School Time: Week 6 (M Concluded)

We started out our week by learning some basic facts about Christopher Columbus.  You know, 3 ships, crossed the ocean in 1492.  However, as I knew that not all the information I learned growing up was accurate I was careful not to mention too much.  I was very thankful to find this link over at Joyful Learner's blog which shares some accurate info about Columbus. 

First we made our Christopher Columbus Muffin Tin.

Then we painted a blue piece of paper blue.  Sky and ocean.

Later the girls cut out a new-for-them-shape, a trapezoid, three actually, to make boats for their Columbus Day picture.

Then they glued on the white triangle sails I cut out.

We also focused on our letter M again this week.

For our tactile M the girls glued marshmallows on their m's

When I checked back later I saw they had sneaked some of the marshmallows off of their paper.  Ewww. Marshmallow and glue snack.  Thankfully it is non-toxic.

The girls had a basic, beginner lesson on sorting and graphing.

I posted about that here.

Then we made our M mice.

I posted about that here.

I had commented about Amelia's mouse having 2 eyes and someone commented that it needed 2.  I have to agree with her.  The one with two eyes looks cuter to me.  But then the ears need to be rotated.  Don't you think?

Today, Grandma came on by to watch the girls while I had a court hearing.  I left 2 pictures of Moses for them to color.  After Grandma left Tabitha was upset because she wanted Grandma and Grandpa to each have a picture.  And of course Amelia then wanted to give her's to them too.  So I took advantage of the fact that mail starts with M and we took a walk.

Getting ready to go, hanging on tight to the envelopes

(They really had to hang on, the wind was fierce at times)

Waiting for daddy to buy stamps

Mailing the "letters"

After sharing their If You Give a Mouse a Cookie puppet show with Grandma and Nikki the girls had some help making a house.  Tabitha has been obsessed with reenacting The Three Little Pigs and Goldilocks and the Three Bears this week..

The wolf (that's me) blew down the little pig's house.

 

Muffin Tin Monday: Columbus Day

Well, aren't I turning into the rebellious one.  This week's theme was supposed to be pumpkins. Unfortunately I didn't have everything ready and available to make it.  I opted instead to wait until the Halloween week to do my pumpkin theme (as we don't celebrate Halloween) and today decided to do a Columbus Day theme.

The Nina- deviled egg with paper sail

The Pinta- boat shaped pb&j with american cheese sail

The Santa Maria- Corn Dog boat with cheddar cheese sail

Marshmallow clouds and

Blue Jello sea with a Swedish Fish

(Because I told the girls when the sailors were crossing the ocean all

they would have seen is sky and sea, sky and sea, etc.)

Cheese compass (compass was daddy's idea), 

the pointer is a sliver of carrot and there are extra behind the compass.  The directional letters are painted on with a toothpick and food coloring.

Unfortunately they were more interested in playing in it.
Especially the Jello and egg yolk.
Here Tabitha is making the egg boat sail in the Jello.

The girls helped make the Jello and I was going to have them help with the deviled eggs, but they went off to play.