tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44122438482093998872024-03-23T06:13:43.298-04:00Big Energy-Little Learners...Can I do it all? Challenges and rewards of being a stay at home mommy and teacher of a blended family. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12869970672423530905noreply@blogger.comBlogger368125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4412243848209399887.post-27169300835071559712018-05-30T18:03:00.000-04:002018-05-30T18:03:25.821-04:00Mothers Day Hike <span style="font-size: large;">Mothers day is usually a day I get to choose what we do for the full day. </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">With our schedules being ridiculously busy and my husband working this year mothers day turned out to be a little bit different. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had a few hours to celebrate me-the mother- and those hours passed way too quickly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But in them we did get to do the what I love to do every year on mothers day and that is to hike! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We were not able to talk all of our kids this year but we still got out of the house and enjoyed the spring weather. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The sky was overcast which was beautiful! It kept us nice and cool out in the bog. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There is little natural shade there so the clouds were welcome! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was Lady Dragons first hike on her own. We didn't hike a lot last year because of the difficult age she was at and this year she is a bit too big to carry. So she was off on her own. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As we hiked Little Dragon picked flowers for me to put in my hair- which was super sweet :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our overall goal is to have a Dungeons and Dragons theme each month. I do have to admit that I am running out of ideas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We also made a character sheet for her that we update with new accomplishments and milestones each month.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This turned out to be my favorite photo shoot so far. I love, love, love it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Set up for this shoot was easy. Props were also easy. Simply a black sheet, some crates, and books we had on hand because again, we are nerds, and a wand-from The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At first I didn't know how I was going to dress Baby Dragon but I knew I wanted her to be a red robed wizard. After thinking about it for awhile I remembered we had a red cape from halloween 4 years ago. I knew it would be perfect!</span></div>
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We have now reached the halfway mark. Halfway to a year. Halfway to the first birthday!<br />
I am also looking at it in reverse. It has been 6 months since I was in the hospital, since I was pregnant and bloated. It seemed to fly by!<br />
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The months leading up to this have given baby the tools and confidence to start trying to speak on their own. At this point in development you should be hearing two letter sounds such as 'ma, da, ba, etc.' You may have heard some of these sounds before the 6 month mark but baby probably has more understanding of what she is saying now. </div>
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Even if your baby has started using words don't stop talking to them. Talk is still very important for future speech. As are books. Read! Read! Read!<br />
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At this point you may be bored of reading the same simple books over and over, especially when baby has a favorite. To help with this just talk to the baby about the pictures, letter, or numbers on the page. You don't have to read it verbatim every time, the baby won't know the difference. The point of reading to the baby is for the baby to hear you talking. </div>
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Speaking of books, we subscribed to a wonderful book program by Dolly Parton. It is called Imagination Library. It is totally free and the program sends out 1 book a month until the child is 5! If you sign up for this you won't have a shortage of books :)</div>
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If not in the previous months then this month you should start to see baby using her legs a lot more.<br />
Jumping and bearing weight on her legs to prepare to walk in the coming months.<br />
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Many muscles have been developing the last 6 months and some babies may be able to pull themselves up into a standing position using a little assistance, this being your hands or nearby boxes they can crawl to. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a fun easy game to play with the kids. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I love this version because it is so big, it doesn't waste paper, it's quick, it's easy to store, and easy to clean up. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This year we made a board out of 1 piece of paper or a cardboard box. In the past we have used ribbon or yarn. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">7.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"> Candy cane hunt- The elf hid candy canes around the house for the dragons to find.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">9. </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Wrapped up in lights- Fizban was antsy to get the decorations up so he thought he would help. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">11. Elf hats- Fizban brought elf hats with a note so the dragons could help spread Christmas cheer. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;">12. </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Advent Calendar- This has become a tradition at our house for the elf to bring our advent calendar. Each day brought a new Christmas activity. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;">14. </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Do you want to build a snowman?- Elf on the shelf built a snowman out of toilet paper rolls and wrote the cute line from the song on the mirror. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">15. </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Who's got mail?- The dragons were having a difficult time not touching the elf so he lost his magic. He didn't have enough magic to fly back to scout so Santa mailed him back and reminded the dragons not to touch Fizban again.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;">18.