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

Before we composed our stories and before a super can be a hero they must first train! For training I set up an obstacle course.  Step 1:  For the first obstacle I set up two boxes, the second box a bit bigger then the first.  We called this jumping over cars.  Superheroes need to jump over many obstacles but cars was the first thing that came to mind.  Step 2: Two hula hoops were set up across from each other.  The point was to jump from one hoop into the second.  I moved the hoops according to the child's ability.  This was called jumping from building top to building top, which supers do in like every movie.  Step 3: I removed all of the spider web tape from the floor and rolled it up into 3 different 'sticky' balls.  I liked that they were still sticky because Little Dragon felt like spider man flinging his webs when throwing them.  Summer Dragon and Doll Dragon both gave the balls different power names. ...

Monday: Today was great! I was up early and had everything set up for the preschool by 8:30 am. Breakfast was done early too. I feel like today we had extra hours squeezed in.  The kids did so much and still had a good amount of time for pretend. Stations:    Egg station-  for this station I just set out a bunch of plastic eggs small and large for play.  I also provided pom poms so the kids could match or mis-match the colors.   Reading station-  I went to the library yesterday to get new books.  The kids spent a good amount of time looking through the new selection.  Easter stickers-  I left this station up for Liam, Emma, and Isaiah.  I knew they wold be excited to play with the stickers which would excite my two dragons.  It worked well.  I was able to get Athena's hair done while the other kids sorted the stickers.  Egg station turned 'store'-  It didn't take long for the egg station to become a...

I had six kids on Monday which is not custom.  It sounds like a lot, it sounded overwhelming when I agreed to do it, but it ended up being a good day.  The kids did a great job keeping each other occupied so they were not looking to me as much for entertainment.   I liked it! I could leave the room and prepare snacks without having three to four people in the kitchen, and I have a very small kitchen.  They all were so excited to play together that I was able to leave the room  unnoticed. My plan was to let the kids entertain each other and I was going to plan a few activities for them but I ended up structuring into more of a preschool environment.   The big reason I did this is because Athena's sister was over visiting on Monday.  When I was tucking her into bed Sunday she asked if we could do Athena's home school and a craft.  I couldn't say no. I did not set up stations.  During free time they played with stuffed animals toge...