Letter R Fun

This is our little project on the letter Rr. Stevie colored the R's with markers and I cut them out. We then played an "initial sound" game after I cut out some pictures from magazines. I usually cut out some pictures that start with /r/ and some that don't. Stevie has to decide which one belong on the Rr and he glues them. It's a quick activity, but obviously takes some prep time.

Dirt is good

My son was digging in the dirt a couple of days ago and it made me think of a great book I read. It's called Why Dirt is Good, by Mary Ruebush. It's actually kind of reassuring to know that my kid's love of mud is actually helping strengthen his immune system. In the book, Ruebush covers our immune system, superbugs, antibiotics, vaccines, and lots germ talk. It sounds like it would be scary subject matter for a parent, but it actually is empowering.

Texture T

This one used to be a hit in my kinder classes. Basically, just cut little pieces of different types of textures and paste them on a "t" that your child colored with marker. Talk about the different the way each one feels.

Bat

Here's a "handy" project from notimeforflashcards.com.

Michael Jackson

Yeah. This one was inspired by the following question to my kid:

"Who's your favorite singer?"

Kid: "Michael Jackson"

I was fully expecting Laurie Berkner, Wiggles, or Mommy.

Stevie did some of the handy marker work, but I drew and cut out the pieces. Glitter glue on glove. Stevie told me where to glue all the pieces. Nice.

Squash Rocket!

We went to the pumpkin patch last week and found the perfect squash. Stevie picked it up and said "this one looks like a rocket." So I asked him if he wanted to take it home and paint it like a rocket. A project was born. Here's the result.

Changes in the blog

After realizing how difficult it was to take photos of our (my son and myself) projects, I decided that I would only take pictures every now and then. Also, we don't do a "project" every day, so a daily entry in this blog is not really necessary. From this point on, I'll focus on the big picture. My blog will contain more personal entries, more links to good mommy sites, early learning sites, etc. I'll still post pics of our project, but not all the step by step stuff. Usually, the picture speaks for itself (if it's a craft). If you ever have questions about a craft, please post it in the comments and I'll answer. Thanks for checking out my blog.

Fall Dotted Tree

Leaves are confetti. Just get your hole punch out and start punching. The tot drops the dots on paper (that's been covered in glue stick). Easy and pretty. Sound out the word "F-all" in chunks. Your tot will love that they can help you spell words.

Taking a Break

It's a lot more difficult than I thought it would be to update this blog. I think I'll take a break for a while. In the meantime, check out notimeforflashcards.com. It's updated regularly and I snag a lot of ideas from it. Have fun learning and playing with your kids.