{Theme of the Week} Picnic

Posted on August 18, 2010

P I C K A P I C N I C

1. Pancake Picnic

2. P B & J Picnic

3. Painting Picnic

4. Pretend Picnic

5. Puppet Picnic

6. Pizza Picnic

7. Picnic Party

[Pretend Picnic]

[Painting Picnic]

1. Puppet Picnic 2. Picnic Post Its 3. Pinic Game (via Mailbox Magazine) 4. Pancake Picnic OJ

[Pizza Picnic & Pancake Picnic]

So long SUMMERTIME!

As of today we officially have a high schooler, a kindergartener, a preschooler and an at homer!

xoxoxoxoxox

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{Theme of the Week} Pirates

Posted on August 4, 2010

DETAILS: 1. Grandma’s Birthday Gift: Handmade Pirate Tic-Tac-Toe 2. BOOK Love! 3. Pirate WORD Ship (Chalk Board Spray Paint + Colorful Chalk) 4. Family Art Time

[Shoe Box Treasure Chest & Paper Bag Map]

1. Word Wallet (Find the PIRATE words hidden inside. Make a sentence!) 2. Snack Map (The skulls are made from marshmallows and Swiss cheese.) 3. Library Book Fun 4. Arrrr Word Ship

ARRRRR Ideas & Inspiration

1. FANTASTIC Free Pirate Printables from Cottage Industrialist {HERE}

2. An EXTRODINARY Artful Pirate Series {HERE}

3. Texas Reading Club: Ahoy Matey!

4. My favorite Pirate ship EVER: Ann Wood

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Theme of the Week {Robots}

Posted on July 19, 2010

Ready

Set

ROBOT!

Sweet Robots

Clockwise: 1.) Our Love-Bot (Mini Cereal Box + Tin Foil + Painted Clothes Pins) 2.) Matchbox Robot Treats 3.) Emerson-Bot 4.) Robot Suit (Dollar Store Car Sun Reflector Thingy) 5. Garage Sale Robot

Magnetic Robot Puzzle

Clockwise: 1.) Robot Count! (Change out dominoes for different math problems!) 2.) Robot Down 3. Mason-Bot 4. Chalk-Bot

And of course we had to bring out ROBBY the COUNTING ROBOT from 09. {Here}

Have a wonderful day!

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Theme of the Week {Goldfish}

Posted on June 30, 2010

[Tuna Fish Sandwhich with Blue Berry Bubbles]

[Emerson eating lunch, like a fish, in the kiddie pool.]

Sixteen Ways to have fun with GOLDFISH (from left to right):

1. Serve Goldfish Soup

2. Try Goldfish Kiddie-Pool Math (fish for numbers then put them in order)

3. Make Tuna Fish (or PB & J) Sandwiches in the Shape of a Fish

4. Buy A Feeder Fish for Every Member of Your Family

5. Check Out Goldfish Books from the Library and Make Rock GOLDFISH Pets

6. Write and Illustrate a FIVE FACTS about GOLDFISH Mini Book

7. Freehand Foam Goldfish for Math Time

8. Make a Colorful Goldfish Crackers Collage

9. Paint a Fish Bowl and Add Artistic Touches like Seaweed and Gravel

10. Make a Unique Home for Your New Pet

11. Have Toddlers Engage in a Fun Color Match with Goldfish Crackers

12. Go Fishin

13. Dunk Orange Swedish Fish into Blue Jello

14. Do a Family Fish Day

15. Eat in a Goldfish BOWL (AKA Kiddie Pool)

16. Use Goldfish for Addition and Subtraction Practice

and all time favorite of the week– Make an OUTDOOR GOLDFISH BOWL—–

Enjoy these beautiful summer days friends…

Need More THEME-TIME fun? Check out:

A CHOCOLATE DAY by Princess and a Frog Blog! They even had a chocolate BATH, chocolate pancakes and chocolate play dough– come on how cool is that???!!

The MOUSE PICNIC by Little Page Turners! This left me with a huge SMILE. Her theme this week is MICE with irrisitble projects and activities!

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Theme of the Week {Veggies}

Posted on June 18, 2010

So long ice cream…

hello VEGETABLES!

Talk about a hard sell. :)

[Painting With Veggies]

Asparagus: Paint Brush! Corn on the Cob: Paint Roller! Peppers and Brussels Sprouts: Stamp and Smear!

Photographs of veggies cards for “Go Fish” and ”Memory Match”

[Create a Veggie Plate]

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Fun & Games:Go Veg (Go Fish), Name that Veggie and The Vegetable Memory Game

Imaginative Play: Farmers Market & Seed Scientist

Book Love:The Vegetable We Eat (Gibbons), The Life and Times of Corn (Micucci), The Monster Who Ate my Peas (Schnitzlein), I Will Never Eat a Tomato (Child), Grow it and Cook it (DK Press)

Art Time: Painting with Vegetables, Design Your Own Seed Packet and Plate Veggie Art

Creative Learning: Seed Packet Spelling, Spelling Blocks & Vegetable Classification

Just for fun: Peas and Carrots Cake & Peas & Carrots SMASH!

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[Emerson by the Veggie Table]

[Seed Packet Spelling]

Kiddos can use seeds to spell the vegetable name. Seeds are mini circle punches and packets are letter sized envelopes cut in half and mounted on cardstalk.

Left to Right (above):1) Blaise Visits the Farmers Market 2) Word Block Spelling found via Make Learning Fun 3) Painting! 4) Corn Ready for Color 5) Emerson Taking a Picture of our ‘Peas & Carrots’ Before SMASH!