Four/Yellow

I decided to start the week off by reviewing the numbers 1-3.  We played our Feed the Penguin game (you can find details about the game here), we hadn't played it in quite a while and the girls really do enjoy this game.

I chose this game because it only has cards for the numbers 1, 2 and 3.  Fortunately Hannah napped and allowed us to play that plus work with our felt numbers.

We started with zero.  

Then as we added felt animals we found the correct numeral.  

I then did a little basic addition with Tabitha.  

I would add one ladybug under the first column and we 

would say the equation and she would tell me the answer.

They worked with it for a while and then Tabitha decided to hide from me.  Can you find her. lol.

Then it was time to take the animals for a ride

Reviewing the numbers 1-3 served two purposes.  I could see if Amelia was getting the concept (she's getting there) and it gave me a great way to arrange my muffin tin for Muffin Tin Monday.
Then we had another themed meal on Tuesday.

1 cup of tomato soup, which Tabitha insisted on having with her
3 strips of grilled cheese sandwich and
2 pieces of tomato (which we seem to have a continual supply of from our garden, praise the Lord)

We finally moved on to the #4 and made our books.

And of course we had our yellow card hunt and find same as we did for red and orange (sorry, no pictures, here is the post with pictures from our red hunt if you would like to see what I am talking about).  However, while I was glancing at the old posts to see if I could share a picture for at least one of the hunts I discovered I forgot to play the #4 game. Perhaps we will do that today as it is something I don't have to have plans for and can do while holding the baby.

We also made ladybugs with 4 spots.

First they glued the red wings onto the black body:

Then we added the 4 spots.

Amelia loves giving hugs

Amelia's does have legs, half of them are just under the ladybug

Tabitha likes to make her's fly.

In fact, the ladybugs are not hanging up on the wall yet

because the girls like to play with them.

The girls are now doing their own dishes after breakfast.

How's that for practical life!

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Muffin Tin Monday: Numbers/Counting

Time for Muffin Tin Monday, hosted by Muffin Tin Mom

This week's theme was numbers, which was perfect for planning this week.  Today we reviewed 1, 2 and 3 before starting 4 tomorrow.  

The cut out numbers are pb&j sandwiches

1 cracker

2 pieces of pineapple

3 wax beans

I used yellowish foods because we are still focusing on yellow.

The girls are really looking forward to eating with their 

special circle plate.

Yes I tinted the milk yellow

In the time it took me to make my own tomato sandwich 

the girls plates looked like this:

Guess this meal was a success.

Three/Yellow

This week we focused on the number three and the color yellow.  We started out by making a yellow collage.  Looking out the window I decided some yellow flowers would add some variety to the collage, so we headed outside for a dandelion hunt.

The one who used to say "cheese" all the time when

I got the camera out is now refusing to look at the camera.

Not only did the girls get to glue the dandelions on, they also colored with them first.

They both enjoy cutting out their pictures they colored

And gluing their masterpieces together.

We also made our #3 books.  I decided the girls could make triangles out of yellow paper strips.  Amelia needed a little extra help, but Tabitha did a great job gluing the strips in a triangle shape.

We finally finished our ants today.  The girls painted the cut up egg carton black.  We discussed how an ant has three body parts.  Then they painted some twist ties black.  Today they tore them apart and shaped them to form legs and antennae.

We also read The Three Little Pigs, The Three Bears and The Three Billy Goats Gruff.  We actually have two copies of The Three Billy Goats Gruff checked out of the library.  One, like The Three Bears, is a board book version illustrated by Thea Kliros.  Very soft paintings, not sure if they are watercolors or what.  I enjoyed both of them, except for the ending of  The Three Bears where Goldilocks comes back to play with baby bear.  The other version of The Three Billy Goats Gruff was by Paul Galdone and it came with a CD so Tabitha could follow along, turning the pages, not being alerted by a bell, but with a goat's, "maaaa."  She enjoyed reading the book by herself. 

Speaking of reading, I decided to check the first collection of Bob Books Beginning Readers out of the library again.  I originally took them out quite a while ago to see what they were like.  Tabitha read the first 3 books in one sitting.  Except for the fact that it was bed time I probably would have let her read more.  I like the fact that they start with only a few letters and a simple story.  I personally think the simple pictures are cute and I am glad there is no detailed artwork to distract from the story.  Simple story, simple art.  She was really excited about reading these stories.  

I guess our Alphabet Scavenger Hunt made quite the impact on Tabitha.  She continually is looking around and finding letters.  For example, I was working on some plastic canvas and Tabitha saw some scraps on the floor and told me she found a Y

We were blowing bubbles and I was thinking about the motion science lesson I wanted to do from the book Science is Simple by Peggy Ashbrook.  Of course the bubbles are moving because of the air and the lesson uses balls.  I am not sure exactly why I connected the two thoughts, but I did.  We decided to do something different for a change.  Instead of popping the bubbles we decided to blow them around the floor.  We discovered it took a gentle breath and didn't always work, but the girls had a blast:

As this post has gotten quite long, I am going to write a separate post for our tadpole/frog update and one of Hannah's new firsts.  When they are completed the links will be in the previous sentence.  

Don't forget to check out this week's Words of Wisdom Wednesday post.  I asked Tabitha, "Why do we sleep?"  If you choose to ask your child this question I would love to see the answer.  Just write a post and link up by following the link above to that post.

To see what others are doing with their toddlers and preschoolers, head on over to 1+1+1=1 and Homeschool Creations.