Picture Post

Whew we've been busy! I've tucked my children in for the night, and I'm listening to Diane Sawyer tell me about how children are learning and being raised in China. They have some amazing 2 year olds!

But so do I...and here are some exciting things we've been doing with our 2, 3, and 4year olds:-)


**Building with our letter and color blocks**

**Snack outside on a beautiful day**

**Pattern blocks**


**Celebrating L's 2nd birthday**


**Race cars**



**Forming the letter "P" with our play doh



**Reading**


**constructing houses for our animals**




**And of course lots of blowing bubbles**

Leaves and Weather

This last week we focused on leaves and the changing weather. Here are some activities we did...

*Pressed leaves into playdoh
*made patterns with stamps....we are practicing the ABABABAB pattern of what comes next
*Practicing all of the letters in our names with letter charts and drawing boards
*Reading Autumn Leaves - Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf -Apples and Pumpkins ( I can't figure out how to underline sorry)
*Water play - washing dishes, washing toys, and cleaning up our own messes at the table
*We have done lots and lots of indoor music activites since the weather hasn't been the greatest. We love Raffi "Apples and Bananas", playing "Red Light, Green Light", using pots and pans in our marching band, using shapes on the floor to understand our own personal space, and pretending to be various animals.
*Made apple cider, homemade applesauce, and had a pretend fire listening to silly stories.

Sorry for the pictureless post...computer has a virus and pictures are apparently taking up too much space...don't worry it will be back to normal for the next post:)