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

This week and last week I have wished we had more time on a subject.  It's not because we are not finishing the lessons or that Little Dragon isn't understanding what we are doing.  It's because I have so many ideas once we get started for activities but we just don't have time to do everything.    Jerry tells me that it is okay, I do more then an 3 year old even needs.  If I continue to try to do everything I will drive myself crazy.  He is right, of course. Sensory My original plan for a sensory activity this week was an edible zoo.  My plan changed when Little Dragon showed up at almost 11 in the same clothes with his face still painted from Tuesday. I grabbed the zoo Lego's tied some ribbon from the shower rod and made a Zoo Tub! Little Dragon loved this!  He was in the tub for an hour and we played as he called it 'friends' with the animals together. I don't know why he is making this face but it was so adorable I had to pos...

Triangles We used:  Lego's Green cut out triangles Chocolate Chips Stickers Paper Pencil To begin we identified the shape and traced it with marker.  Then we talked other ways to make triangles.  I used some household items to show the kids you can make triangles out of anything!  After a triangle was made the kids would trace it onto their paper. In the end we had a bunch of different sizes of triangles to compare. 

The weather has been nice and we have been trying to spend more time outside. While at the library I thumbed through a children's science book and saw a wonderful idea.  After we read In The Tall Tall Grass  I thought of this science activity. Observing what lives in our grass.  The kids picked a spot on the grass and we made a circle of rocks around that area.    Then we all lay on our tummies and grabbed the magnifying glass to observe. We saw a centipede first.  It was quick.     They both tried to pick it up between their fingers.  *shakes head*  My kids love bugs :) We took a moment to talk about this being the bugs home why we don't kill bugs outside.  "We are just observing." We also saw potato bugs or rolly pollies and ants.   Of course they still tried to pick them up. Later that day we had a picinic.  It was very spur of the moment but wonderful.  The weather wa...