</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"> Reading a book- After a late night of gaming for us adults, Fizban decided to sit out and read a book we left out, <i>The Monster Manual. </i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">21. </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Frozen elf- Again the dragons were really enjoying Disney Infinity, plus Frozen is really popular, so Elsa froze Fizban in a block of ice. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;">22. </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Peeking through the frame- This was another easy one, probably from the Christmas I was sick and pregnant like the other easy elf ideas lol. It turned out to be a sneaky spot though, the dragons needed help finding Fizban. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">23. </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Webbed!- This is still one of my favorites, the elf got webbed by Spiderman. I used spider web from halloween and just wrapped him up. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;">24. </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Bathing in marshmallows- for whatever reason elf's to bathe in marshmallows. Fizban ate his marshmallows too. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">25. </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Hair Dresser- Fizban loves to hangout with Barbie and her friends and we found him straightening up Twilights hair one morning. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;">26. </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Toothpaste message- writing a note on the mirror with toothpaste, such a silly elf! At least it was a message of love.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">27. </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Sack race- The elf got his friends together for a late night sack race across the finish line. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;">28.</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"> Hot cocoa bar- The elf showed up with flavored cocoas and fun toppings! The kids loved this! They made us special coffee with this too :) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">29.</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"> Elf in a bag- Fizban found himself in a gift back this morning. This one actually took the kids awhile to find. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;"> 30.</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"> Elf friends- The year Fizban showed up he brought along these fun bears with little bags. He has used them continuously to bring the kids special gifts. This time it was magic seeds! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">31. </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Snowy elf- The elf on the shelf got into the flour I had left on the counter when making a sweet treats for the kids. He was pretending it was snow. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">33. </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">All wrapped up- Trying to help wrap Fizban got himself in a pickle, he wrapped himself all up. There was even a bow on his head</span>.<br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;">34. </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Party Nite- We had game night and when we went to bed the party didn't stop for the elf. He enjoyed some pizza, popcorn, snowflake pretzels, and a drink! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">35. </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Bows, Bows, Bows- Perhaps our kitchen just wasn't festive enough for our elf so he set off a bow bomb to bring some holiday cheer! </span><br />
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This month really starts a discovery period and the mouth is the main way a baby discovers the world around them. 1 reason for this is because they have more nerve endings in their mouth then the rest of their body so they are not only tasting but feeling each object. </div>
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You will find that everything baby can hold she will want to explore with her mouth, including her toes. </div>
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As for me I have older kids and the challenge is getting them to make sure their toys, which are all miniature for some reason, are not in baby's reach. Because if she sees it, she is reaching for it and once it is in her hand it goes straight in her mouth. </div>
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Another challenge with older kids is having them wash their hands before they play with the baby or touch her toys. It is cold season and we don't want any unnecessary colds going around. Sanitizing wipes are also great! </div>
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This is a very exciting milestone to me. I don't know why I find it so exciting, perhaps because I don't have to hold onto baby constantly for her to see more of the world then she can see from the floor, but I love when baby learns to sit!</div>
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At this point baby should be very close if not already sitting up on her own. Sometimes baby will still loose balance so making sure there are things to catch the baby or baby is on a soft surface when practicing this skill is a good idea. </div>
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This is such a fun stage! I was so excited when baby girl started giving kisses. This stage melts my heart! </div>
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Around 5 months you will start noticing a return of affection from your baby. This can be in hugs, kisses, smiles, and little arms reaching out for you when they want you. Babies don't quiet understand what love is but they know what makes them feel happy. Usually that is kisses, hugs, and smiles. </div>
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Your baby may understand these words as well. Probably won't be speaking them but when you say 'can mommy have kisses' baby may lean in for a big wet one. :) </div>
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This started earlier then 5 months for our baby girl and she is just about over it now. Stranger anxiety is very normal for this time where I thought my baby was just clingy. Good news is almost all babies experience this. </div>
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Stranger anxiety is when the baby cries when people (usually anyone aside from the parents) holds them. To be honest thinking about this from babies point of view it makes sense. I would be scared if total strangers picked me up and started walking away with me, or I saw the person who makes me feel safe walking away after giving me to a stranger. No thanks! </div>
