Summer... We are in full swing around here... we've already
started swimming lessons and next week is our last week of preschool
(sniff, sniff).
But... in order for me to have fun and for things to go smoothly-ish I
need a plan. I'm a plannin' kind of girl! It just works so much
better for me if I know what to expect. We can still be spontaneous but
we have a general outline... and general outlines makes me happy.
This Summer is "theme" Summer... each week (or every two weeks
depending how long it takes us) we'll have a new theme. Each theme has
crafts/activities/science/reading/food that go with that theme.
Most of the crafts and science are age appropriate for elementary age
kids... but the books listed are geared towards preschoolers. I found
book suggestions on different preschool blogs and am planning to
supplement with non-fiction books from our library.
Most items are linked to the source where I got them... sorry there
aren't pictures posted below... it took me hours and hours to put our
list together and I just didn't have time to post pictures for
everything. Let me know if you have any questions!
Summer Themes 2013
Weather
Art/Crafts:
Sun with clothes pins
Kite craft
Cotton ball clouds
Puffy Paint Clouds
Book(s):
Rainy
Day Slug
The Very Windy Day
How the Ladies stopped the Wind
Farmer Brown Goes Round and Round
Barn Storm
Science:
watch it rain (two liter bottles)
watch it rain (shaving cream)
Tornado in a jar
Food:
Cloud jello
Dinosaurs
Art/Crafts:
Clothes pin Stegosaurs
Book(s):
Dinosaurs!
Encyclopedia Prehistorica
Dinosaurs: The Definitive Pop-Up
Dinosaur Roar! Board Book
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs
Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs!
Good Night, Dinosaurs
Science:
Dinosaur Eggs (or these ones)
Dinosaur fossils
Food:
Dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets
Dinosaur fruit snacks
Dinosaur toenails (bugles)
Activity:
Dinosaur Museum
Bugs and Creepy Crawlies
Art/Crafts:
Lady bug paper plate
Coffee filter butterflies
Sun catcher snails
Rock caterpillar
Playdough Bugs
Book(s):
Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!
The Grouchy Ladybug
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Very Lonely Firefly
Diary of a Spider
From Caterpillar to Butterfly
I Love Bugs!
Science:
Live Butterfly Garden
“Fireflies”
Food:
Dirt with worms
Flutterby Franks
Edible Insects
Activity
Go on a bug hunt (plant a few fake bugs just in
case we don’t catch real bugs)
Under the Sea
Art/Crafts:
Fishbowl craft
Paper bowl Jellyfish
Shaving cream starfish
Handprint octopus
Nemo Paper plate
Lobster footprint
Book(s):
Pout Pout fish
Baby Beluga
Clumsy Crab
some non fiction books
Science:
Growing coral
Wave bottle
Food:
Sandwiches on Pepperidge farms fish bread
Sand crabs
Crabby Croissant
Patriotism/America (the week of July 4th)
Art/Crafts:
Handprint flag
Patriotic Tie dye shirt
Tin can windsock
red
white and blue "star-man"
Book(s):
Wow! America!
How
to Make a Cherry Pie and See the U.S.A
A is for America
A couple of non fiction
Science:
Fireworks (how and why they work)
Food:
Star spangled rice krispy treats
Cupcakes/or sugar cookies with red/white/blue sprinkles
Space
Doing thing s a little bit different with this unit... dividing the
subjects in to days... sun on one day, moon next day, etc. Some days
more activities than others.
Sun
Fingerpainted Sun
“Wake up, Sun”
Nonfiction books
Moon & Stars
Moon Paint
Moon Sand
“Papa, please get the moon for me”
“Our Stars”
Solar System
Planet Painting
“Whats
Out There?”
