B is for Balloons

We talked about different kinds of balloons this week......hot air balloons, helium filled balloons, balloons you blow up, and also other types of things to put in balloons.

We watched some videos on You Tube of hot air balloon festivals.....they were pretty cool to watch and they liked seeing the different characters on the balloons too. 

So, we made our own hot air balloons using coffee filters and liquid water colors.....we just dripped the watercolors on the coffee filters and let them dry.

Then we attached string and a construction paper basket.

I think these turned out super cute!

We also filled some balloons with different sensory items.....flour, salt, dry macaroni, oatmeal, and rice.  These were great to squish around and guess what was inside them.  We have even left them out to just feel and squish......great for a child that needs to calm themselves down too (the flour one is a great for that).

And finally some balloon painting.....I filled some balloons up with a little bit of air and then they dipped in paint and bounced them on their paper.  You can make small prints or large prints depending how much you "bounce" them.

 

 

A fun abstract art project!

 

A is for Apples

We started out learning about the letter A.....logical right??!!!  We always talk about what starts with the letter we are working on......a is for apple!  Here are a few of our apple projects we did.

 

We headed to the store to find some apples......we had lots to choose from.....thank goodness!  We talked about the different colors, names, where they came from, etc.  They each picked one out and then we weighed them to see how much they all were.  So much to learn when going to the grocery store!

 

 

Writing the letter A and drawing an apple in their journals. 

 

We did a little apple tasting and charted their favorite apple. 

 

 

 Now, one of my favorite ways to eat an apple......with caramel!  These were a miniature version and perfect for little ones.  We started by counting the caramels and dividing them equally among our friends.  Then we started unwrapping them......they were fast unwrappers!

I used my Pampered Chef melon baller to make tiny apples......worked great!  We tried using pretzels for the stem, but when we started dipping them some of them fell off.  So, you could use a toothpick or lollipop stick.  Dip them in your caramel and eat!  They all had several of them and were much easier than biting into a big apple.  Aren't they cute??

 

And finally ended with some apple stamping!

 

 

 

 

1st Day of Preschool

Well we started our preschool activities 2 weeks ago, but this was our first day where everyone was all here to get our group picture.....Reese is actually in Kindergarten in the afternoon, but is included in our activities and is also a great helper!  We even included baby Ava in our picture.....the children insisted she not be left out!

 

 I asked each of the children what they want to be when they grow up........

 We started our first day by decorating our journals that we will be using throughout the year.

Stickers are a great way to work on those fine motor skills......a little tricky for some to get the stickers off the sheets.