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For our family this emotional mile stone probably hit hard because I am a stay at home mom and my husband works from home. This means baby is only really seeing two adults all the time. She would get so upset when other adults just looked at her. She is slowly growing out of this stage. As long as she can see mommy and daddy she seems to do ok with other family members. </div>
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According to research the way to approach this is to be patient with the baby and when she is being held by another family member stay close by. Slowly increase the increments when you are away until eventually the anxiety goes away. </div>
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Baby noises are so adorable! At this point baby isn't just cooing she is trying to make actual sounds and maybe some words. Simple words of course such as ma, da, ba, ect. </div>
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Once baby learns these noises she will repeat them. Usually one sound at time and then when she learns a new sound she will stop the other sounds she learned and focus on the new one. This is baby practicing. </div>
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Raspberries are a favorite fun sound that babies love to make at this age so just keep burp rags handy and have a bib on the baby and the spit shouldn't be to overwhelming. </div>
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5 months is the start to an interactive baby. This month I feel my baby girl has really grown up and part of that is because she reacts to things. To help further develop baby and enjoy interacting there are a few games you can play. </div>
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We play this game all of the time, almost anytime there is a blanket around, which is always. </div>
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Instead of playing with just your face and babies face play with her toys. Cover the toy with a blanket then pull it off. This teaches object permanence. Babies don't understand this so to them it is more like magic and the reactions are so fun! But it still sets up stepping stones for object permanence. </div>
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Baby has developed an emotional bases by now and uses her facial expression and the faces of those around her to understand how to interact with us and to express herself. </div>
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Starting around this month baby will start to do things to make you laugh. </div>
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She may also do things to get your attention, not just your laughs. Like a mock cough just so you will look at her. </div>
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She is also probably laughing at things you do to let her know it makes her happy. </div>
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Baby is getting stronger with each passing week. By now she may be able to hold her own bottle and be very close, of not already, crawling. </div>
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Our little lady loves to jump! When we put her in her saucer she jumps and jumps! I was surprised she jumped with both feet! </div>
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We talked about this before but routine is important! Keep up with bed time routines and other daily routines so baby can grasp the concept of time. This will also make your life easier. Knowing when it is feeding time or nap time and why baby may be fussing. It is also great for planning your days. I know when I can go grocery shopping or plan a lunch. </div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12869970672423530905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4412243848209399887.post-47889174744668494472016-11-12T16:27:00.000-05:002016-11-12T16:29:15.080-05:00Dinosaur Tag<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a game we created for Little Dragons Dino Party. We used this game as a kind of ice breaker/opener.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had about 15 kids at the party which is a great amount for Dinosaur tag. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">To start the game you have to round up the kids.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Next we picked 2 dinosaurs and they got to put on their cool dinosaur masks!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When someone got tagged they had to stand in the cage (we used the climbing dome for our cage but you could use any area you designate as 'cage' or 'jail')</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a fast paced game and we played multiple rounds rotating who got to be a dinosaur. I do have to say I had never played game of tag where so many people wanted to be a dinosaur. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I didn't get any pictures during the party of this game because we were so busy entertaining but we still have the masks and Little Dragon and I took a couple pictures together just for you! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was a game we found on pintrest that Little Dragon was intent on playing. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Although it is supposed to be feed the T-Rex but Little Dragons favorite dinosaur is a raptor so he requested we have a raptor instead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I found the foam board at Wal-mart for less then a $1. My husband is the artist in the house so he drew the raptor face for Little Dragon. As a mom this part was fun for me to watch. Little Dragon watching with such anticipation for the finished project as daddy drew the dinosaur for him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We balanced the foam board at an angle against a table so the the mouth hole was not covered then had the kids stand at the line and throw the bean bags one at a time. Each person had 4 throws. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To get started we sat down together and looked up ideas on Pinterest. Many of the ideas were a bit young for six. But we were able to pull some inspiration.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Before getting to much in the planning stage we had to make a guest list. Nowadays you cannot send invitations to school without inviting the whole class. As a kindergartner Little Dragon doesn't have many close school friends yet anyway so we invited the whole class and a few other family friends.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now that the guest list was taken care of we could move forward to the venue.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">At this point we didn't have any rsvp's but I didn't want to pick a venue last minute. I have thrown many birthday parties at home but with more stuff because of Baby Dragon my house doesn't have as much space as it used to. So we checked the weather and decided to have the dino party at the park.