Candy and Dentists~ A wonderful mix!

Our theme for the week was Candy! We had so much left over from trick or treating the week before I decided we needed to have a little fun with it. We played with the candy in all sorts of ways.



Little man used our puffy candy stickers to place along the C.
The page was laminated so it was easy for him to peel  off and do again and again.



Bible verse of the week:
Taste and see that the Lord is good. Psalm 34:8

Which candy is different?

We used our candy "bowl" a little differently this year. Isaiah needed more of a challenge so we practiced addition and subtraction. I would place the math problem on the bottom of the bowl and he would have to put the correct number of candy inside.

Isaac and I practiced placing the correct number of candy with the number I placed on the bottom.

Matching Candy pieces.

Candy vs Fruit sort!

Puzzles. hehe...he was so proud!

 

Definitely a favorite with the boys ~ graphing candy from the bucket! They each took turns drawing a candy from the middle and they would record it onto their graph. Once the entire bucket was empty the one candy with the most draws was the winner. This winning candy was the peice the boys got to eat once it was over! :)

 

 

 

 Little man just joined in on the eating part! His favorite too!



Shape of the week: CIRCLE
 

 

Isaiah loved all of his candy worksheets! He will ask me daily if I have any "school work" for him! Makes a mama proud!

 

 

 

Halfway through the week we finished up our candy fun and jumped straight into dentist theme! Of course we started our lesson with a trip to the boys dentist. Even little man got to go to his first dental check up! All was clear with NO cavities for all three guys. Guess we covered it up good with brushing after all that candy earlier in the week!

 

The boys made tooth puppets one morning.

Mr. Toothy puppets!

 

I just love baby hands trying to hold a crayon. Its so sweet and takes so much concentration!

Isaac traced the kids holding the candy to the toothbrushes!

 We ended our week with a good ol toothbrushin lesson! Is it just my kids that love brushing their teeth? I'm not sure if it's the toothpaste that tastes so good to them or just the simple fact of how fun spitting in the sink is to the boys!

 

 

 

 

Rain Rain...please please stay (at least for today)

The past couple of days were super rainy and we were super bored. :) We decided to turn the gloomy day into some fun. A mini rain unit seemed appropriate! :)

We started with a little art project we called Raindrop Art! I had seen this idea here on a cute little blog I follow called Little Page Turners. We changed it up a little by adding a different saying and we also used a cutout from the link she had on her blog. I found a little boy body though and added in our little guys faces. They thought it was hilarious. So lots of little giggles while doing this fun project! :)

 

They started by adding food coloring drops on cardstock paper.

The food coloring can get messy and the paper is heavy once spotted so I would suggest using a pan or cardboard underneath.

Then you stick it under the sprinkles and wait patiently. :) The colors began to mix and the boys were so excited. :)
 

We did a few worksheets that had to do with weather!

R is for Rain dot painting from 2teachingmommies. ( I think :/ )

Rain cloud pre writing practice.

And an umbrella and rain cloud number dot to dot.
 

 

The boys were very proud of their rainbow sand art they made.

 

Just look at those faces.

 

Aren't they beautiful? :)

Again...another tip...use a tray to collect the sand. You could also use a funnel. We just didn't have one so the tray worked out great for little hands learning to pour. Look at that sweet little hand. :)

Isaiah had a pattern going. He loved this and asked to do more. Good news is, I bought the sand and the little containers ALL for .50 cents at a garage sale over the summer.  What a steal. And since then I have saved small containers that are clear just for these type of projects. :)

 

    Next up...rain cloud experiment.

Saw this idea on pinterest, had the materials, so we got to work. :)

Here they are waiting patiently for the rain to drop through the clouds. While we waited we talked about how the clouds get heavy then the rain drops through.

And finally the "rain" started to drop down. We ran out of blue food coloring so orange rain it was. ;)

We summed up our week with rainbow sherbet!

Will you commit 100 Days of Play to your children?

 

I have decided to accept a challenge with other mamas from 100 other blogs to devote a little time each day to spending just a short amount of time(or long..whichever you can fit in) to playing with my kids. I will stop what I am doing and just focus all my attention and love to our activities of the moment. I cannot wait to get started. Our days start today!

Please join me in this amazing oppurtunity to connect with your children and to just HAVE FUN!
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Totschool is Back- Dr Seuss

We have started Totschool again. This time Isaac is able to join in on more and he is loving it just as much as Isaiah. He begs for more worksheets and crafts every day. I LOVE that my boys love to learn.

Isaiah was home sick from school a few days this week so we took advantage of him being home by celebrating Dr. Seuss week. We also have a little friend who stays with us a few days a week so she enjoyed our day with us too.

We had a fun Cat in the Hat themed lunch!

 

We found the cutest idea over at livinglifeintentionally.blogspot.com and decided to make our own to hang up. I think it turned out so cute!!! Now I have my own Thing 1, Thing 2, and Thing 3 on canvas.

 

 

The kids made special Cat in the Hat hats to wear.

 

 

They colored Happy Birthday cakes for Dr. Seuss.

And later we played a little game we called Stack the Hats. :)