Frogs!!

We decided to start the frog study off with a bang. It was a beautiful day to head to the neighbor's pond and attempt at collecting tadpoles and frogs to observe this week as we study the letter F, the number 6, and a cute little song about tadpoles that eventually learn to hop. Within 5 minutes, the children had 2 small terrariums filled with big, fat tadpoles and 3 teeny frogs. Good fun.
Today we worked together and made our favorite homemade play dough in the colors of green and brown. Elijah took the cake with his replica of the frog life cycle. When he saw the picture, he admitted that he forgot to add the last frog. Still a superb job.
It has been so wonderful to have God provide so much of what we have needed in order to have great mini unit studies each week.
Ribbit for now.

Eyes in a mirror

To wrap up our study of the eyes this week the kids all drew their own eyes by looking in a mirror. Dante drew crazy, shifty eyes...surprise. Elijah drew beautiful blue eyes. Isabella drew green eyes and Justus got frustrated and didn't participate. I have been feeling rather artsy the past few weeks, so I sketched an eye that I found on the computer. Next week we start a great week learning about frogs. For now I say that I am so glad it is Friday and have no major planning to do this weekend.

EYES!!

This week we start a week long study of our eyes. We are focusing on the letter E, the shape of an oval, and the number 5. We are learning the song Head and Shoulders, Knees, and toes. The children had a blast being blind folded for a fun game of pin the eyes on the head. Even Cheyanne said, "I do it, too. Take my picture, mommy."

The letter D

Little hands time this week will include learning the letter d, the number 4, the vocabulary work "duckling", and the color dandelion. We read "Make Way for Ducklings" yesterday which is a fabulous book, where Mr. and Mrs. Mallard do manage to find a fine home for their ducklings in the pond in Central Park. The children swam around the living room (pond) while big brother ripped up and threw little pieces of bread to them. If we have time this week, we will squeeze in a few more fun activities and art projects. They all enjoyed abstract painting with chicken feathers. Messy, but fun.