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Game 2:<a href="https://bigenergylittlelearners.blogspot.com/2016/11/feed-raptor.html" target="_blank"> Feed The Raptor</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Little Dragon was very particular about how he wanted his cake. He asked that it say Dino Birthday and have dinosaurs, trees, water, and be chocolate with buttercream icing. This kid knew what he wanted! He usually isn't so picky on details so I made sure to get them all. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After Little Dragon opened his gifts he had a special gift for all of his friends, Dinosaurs! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Overall this party wasn't very expensive to throw and that is my kind of party! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The most expensive thing for this party was the dinosaur gifts for Little Dragons Friends. They were a $1 each and I bought 15. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I bought plates, napkins, silverware, and table cloths all at the dollar store. I didn't get a table cloth for each table because we weren't serving lunch so I got a table cloth for the snacks and cake tables. Streamers, balloons, and the banner were all also at the dollar store. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Cake is fairly cheep to make and I have a lot of cake decorating things on hand. I did have to buy the cake box but it was only $5 for a two pack at Walmart.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Snacks were also cheap because I spent a lot of time cutting them </span><span style="font-size: large;">up myself instead of buying it pre cut. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I have found that putting in more work gets things done cheaper. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Most importantly Little Dragon was very happy with the turn out of his party! </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12869970672423530905noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4412243848209399887.post-55068728835874691552016-10-16T16:57:00.000-04:002016-10-16T17:03:48.762-04:00Nerf War<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I will be trying to plan a group activity for the elementary school kids once a week. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am doing this to give them something to look forward to each week and to help with some of the after school chaos. It also helps the kids relax and let go of the stressful school week. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We planned the activity on Monday and talked about it all week. This reminds them a fun activity is coming. I also needed some extra guns and the notice gave the kids an opportunity to ask to bring some extra guns. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Friday before the kids got home I had all of the guns out and loaded. For this activity I had my two dragons and the two that I babysit after school. Including me and my husband we had 3 girls and 3 boys. The dragons all agreed boys vs. girls for teams. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Before we could start playing we had a few things to go over. We gotta play safe! </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">the bacon has to be visible from at least 1 view point</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">when you get shot you are down until someone revives you (when you are down on your back with your hands and legs in the air)</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Each team set up one barrier in their home base. We stacked a couple boxes on top of each other in the middle of the room. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We gave each dragon an apron with pockets to hold their extra darts. Pants pockets are usually to small and the darts can get ruined being shoved or pulled in/out of the pockets. The aprons worked great! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Both ways to play were fun! We also got in some family activity and all of us got our bodies moving! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Our overall goal is DND themed each month because, well, we are nerds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I really enjoyed this photo shoot. Dressing up my Baby Dragon and setting the scene for her to be a little baby fey! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I attempted to do this shoot outside but it failed. I was alone and with an infant. It would take multiple people to pull that off, I think. </span></div>
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As posted in the last two baby blog posts talk, talk, talk to the baby. But now maybe kick it up a notch. Narrate what you are doing. Point to things and give the name or color. When you go on walks talk about the things you see. Now more then just singing and talking pointing and describing things.<br />
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I have to admit sometimes I feel silly doing this because Baby Dragon doesn't respond and doesn't understand but it will help her later.<br />
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According to my research baby's will store the information they get now for when they are ready to speak. They may not know what it means now but when all the talking now will help them connect the dots later.</div>
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Babies are used to the swaying motion of the womb. When they are in utero they fall asleep to mommy moving around. Which is why baby slept during the day and was active at night (for most pregnancies). After birth they are no longer constantly swaying or moving because the world isn't constantly moving, it is mostly still. As adults we don't move when we sit. But when we stand we rarely stand still. We sway, walk, or bob. This is what the baby is looking for, movement. <br />
