This week we learned about the letter "C"!
We did lots of fun stuff!
Here's a look at our Tot Board:
Like always we decorated our big "C" and our little "c" as they were called all week.
We just used lots of colors this week to decorate them.
We made a clown using a small paper plate and some pom poms.
We made a letter "C" crab.
Using a glass cup, we filled it with water and then put shaving cream on top. We talked about clouds and how they were made by God and that they were in the sky. Then we talked about rain coming from the clouds. That is when I added the blue food coloring on top of the shaving cream. After a few seconds we were able to watch it "rain" from the "clouds." It really was neat!
We also glued some clouds made out of cotton balls on a blue piece of paper.
We played with some foam cookies I made a couple of months ago.
We made some real chocolate chip cookies.
Seth was so anxious to dig into them!
We played with construction stickers...
and a little magnet construction set borrowed from my mom.
We read
The Very Hungry Caterpillar lots of times this week.
Then we made a caterpillar out of an egg carton.
We painted it green and made the head red just like in the book.
We also made a caterpillar using our bingo markers.
We made a cow using paper plates and construction paper.
We decorated a piece of paper with foam cars.
We practiced counting with our Usborne Counting Flap book...
and with this matching number game I made. It's just a box with 12 slits cut in it. The slits are big enough for a large craft stick to fit in it. I found these wooden craft sticks at Mighty Dollar a while back that had a circle at the top of them. I wasn't sure what to do with them, but they worked perfectly for this game. I just added some foam number stickers to each circle.
I would take out all the sticks and Seth had to match the number on the stick to the number written below each slit on the box. We still need a little more practice to get them all correct, but he did very well with most numbers.
So we had a lot of fun this week!
Next week we are moving on to the letter "D"!
or the simplicity of steamed vegetables.
Maybe it's because of the experimentation of new techniques and tastes.
Like always we decorated our big "C" and our little "c" as they were called all week.
We made a clown using a small paper plate and some pom poms.
We made a letter "C" crab.
Using a glass cup, we filled it with water and then put shaving cream on top. We talked about clouds and how they were made by God and that they were in the sky. Then we talked about rain coming from the clouds. That is when I added the blue food coloring on top of the shaving cream. After a few seconds we were able to watch it "rain" from the "clouds." It really was neat!
We also glued some clouds made out of cotton balls on a blue piece of paper.
We played with some foam cookies I made a couple of months ago.
We made some real chocolate chip cookies.
Seth was so anxious to dig into them!
We played with construction stickers...
and a little magnet construction set borrowed from my mom.
We read The Very Hungry Caterpillar lots of times this week.
Then we made a caterpillar out of an egg carton.
We also made a caterpillar using our bingo markers.
We made a cow using paper plates and construction paper.
We decorated a piece of paper with foam cars.
We practiced counting with our Usborne Counting Flap book...
and with this matching number game I made. It's just a box with 12 slits cut in it. The slits are big enough for a large craft stick to fit in it. I found these wooden craft sticks at Mighty Dollar a while back that had a circle at the top of them. I wasn't sure what to do with them, but they worked perfectly for this game. I just added some foam number stickers to each circle.
I would take out all the sticks and Seth had to match the number on the stick to the number written below each slit on the box. We still need a little more practice to get them all correct, but he did very well with most numbers.
So we had a lot of fun this week!
When I got home, I got to work scrubbing it with a mixture of salt and water to remove the rust. Then I oiled it and baked it at 350 degrees for an hour. Then next day I baked it again. It came out looking glossy black. To try out my skillet, I made a batch of Nutella pancakes. I poured the batter in and they flipped perfectly.
*To make Nutella pancakes, just add one tablespoon of Nutella to any plain pancake batter recipe. I like to serve mine with some whipped cream and just a sprinkle of shaved chocolate.
We decorated the uppercase "B" with bug stickers.
We practiced sweeping black beans inside a box I taped on the kitchen floor. We tried this a while back and it was a disaster, but this time around Seth was able to sweep gently and get all the beans inside the taped box.
A little while later during snack time,
We painted a yellow and black bumblebee.
We made a butterfly using a lowercase "b."
We also made a butterfly out of an empty toilet paper roll.
One night before bedtime, we played Elefun. The elephant blows butterflies out of his trunk and you try to catch as many as you can in your net.
Then we made a Five Little Bats craft.
Next week we will move on to the letter "C"!
I made this quick wreath for the front door using a grapevine wreath I had
Yesterday we went to Lara and Lylah's house for a Valentine's Day celebration.
because you know it's not a party unless you have a hat (according to Seth).
We danced and acted silly.
We had some very tasty snacks.
We passed out our Valentine cards.
Each of the kids got this adorable Valentine's card holder made by my friend Lara.
We did some heart stamping using empty toilet paper rolls.
Spencer and Kate were in just the right spot for a nice view of their festive shirts.
We also made this heart card for daddy.
We had so much fun sharing our love with all of our friends!
