My plan to see the carrots growing below the soil in the aquarium garden did not work. I'll buy a root-vue container one day.
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Thursday, September 20, 2012
Harvesting the Aquarium Garden
The girls were VERY excited to harvest the vegetables from our aquarium garden. O(6) said "homegrown carrots are SO much better than store bought!" And she is so right!
My plan to see the carrots growing below the soil in the aquarium garden did not work. I'll buy a root-vue container one day.
My plan to see the carrots growing below the soil in the aquarium garden did not work. I'll buy a root-vue container one day.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
"L" Week
E(3) enjoyed her "L" ABC Fun Pack that she received in the "mail." (I put each fun pack in a box that is addressed to her and leave it on our porch for her to find on her own). Here's a (not very good) picture of the items from E(3)'s "L" Fun Pack. In the pack were 2 wooden lighthouses (from Michaels), organic lollipops, a growing lion, and printables from 1+1+1=1. Both girls were VERY excited about the organic lollipops!
Both girls loved painting their lighthouses. They gave them to their daddy for his birthday.
E(3) loves to use her dot painters on the printables. I'm not sure why she was using her forehead to push down on the painter...
She really likes the ABC mazes, and she's very good at them!
I taped a piece of contact paper (sticky side out) on one of our doors, and she and I had fun collecting leaves and making a leaf collage! We learned the names of the trees and plants as we collected the leaves (she already knows more than I do in this area!).
She was especially excited about these mammoth Basil leaves! She loves to smell them!
We had fun reading a Lion book.
She always enjoys tracing her sandpaper letters and matching objects to the letter.
We read the Amazing Action Alphabet story for L. Both girls LOVE this book!
We made a lollipop tree for her birthday party. She wasn't that interested in this activity, but O and I had fun!
She painted on her easel...she was painting something that started with an L, but I can't remember what it was.
She loves this little ladybug in a box.
We had fun exploring the items from the L phonics bag. Both girls especially loved the lips whistle.
She dressed as Laura (Ingalls) and made butter.
She put her growing lion in a bowl of water and was excited to watch him grow!
She made lemonade while dressed as Laura.
We looked for lizards, saw lemurs at the aquarium, and played with legos (no pics of these activities!). What a fun few weeks of L we had!
Both girls loved painting their lighthouses. They gave them to their daddy for his birthday.
E(3) loves to use her dot painters on the printables. I'm not sure why she was using her forehead to push down on the painter...
She really likes the ABC mazes, and she's very good at them!
I taped a piece of contact paper (sticky side out) on one of our doors, and she and I had fun collecting leaves and making a leaf collage! We learned the names of the trees and plants as we collected the leaves (she already knows more than I do in this area!).
She was especially excited about these mammoth Basil leaves! She loves to smell them!
We had fun reading a Lion book.
She always enjoys tracing her sandpaper letters and matching objects to the letter.
We read the Amazing Action Alphabet story for L. Both girls LOVE this book!
We made a lollipop tree for her birthday party. She wasn't that interested in this activity, but O and I had fun!
She painted on her easel...she was painting something that started with an L, but I can't remember what it was.
She loves this little ladybug in a box.
We had fun exploring the items from the L phonics bag. Both girls especially loved the lips whistle.
She dressed as Laura (Ingalls) and made butter.
She put her growing lion in a bowl of water and was excited to watch him grow!
She made lemonade while dressed as Laura.
We looked for lizards, saw lemurs at the aquarium, and played with legos (no pics of these activities!). What a fun few weeks of L we had!
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Monday, September 17, 2012
Measuring a Growing Skeleton
Since we've been studying the human skeleton, I bought this growing skeleton for the girls (from Michaels). There's lots of math involved in this simple activity!
We measured the skeleton before putting him in a bowl of water to grow. We each made predictions about how much we thought he would grow. He grew 1 inch in 2 days, so O(6) figured out how much he grew each day. She then figured out how many days it would take him to grow 6 inches. Fun!
We measured the skeleton before putting him in a bowl of water to grow. We each made predictions about how much we thought he would grow. He grew 1 inch in 2 days, so O(6) figured out how much he grew each day. She then figured out how many days it would take him to grow 6 inches. Fun!
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Cupcake Decorating Activity
According to E(3), the best part of her 3rd birthday party was decorating cupcakes!
We've had a "decorate your own cupcake" station at their parties for the last couple of years (with the exception of O's Little House on the Prairie party), and it's always a big hit with all of the kids.
Usually, I splurge on lots of surgary, dye-filled pre-made icing, but this year my mom made deeeeeeelicious homemade icing that we dyed in several different colors (so, we still had our fill of artificial dye, but at least we could pronounce the other ingredients :)
About a week before the party, we were helping my sister move to her new house, and I found the perfect icing containers and tips. Luckily, she didn't mind us borrowing them :)
My mom and the girls made the cupcakes, and we set them up on cupcake stands on the morning of the party. O(6) wanted to know why we bothered with the white icing, and I said that it was so they'd have a blank canvas to make their icing art, but she pointed out that it's really not necessary...she's right, and it will be less work for us (ummm, I mean, my mom!) for next year.
E(3) spent a LONG time decorating her cupcake. She was thoroughly engrossed in the activity. She ate very little of her creation (thank goodness) and said that she was going to nibble a little bit each day. She ate a little each day for about 3 days before she forgot about it!
We had leftover cupcakes and icing, so this was a fun rainy day activity for the girls! Luckily, it's all about the process and not the product, and they ate very little of their creations :)
Fun times!
We've had a "decorate your own cupcake" station at their parties for the last couple of years (with the exception of O's Little House on the Prairie party), and it's always a big hit with all of the kids.
Usually, I splurge on lots of surgary, dye-filled pre-made icing, but this year my mom made deeeeeeelicious homemade icing that we dyed in several different colors (so, we still had our fill of artificial dye, but at least we could pronounce the other ingredients :)
About a week before the party, we were helping my sister move to her new house, and I found the perfect icing containers and tips. Luckily, she didn't mind us borrowing them :)
My mom and the girls made the cupcakes, and we set them up on cupcake stands on the morning of the party. O(6) wanted to know why we bothered with the white icing, and I said that it was so they'd have a blank canvas to make their icing art, but she pointed out that it's really not necessary...she's right, and it will be less work for us (ummm, I mean, my mom!) for next year.
E(3) spent a LONG time decorating her cupcake. She was thoroughly engrossed in the activity. She ate very little of her creation (thank goodness) and said that she was going to nibble a little bit each day. She ate a little each day for about 3 days before she forgot about it!
We had leftover cupcakes and icing, so this was a fun rainy day activity for the girls! Luckily, it's all about the process and not the product, and they ate very little of their creations :)
Fun times!
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