“Comets”
Aliens
Alien Man
Alien headband
Alien
Glow-in-the-Dark Slime
“Aliens
love underpants”
“The
Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot”
Misc
3-D Space Shuttle (free printable)
Paint blob aliens
“On
the Launch Pad” by Michael Dahl
Food:
Alien Jello
Sun cupcake
Activities
Star and constellation gazing
Glow in the dark bath w/glow in the shaving cream (with neon food
coloring)
Farm
Art/Crafts:
Chicken paper plate (free printable)
Corn Craft
Painted duck rocks
Cardboard pig
Cottonball sheep
Life cycle of a chicken
Book(s):
Big Red Barn
Barn Yard Dance
A seed in need
Pig’s Egg
Cluck O’Clock
Science:
Grow
some Corn
Thirsty
celery
Garden in a bucket (we bought a little kit at walmart that had seed/soil/bucket)
Food:
Popcorn (not microwave!)
Yoohoo Milk (or other chocolate milk)
Pig bread
Activities:
Field trip to a farm
Old McDonald
Happy Summer-ing!
Pinterest and Project Life
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Project Life
This is my fourth year doing Project Life (the first year was called Project 365)... but this is my first year doing my album digitally... It's taken me this long to figure out which direction I want to go.. so here's my one and only page for the year...but I think now that I've decided on which kit/products I want to use that it will go together pretty fast.
I'm definitely going to be keeping it simple.... mainly using the Colbalt kit and Ali Edwards word art... simple = done.
Love Project Life sooo much!!
Go Outside Brushes and Stamps wordart by Ali Edwards
I'm definitely going to be keeping it simple.... mainly using the Colbalt kit and Ali Edwards word art... simple = done.
Love Project Life sooo much!!
Supplies:
Cobalt Kit by Becky Higgins
Little Bit of Messy Home Brushes and Stamps wordart by Ali Edwards
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Father's Day Printables
This is a little Father's Day activity we did today. You can paint the childs hands or trace them on scrapbook paper, cut them out and glue them on. We did it both ways and they were both really cute.
And no, these are not my child's hands.... my camera charger is missing and I wanted to get these posted in case somebody wanted to use them for Father's Day. So I "borrowed" some hands from the internet and stuck them on.
The "award" can be framed or it can slip in to a page protector to be put in to a scrapbook.
I also included a Grandpa version.
Links below.
I'd love to hear if you download it.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Happy Father's Day!
And no, these are not my child's hands.... my camera charger is missing and I wanted to get these posted in case somebody wanted to use them for Father's Day. So I "borrowed" some hands from the internet and stuck them on.
The "award" can be framed or it can slip in to a page protector to be put in to a scrapbook.
I also included a Grandpa version.
Links below.
I'd love to hear if you download it.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Happy Father's Day!
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Laundry Bins
My new laundry bins are up and running! They sit opposite of the dryer... I pull stuff out of the dryer, fold it and then put it in the appropriate bin. A couple of times a week (depending on the need) everyone grabs their bins, take them to their room, puts their clothes in the appropriate drawers and then bring the bins back to the laundry room.
Right now my 3.5 year old needs help emptying his... but he know its one of his weekly chores and (so far) he loves doing it.
I use the miscellaneous bin for whatever batch I'm folding at the moment... wash clothes, bibs, burp clothes, etc.
I have a separate sock bucket and towels just get folded and put away.
Right now my 3.5 year old needs help emptying his... but he know its one of his weekly chores and (so far) he loves doing it.
I use the miscellaneous bin for whatever batch I'm folding at the moment... wash clothes, bibs, burp clothes, etc.
I have a separate sock bucket and towels just get folded and put away.
The bins are working great and it keeps my laundry room nice and tidy! Plus the stick people are just so dang cute... it makes laundry so much fun (ok, now you know I'm lying... but the cute bins do make the room cute!)
To make the labels I just opened the stick people in PSE (you can do it in Word too), added the names, printed them out on cardstock, laminated them and then used double sided tape and stuck them on the bins.
To make the labels I just opened the stick people in PSE (you can do it in Word too), added the names, printed them out on cardstock, laminated them and then used double sided tape and stuck them on the bins.
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