Reason for blogging

This is my 4 year old daughter. She loves to color. Most of the activities we do are based on her learning level. I have recently started incorporating more for my 2 year old because he is starting to interact more in the 'classroom' and wants to be a part of the activities we are doing.

I wanted to show the Santa Claus pancakes I made
during the Christmas season. Yup I am proud.

This is my 2 year old son. He gets excited and bored easily. He is very proud of his work when he completes it.

I will be posting pictures/videos and lessons we are working on in preschool on this blog. I will also post about my personal struggles throughout the day.

I have been reading other stay-at-home-mom blogs but have not found one that talks about the daily things I encounter and how to handle two young children who live in two different homes. I know I would like to see that I am not alone. I want to share how I handle the issues and help other moms who may be dealing with some of the same things.

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Elephant Faces

Elephant Faces (masks) We used: Three paper plates Paint or markers Paint brushes Stapler Scissors Yarn First paint the bottom of the paper plate. While the kids painted I cut the other paper plate in half for the ears. Using the third plate I cut out the textured part of the plate to make the trunks. Paint (or color) the rest of the pieces. Staple them together to make an elephant. Cut out small holes for eyes and small holes behind the ears to attach the yarn. Now that the lesson is over I have the masks hanging in the playroom. They make a neat decoration.

Painting With Squirt Guns

We did this as a Fathers Day project, but it fits in outside play perfectly. I liked this for Fathers because it was an interactive activity for the kids to do with Jerry to celebrate him and the time they enjoy spending with him. I filled 1 gun with yellow paint and 2 guns with black paint. The squirt guns we used were from the dollar store and had a decently big hole to pour the paint into. Some squirt guns have itty bitty holes that make squirting paint into the gun very difficult. Taped off the canvas...and made the kids pose Then the guns were handed to the kids and dad. Instructions were to shoot the canvas not each other. Very simple. Start squirting! The squirting went on and on. I refilled the guns a couple times so the activity could continue. Jerry also took time with each Dragon to squirt with them. With a Star Wars theme we were looking at having black as the primary color and yellow as the secondar

Mini Story Boards

Mini Story Boards We used: Foam Cookie sheets Magnets Paper I found the cookie sheets at the dollar store and loved the idea of the kids telling their own stories using movable magnets. I cut out flowers with the foam (you can cut out any design and use construction paper instead of foam) and little people then stuck a magnet to the back. I cut out bugs and stuck magnets to the back of those too. Then I drew little scenes that would inspire a story and put them on the cookie sheet. One demonstration and their imaginations took off on their own :)

Big Energy-Little Learners...Can I do it all?

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