Uniquely Us!

This week we covered letter u and began Monday with some baking. We made banana upside down cakes! 

While they were baking we did a quick lesson...tracing and a unicorn puzzle.

After our upside cake snack we did a "u" workout! Up/down, under, and upside somersaults!

On Tuesday we talked about things that go up.

Then we did an "up" experiment! We blew up a balloon with gas made from a liquid and powder (baking soda and vinegar).

The kids loved it! Then we compared the density of the balloons blown up by me vs those blown up by the gas in our experiment. It was actually neat to see those balloons from the experiment fell faster (when thrown up) than those I had blown up. Great experiment!

On Wednesday we covered umbrellas and practiced shapes. After tracing we painted a "u" for our "u toss".

While they dried we did a shape match...

On Thursday we talked about animals that live under water...we practiced cutting and gluing in the car ride to a place where the kids could also go underwater! They had so much fun!

On Thursday afternoon Kieryn and I played Uno.... It didn't go so well when we tried it later that night with Daddy and Ronan.

On Friday we did coloring, and an umpire counting/math game!

Later that day I took the kids for their first old fashioned root beer float... Just for fun!

Got to get out in the sun a bit this weekend too!

Until next time!

Tremendously Terrific Week

We began T week by talking about our favorite thing... TRAINS! We practiced tracing  T and coloring Toby and Thomas the trains in Tidmuth shed!

 

Tender color match...

And number order and counting...

Than we made a name tiger.

We had a snack in our tent and watched a Thomas the train show.

While Ronan napped, Kieryn and I played Tic-Tac-Toe.

On Tuesday we started with tracing and triangles! 

We made an imagination triangle picture...Kieryn said hers was a castle with a dinosaur.

And then did a T workout! Treadmill, tapping, turning, twirling, and tricycle riding.

That afternoon we did a toothpaste activity to teach "slow to speak"... First I had them squeeze all the paste out as fast as they could. Then they had to try to put it back into the tube. When they got frustrated with this we discussed the importance of "slow to speak" and only speaking when we have kind things to say; because we can't take it back after we have said mean things, etc. We talked about apologizing if we do speak unkind or before we think about how our words could hurt others. This seemed to be a good lesson. They seemed to get it... Only time will tell!

Then we used the paste to practice brushing teeth!

On Wednesday we practiced truck patterns...

Then we played pin the tutu on the ballerina.

We finished up with some sorting... We sorted transportation vehicles.

On Thursday we did counting and math...

We made a "T" tractor...

And did a tennis ball toss.

We even did some Train pretend. Ronan loved being the conductor!

On Friday we worked on time...

We visited the Greats...Kieryn wanted to give her blue scarf that I made to Great Grandma Haug.  Great Grandma was so happy!!

We ended the week with tractor rides!

 On Saturday we spent the day with the Caywood cousins! The day was gorgeous! We visited Weston Bend state park and the kids had a blast throwing rocks!

Then on Sunday we ventured to Manhattan to watch our favorite team! Go Wildcats!! Thanks Sheila and Ross for the tickets! The kids had a blast!!

Until next time!