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Now that baby has had months of tummy time she is closer, if not already, rolling over. If baby is not rolling over yet you will notice that they favor one side to roll onto and they stay there. Try to get baby to roll over by holding toys slightly out of reach for them to reach for causing them to finish rolling. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am doing this to give them something to look forward to each week and to help with some of the after school chaos. It also helps the kids relax and let go of the stressful school week. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I watch two kids aside from my own during the school week and I also invited some cousins to join us for tea. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I did talk to the kids about traditional tea parties. That ladies and gentlemen would get together for tea and sandwiches and socialize. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To make the mint centerpiece I bought two different mint types. One type had more vibrant colored mints, the other were more pastel. I also bought some dark chocolate mints, because who doesn't want dark chocolate. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Our overall goal is DND themed each month because, well, we are nerds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Baby Dragon had more neck and body control for this shoot. She would lean forward or backwards which gave us different angles and worked out great! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She also responds more to hearing her name which made getting her to look at the camera easy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Again I am very happy with these photos :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A month of after school bags all over the floor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I pulled out some coloring books and crayons, colored pencils. Alice in wonderland and Harry Potter for the older kids and a race car book for the younger. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They all came running. They were all excited to color together. We listened to some soft music and chatted while coloring. We admired each other's work. It was quiet relaxing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The next day I asked if they would like it if we did activities together after school. They all agreed they would like to do this. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I figured we could do an activity maybe once or twice a week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We brainstormed a few ideas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">All the kids were tickled at this idea. Let the tea party planning begin! </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12869970672423530905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4412243848209399887.post-26702239776452471812016-09-18T17:26:00.000-04:002016-09-20T16:38:49.028-04:001 Month Photo Shoot<span style="font-size: large;">Each month we are doing a mini photo shoot for Baby Dragon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our overall goal is DND themed each month because, well, we are nerds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We also update her character sheet each month with what she has learned or achieved that month. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">For her first month we did Out Of The Abyss</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When doing a shoot for with a baby you have to just keep clicking and hope you caught a good facial expression. She did pretty well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I combined weeks 6-10 because each baby reaches each stage at different weeks. Therefore all of the tips can be used anytime through these weeks and continuing forward and still be beneficial to your baby. </span><br />
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To help my daughter I will put a toy in her hand. She will hold it for awhile then drop, but when it drops she will follow it with here eyes. This makes her more likely to reach for the toy again. </div>
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Just as I wrote in my last post I put my little lady in her saucer early to help develop those sitting muscles. This is still important. It not only helps with sitting muscles but she also puts weight on her legs when she is in the saucer. </div>
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Babies love to see the world from a sitting position so my little one is always eager to sit up and loves this game. </div>
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This is important for muscle development too. My little lady loves to stand. When she stands we try to hold only her hands to help her stabilizing muscles and neck muscles continue to strengthen. </div>
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Of course what you hear the most, tummy time. Bobby's are great for tummy time but baby also needs some tummy time flat on a blanket. This helps baby learn to roll over and push up from the floor to get their he'd and chest off the ground. </div>
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This is super important for speech development. The more you talk to baby the more she will respond and talk to you. Reading, telling stories, narrating what you are doing, singing, and simple "yes tell me more" to the baby are easy ways to talk. </div>
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I did read an interesting article lately about learning speech when there is background noise. The study found that children learn new speech/words/vocabulary better when there is no background noise. Therefore, when baby wants to talk we make sure our phones and tv are not interrupting. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12869970672423530905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4412243848209399887.post-63743507381544114412016-08-29T13:03:00.000-04:002016-08-29T13:03:24.306-04:00Elementary School<span style="font-size: large;">Man has time flied. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I started this blog when my dragons were both home doing preschool with me. Now both of them are in school the first half of the day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am excited about what this means for my future days but I miss them both now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now that things are so different I am debating where to go from here. I want to still engage my children in learning but I also want them to play. </span></div>
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I recently found out about art journals and thought it would be a wonderful experience with the kids for preschool. There are so many possibilities with art journals and it is a nice way to express yourself with another person through art. This activity can look many different ways for many different people. Art is open, as is journaling.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Little Dragon had not used a ruler before so we went over the basics. He was excited to use this new tool. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The past few weeks he wanted to draw cities so this was the perfect opportunity to fulfill that and teach him how to use a ruler to accomplish it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We were outside doing our shape science when he asked if we could do another experiment. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He wanted to fill up a container with dirt</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For some reason Little Dragon thought you had to have dirt for water to evaporate. I explained that water needs nothing but heat to evaporate and demonstrated this by showing him the cement drying in the heat of the sun from our earlier experiment. