Taste-Test

Since we've been talking about our senses, we explored "taste" the other day!! We just picked 4 things to go with sweet, salty, bitter & sour. Once again, nothing too elaborate, but Hunter loved it!! He tried Skittles, pretzels, cucumbers, and lemons!! Lemons were, by far, his favorite!!! He wanted to keep eating them!! :) Next, we made a 4-square chart & wrote down each thing he tasted; he drew a picture & then described each flavor!

Weeks D & E

Just a quick post to share our Alphabet Art for weeks D & E! Nothing too fancy - we colored dinosaurs to add to our D & cut out pictures of "ears" to put on our E!!! :)

My Five Senses

Our new theme is My Five Senses! We briefly discussed the 5 senses, and I let Hunter pick which one we focused on for the day & he picked sound! (I was excited for "taste", but oh well - next time!! ;) I found a Sesame Street book at Target, all about the 5 senses (so excited that all the preschool $1 stuff is 50% off finally!!!) - - so we looked through that & discussed what we read. Next, we went on a "sound hunt"! We walked through a few rooms & wrote down all the different sounds we hear in each particular room. (i.e. We hear the ice machine, the dishwasher, the mixer & the microwave in the kitchen.) We made a little "Our Sound Hunt" book - nothing fancy - just folded a piece of paper in 1/4's ! :)

After the hunt, we made a rain stick! It was super easy! You will need these items:
A paper towel tube, nails/pins, some heavy tape & about 1/2 cup of dry beans or rice.

First, take a paper towel tube & poke nails/pins through it, all around the tube.

Next, use a small square of paper (I doubled the paper for extra security:) & tape it around one end of the tube.

After you tape one end, fill the other end with beans/rice (we used pinto beans).

After the tube is filled, seal the other end the same way as the first. Then, use the tape & wrap around the entire tube, to secure the nails. We used a permanent marker to decorate the tube when finished!! ENJOY!! :)

Sticks & Clips

Need a super easy idea for counting practice?? Get a bag of popsicle sticks & some clothes pins and there you go!! I added dots, from 1 to 10 on the sticks & the numbers 1-10 on the clips (clothes pins). First, Hunter counted the dots & put the sticks in order, then he found the matching clip & clipped them together!! Easy-peasy & fun!! :)

Animal Homes

This week, we finished up the Houses & Homes theme, and were able to do a few fun things with it!! We checked out some "D" books for our letter of the week, and also got a few animal habitat books (that was the focus this week)! For an easy art project, we made a bat cave!! This could obviously be turned into ANY type of cave, but Hunter LOVES Batman, so he was so excited for this!! We used an empty sandwich baggie box & it was perfect for a cave! We cut out some "rocks" out of construction paper, glued them on, glued a piece of string onto the back of one of the bats (we used some Batman confetti that we have for his upcoming Batman birthday party - they were perfect) & then glued another one on top of the string (so they would be 2-sided)! We taped the bats to the ceiling of the cave - and taaaa-daaah! :)

**If you notice the little brown paper at the bottom of the cave - - he wanted to make sure the bats had food, so he drew some bugs & fruit!!! :)

Week C

This week, we focused on letter "C", and our theme for next two weeks is "A home to live in". This week we talked about all the different types of homes that people live in - from tents to castles! :) We made an "In My House" book, and Hunter drew things he does in each room of the house! (And for the bathroom, of course, he drew himself going to the bathroom!) :) We checked out some "C" books at the library, and so far, City Chicken seems to be the favorite! :)

For Alphabet Art, we made paper cookies & glued real sprinkles on top!! Hunter LOVED this, as he ate just about as many sprinkles as he glued on!! :)

Next week should be fun, since we'll be talking about different animal homes!! :)