting his hands slimed from the seeds.  We proudly wore our pumpkin shirts during the activity. 

Happy Halloween and keep your fingers slimed.  

Heather

The Fancy Feet of Letter Ff.

Left foot Right foot

Feet feet feet 

How many, many feet we meet. ~Dr. Suess

We counted feet, sorted them into colors, and arranged from biggest to smallest!

Halloween Sensory Bin

I have been wanting to do this bin for awhile but just resisted paying the money for the corn. It was on sale or the cheapest I have seen it in a couple years, so I grabbed a bag at Walmart. I then grabbed one Halloween goody bag items. It had a nice assortment of spiders, skeletons and snakes for $5.00. I didn't think it was going to be enough objects in the bin but when I added the mini pumpkins and scoops and bowls, the bin was nice and full. I scooped out a smaller portion for the young Littles to at the table. I will let them play with the big bin when we take it outside later today. We played with the bin this morning for 45 minutes before deciding to play something else. 

Playing with Orange

Today we continued exploring the color orange. We ripped, snipped and scrunched up orange paper. I also brought my stash of ribbon scraps. The older Littles found it a little more difficult to cut the ribbon. 

We then moved on to scooping and pouring beans. They always love doing this activity. 

What a great start to the week. 

Keep your little hands busy!!!

Thanks, 

Heather