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He seemed to understand and gave me a few examples of water evaporating without dirt. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Although he now understood dirt was not necessary for water to evaporate he still wanted to add water to the experiment. I told him his results may change with he dirt but he didn't mind. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What he wanted to know was how long would it take for all of the water to evaporate. We knew it would happen (or at least I knew and he was told but wanted to see it for himself). </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">To start the week I asked him to name some shapes and give me an example of an object that was that shape. For example our front door is a rectangle. This gave me a good idea of which shapes, if any needed some extra practice. </span><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">1 domino math equation</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">practice writing his name</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">rhyming</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">address</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">phone number</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">missing numbers on a number line</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">uppercase/lowercase matching</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This list looks long, but we don't go over EVERYTHING everyday. We always do the main page which has a majority of the list on it and Little Dragon can complete it in about 20-30 minutes. The rest we pick and choose what he feels up to doing that day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I made some delicious elephant ears in many different shapes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Before we ate them though I had Little Dragon go through and identify each shape. He wasn't home when I made the elephant ears or it would have been fun to make the shapes with the dough together. It's always a future option. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We also sorted them by shape. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We ate them as treats or for breakfast picking which shape we were talking about that day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They are great with honey butter, peanut butter, jam, and syrup. I also like to eat them plain. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Little Dragon also made shape people with his lunch</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://bigenergylittlelearners.blogspot.com/2016/08/art-journal-enrty-shapes.html" target="_blank">Shape Art Journal</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://bigenergylittlelearners.blogspot.com/2016/07/shape-science.html" target="_blank">Shape Science</a></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have fun exploring shapes and thanks for reading! </span></div>
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<br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12869970672423530905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4412243848209399887.post-23545021638596031012016-08-11T22:36:00.000-04:002016-08-18T20:31:39.067-04:00Shape Shop<span style="font-size: large;">We did this activity during our Shape theme week</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was a game I made up on the fly that Little Dragon really enjoyed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have shape buttons and I wasn't sure what I was going to use them for aside from standard sorting. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We started there. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After all the shapes were sorted by shape I asked Little Dragon to name all of the shapes. There were a couple of more complex shapes such as hexagons and octagons. These needed a bit of practice. To get the practice in I made up this game. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I told Little Dragon that he was a shop owner. I asked what kind of shop he wanted to run. He picked car shop. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I said all of the shapes were different car parts and I was going to come in as different customers to buy the parts I needed to fix my car. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He agreed, of course. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I would use a different voice for each costumer and ask for mix matched things like 3 octagons and 5 yellow triangles. This incorporated color, numbers, and shapes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Little Dragon got a kick out of the different voices and soon started making requests. He giggled and giggled. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was a fantastic game that he really enjoyed playing and we played for a good hour all while practicing shapes (and voices for me)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It took me a little while to think of a shape science experiment. I had many ideas but I wanted it to be an experiment, not just an activity in the science category. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I went with a shape container experiment. </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Water </span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For this experiment the two containers will have to be similar in size. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>I asked Little Dragon which container he thought held more water, the square or the circle. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Before we made our hypothesis Little Dragon wanted to fully examine both containers to make his guess. I was impressed with his desire to make an educated guess so I helped him examine the containers. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>After checking the size difference, putting the containers inside eachother, and seeing which is taller he was ready to make his choice. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After writing out our hypothesis we took our containers outside with a cup of water. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>and then in the other. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The results were very close. The shapes held just about the same amount of water but the square container ended up holding a tad bit more then the circle. A bit of water overflowed over the sides of the circle. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course this is not an all squares hold more then squares experiment. But they were shapes and we did an experiment to determine which held more water. </span></div>
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