Something to Celebrate: preschool week 2

Can I just tell you how much we are loving this weather!? Come on Fall! So I got a little inspired by the weather & threw out some of the 'themed' stuff & made it an anything goes week...

Due to the incredible weather- I decided that we would get ready to take a Nature Scavenger hunt. I printed off pictures of things we would find on a nature hunt. She cut & glued them to an egg carton. We got all prepared to go & then terrible three's kicked in & we had a major melt down so now we are prepared to go next week! LOL.

Mr Acorn Man! Karly loves Acorns- I don't really get it but she collects them, I find them all through out the house (obnoxious!) but I thought he was pretty cute! She colored & glued- I was just happy that his 'parts' all ended up in the correct spots! ;)

acorn man template

I'm always trying to find new ways to do things. I have these popsicle trays that I NEVER use. Karly thinks it is SO much to play with Qtips so we turned it into a counting game.

YAY for a gorgeous day. we woke up on Wed & I could no longer resist we packed a bag & headed to the Botanical Gardens. One of our favorite places! We spent the entire day, walking, talking, learning. One of my favorite days that I have spent with my little love in a long time. No rush, no plans, no schedules, no phones, just me & her walking through the gardens creating forever memories!

Mirrored Image-- this was a 1st for her. I was so proud of her.

Journal Time-- So I stole this from my mom who is a 1st grade teacher. Every morning her students come into class they have journal time. SO I picked up a notebook for $1 & let her decorate it with stickers & glue on her name... I told her that every day we would begin with journal time. This might be her most fav part of 'school'. Our first day was: Draw a picture of a rainbow.

Bragging Rights- a few months ago we did rainbows & colors. I gave her all the colors of the rainbow but gave her no directions. With no prompting she got all the colors in the correct order!!! YAY! I love when I see my work with her is paying off!

Animal Collage-- Ok so I am guilty that I don't let her have scissors often. I have heard so many horror stories of little girls cutting their hair that she only gets them if I can watch everything she does! So needless to say we need more scissor projects. I gave her some old magazines & had her cut all the animals out that she could find & then we made a collage with the pictures.

Letter S- The one letter that gives Kar a lot of trouble is S. She always wants to call it a C. So here is to many more S projects to come!

Big & Baby Letter Memory Game. I have stacks of old business cards that I cut in half. On one half I put "M" the other half 'm', mixed them all up & had letter memory. I dud use matching colors for the letters to help sight recognition.