Week Eleven Recap

Monday:

The letter this week is K, so after lots of kisses, we colored some Kangaroo K’s and hopped around like kangaroos. We painted some more leaf pictures with our own water colors and tiny brushes. The paint sets were from when my mom taught preschool so they are a little dry, but I actually like the brownish colors they mixed and painted their leaves with.

 

Tuesday:

Once we were dressed after breakfast, we dove right into project time. I had cut out some K’s and we used glue sticks to attach them to a kite! We also worked on some fine motor skills by threading the string (ribbon) for the kite through a little circle. After nap and lunch, we attempted to fly our kites outside, but there was no wind. That was a slight letdown and caused a slight meltdown, but we fixed it with a wagon ride and some singing.

Wednesday:

Today was nice enough for an early morning walk after breakfast. We even got some outside playtime in where we played in our cars and pretended the toll was one Kiss for the letter K. After potty and snack, we used a new medium to color some leaves---oil pastels. I always loved cray-pas in art class. The kids were slightly less excited than I was (plus this is about the fifth sheet of leaves they’ve painted) so project time didn’t last too long.

Thursday:

Brr it was quite chilly this morning! We ate our breakfast, got dressed, and did some cleaning up and running in laps. While I did some painting for a Photoshoot Friday, Lily and Tristan played with playdough for a little bit. We had a rough start after nap and lunch, but we attempted a project or two anyway. I have wanted to salt paint with them for about a week now but I misplaced the glue pens I bought for the project. Oops. I let them doodle a few lines by themselves with the glue pen, then helped them do some loops. They used salt in a salt shaker to cover the glue. While that was drying, we glued the leaves we have been painting with different mediums onto a paper plate. After the salt was dry, I mixed food coloring with water and showed them the magic of gently touching the brush to the salt. They were pretty impressed but wanted to paint the normal way.

Friday:

This morning after breakfast, we headed up to Lily’s room to do our first Photoshoot Friday in quite some time. They had a blast dressing up like munchkins and posing in front of the Wizard of Oz backdrop I made. You can read a little more about that here and see previous Photoshoot Friday ideas we have done. We came downstairs and did some cleaning. I love how much they love to help. I am tempted to get them both mini working vacuums for Christmas. Just kidding. But how sweet would that be? We had some snack and continued to free play. Their new favorite spot is under the portable changing table in the dining room. They pretend they are on an airplane or helicopter. I love the imaginations they are developing!

Check back this week for some fun Turkey and Thanksgiving inspired projects!