Saturday, March 20, 2010

Tot School – 26 Months

K is for Kite and St. Patrick’s Day

What a week it’s been!  Busy, sick, trip to the dentist, spring fever…you name it!  I can’t say that Tot School was a top priority this week!

Here’s what we did manage to do:

We spent an early morning watching the cement trucks pouring the driveway and sidewalk at the new house across the street.  The most interesting part was DEFINITELY when the cement truck got stuck in the mud – tires spinning, mud flying, and another cement truck showing up to tow him out of the mud.

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This was K is for Kite week.  Don’t expect much, though – we didn’t accomplish much on our theme this week :(

Kite Color Matching (Confessions of a Homeschooler)
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LeapFrog puzzle about opposites (has a kite on it…what a weak tie-in to our theme, lol!)

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Sick Day spent watching countless hours of Curious George and tractor movies

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St. Patrick’s Day Fun! 
This really was an exciting day for Alex!

We sorted M&Ms by color – and tried really hard not to eat them!

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We used the M&Ms to make rainbows with a pot of gold
(from Making Learning Fun)

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When our rainbows were complete, we ATE them!

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We fingerpainted Paper Plate Shamrocks

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We matched Shamrock Letters (Help!  I can’t remember what website this is from – maybe Childcareland?!)

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We sorted shamrocks by size from Making Learning Fun.  (We skipped the medium ones, as Alex really doesn’t care too much for size-sorting.)
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We enjoyed Shamrock Shakes

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We decorated the baby to look like a leprechaun. 
No – wait – that’s just carrots ;)
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We went on a treasure hunt for leprechaun gold…over and over and over again…
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We read LOTS of books, including kite books, leprechaun books, and Gail Gibbons’ St Patricks Day book – which tells the TRUE story of St. Patrick’s missionary work
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We took LOTS of walks & enjoyed the beautiful weather!

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We swept the front yard???
Well, he’s 2.  And he acts it! ;)
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As you can see, not much had to do with our theme this week, but we still had fun!

To see what other tots are doing, check out:

Tot School

8 comments:

Stefanie said...

Oh how I love his happy, m&m eating smile!!!!

Hope everyone is feeling better.

melaniet42 said...

Great paper plate shamrocks! Looks like you still got a lot in this week. There is NO WAY we could have ever sorted M&M's and had any leftover - way to go!!!

Theresa Mezo said...

♥ your treasure hunt for gold & paper plate shamrocks!
looks like fun sweeping the yard too! :)

Kat said...

Oh I love a good paper plate craft! =)

Susan-Chasing Marcus said...

The paper plate shamrocks are great! I don't think the kite puzzle is a weak tie in....I would have done it myself =)

Madonna said...

I think your paper plate shamrocks turned out great.

Clair Boone @ www.mummydeals.org said...

Wow, girl, our kids are the same age! Thanks for coming by Mummy Deals to comment, nice to hear from you! It was fun stopping by your blog too. have a FAB week, Clair

Temeculamom said...

He is such an eager learner, and no wonder with so many fun activities!!