Tot School 3/29 - 4/2

Letter of the week -

N is for Nest

Pre-writing skills:

Practiced matching lowercase and uppercase letters:

Worked on repeating patterns:

Bingo dobbers for N:
Art Projects

She picked cherry blossoms from the ground outside and then glued them to a tree I drew. I still don't understand why she glued them all to the trunk of it rather than the branches?! I even showed her a tree outside with blossoms on it but she had to do it her own way. :)

Sponge painted bunnies

Used a bath sponge to paint an Easter egg. She loved mixing the colors all up!

In the Kitchen
Birds Nests

We crushed up shredded wheat biscuits and then mixed them with melted chocolate & peanut butter. Then added Whopper eggs in the nests.

Bunny rabbit pancakes

Easter S'mores!

Mmmm, they were tasty but oh so very sweet!

Easter Activities
The neighborhood had an Easter egg hunt so we attended since the weather decided to be nice and hold off on the rain. The kids are SO fast at getting those eggs, I think it lasted all of 10-15 minutes for 3 yards worth of eggs.

And of course we had to dye eggs! Actually this year we did 2 rounds of it, 1 at home and 1 at Uncle Chad's house. Megan was very patient in waiting for them to be done but she was very impatient always wanting to check on the color every 5 seconds.

These are at home:

At Chad & Rachel's:

Apparently there was a raw one in there?!

So pretty!

Check out 1+1+1=1 for more Tot School activities.
Also check out Confessions of a Homeschooler for the printable activities I used.

Tot School 3/22-3/26

No Letter of the Week?!
Huh. Guess I was off my game last week.

Anyways, the girls painted some rocks to look like Easter eggs. This kept them occupied for a long time. I originally wanted to get some wooden eggs from the craft store for this but upon seeing that they were $1.oo EACH I figured free rocks would do just fine.

I like that Megan put only glitter on this one.

IN THE KITCHEN
Made some whole wheat zucchini chocolate chip cookies. True fashion...no picture of the baked cookie. I can guarantee you though they were fabulous!!!!

Yet another cookie recipe...this time I made sugar cookies and used my Wilton Easter stamping kit that I bought end of season last year.

Before baking the cookies, beat 2 egg yolks & 2 Tsp. water together. Divide into individual containers and add desired food coloring to each. Using a paint brush, paint the cookies and then bake as directed.

The yolks give the baked cookie a super shiny glossy look. So pretty!

SILLY KIDS
Using Mr. Potato head's glasses to read books.

We have been struggling with naps here. Some days they happen, other days they don't, and some other days they happen while watching a movie. Which was the case this day.

Tot School 3/15-3/19

IN THE KITCHEN
We continued to explore rainbows this week. I saw this article in my Family Fun magazine and knew we had to try it out!

All you need is a box of cake mix. Now I'm not a fan of the Betty Crocker/Pillsbury mixes because of the yucky hydrogenated oils & sugars in the mixes. I found a great alternative at Trader Joes (of course!).

Make the batter as directed on the box and divide evenly into 6 containers.

Add food coloring.

I am so disappointed in myself for not getting a picture of the finished cupcakes (I stole this one from the Family Fun website). They turned out so stinkin' cute and the kids thought they were so cool. Rather than frost them I just squirted some whip cream from a can on top. Go get the recipe for yourself as I know it will become our St. Patricks Day tradition from here on out!

PLAYDATE
We had a fun day with our friends Maya and Sean!! I froze colored water in mini muffin tin and let them experiment with them melting.

It was cool at first but then I think it just made brown...oh well they had fun anyways.

The girls got some swing time in ~

Little Seany with his ever so kissable, squishy cheeks!

Our only art project all week was this tissue paper rainbow. I just love how colorful rainbows are and think we will have to revisit this theme again this summer!

The girls also got to spend the night at Nana & Papa's while we went out for my birthday dinner. They love any time they get to spend with them!

Nana & Papa have a pretty high toilet seat so when Meg has to go #2 she can't reach her books. (Seriously, who poops without reading?! Not my kids! Especially when they like to take their time.) When we came to pick them up the next day, this is what I found. I totally love it - a TV tray in the bathroom. Think of the possibilities....

Tot School 3/8-3/12

Letter of the week - R is for rabbit
(should have been rainbow but I couldn't come up with anything! Plus rabbit sort of fits into the whole upcoming Easter!)

This wonderful foam ABC puzzle was an absolute hit! I showed her how to just lightly place the correct letter over it's hole and then use a hammer to pound it in.

We made fingerprint bugs.

The rainbow caterpillar at the bottom right was all Megan's. She drew really long legs because it was a fast bug. :)



IN THE KITCHEN

We made rainbow cookies using the Playdoh cookie recipe.

It was a lot of fun and felt more like we were playing rather than baking. :)

Here's a freshly rolled unbaked cookie.

Hot out of the oven! They were just as good to eat as they were to make!

What's at the end of our rainbow??!? Why hot chocolate of course!

We also made shamrock bread sticks to go with our dinner one night.

We baked Grandma a Black Forest Cake for her birthday and took it to her.

OUTINGS

After swim class one night I had packed our sandwich dinner and we took it to the park. It turned out to be way too chilly to eat outside on the bench so we sat in the car while we ate. Then went and played at the playground for a bit before heading down to the water to feed the ducks.

There was some crazy weather this week including massive hail. It looked like it had snowed outside.

Tot School 3/1 - 3/5

Letter of the week - T is for turtle & tiger (stamps)

Nice weather allowed us to play outside a bunch!

Used bingo dobbers for a toothfairy worksheet.

We celebrated Dr. Suess' birthday this week by making hats and reading many, many, many Dr. Suess books!!

I also printed off some activities online from the Suessville website. They had mazes, crossword puzzles, coloring pages and lots of other fun stuff to do.

This turned out to be quite a crazy week as we ended up at the dr.'s office twice thinking that Megan had a UTI. So we didn't end up getting to do a lot of preschool activities. :(