We have been playing games with dice and number cards as recognition practice. Yesterday, we went to Walmart and picked out felt colors for our pizza toppings and created our new game.
*UPDATE* I realized the instructions didn't match the die. I fixed the document...sorry to those of you who printed a copy already! ;-)
One of my MOST FAVORITE websites is http://www.makinglearningfun.com/. I have found so many really cute and creative activities to use in our classroom there. Some of them I have blogged about in the past. The creator of that site, Jo is giving away these cute rag quilt letters and bag in celebration of her 100th post. Check out her blog and enter to win here.
I have fond memories of Halloween as a little girl. My favorite costume was a gypsy that my mom pieced together with items we had around the house. She let me use her shaw and costume jewelry and gave me a special makeup mole on my cheek. Even as a child I felt the sense of community, neighbors caring for other people's children and their kindness in giving all of us candy. I pray Meara has fond wholesome memories of Halloween like I do.
We created this craft with our 4-year-old sunday school class also. We told them then and Meara today how we are a lot like pumpkins. Jesus picks us out like pumpkins in a field. He "washes" all the dirt off and removes all the "yucky stuff" called sin from the inside. He carefully removes all those seeds of doubt, hate, greed, and fear. He replaces them with the seeds of faith, hope and love. His light is placed in our hearts to shine for the whole world to see just like a candle inside a pumpkin.
Meara likes to play games, she likes playing with dice also. We decided to practice how to write tally marks using the dice. She rolled the dice and put a mark in the appropriate column. I LOVE how little things make her happy and she learns while having FUN!!
We like to have the lights off in our learning room/classroom as long as there is enough light. We save on electricity and it's FUN!! So, I apologize if it's a little hard to see the pictures. A while ago, I found these incredible number cards that Jolanthe made at Homeschool Creations. The set includes numbers, roman numerals, dots, and number words. We laminated them to last longer. Meara LOVES to ring a service bell. Today, we pulled out our magnets, cards, cookie sheet, and the service bell. She practiced counting the dotted cards, reading the number cards and matching the correct magnet number on the cookie sheet. If she got it wrong I made a buzzer sound (which she found very amusing). If she got it right she was able to ring the service bell herself (which she also found very amusing).
Monday we got new pets...hermit crabs. We got one for each of us, three total. We instantly became mesmorized by them. My husband, Meara and I sat for hours watching them in curiosity. Meara was having a hard time staying focused on school work. So, I used that to my advantage by doing a unit study on hermit crabs with her and creating a lapbook. This is our humble attempt to create a hermit crab lapbook. We would like to share it with anyone who would like to make one to.
The hermit crab diagram was found here. Go to page 21 of the pdf file.
What they eat booklet.
You can find the hermit crab picture to decorate and color here. The blank Venn Diagram can be found here. I copied and pasted it into Word and reduced the size to fit on the side flap.
In the original document I created there is a s on the word Predators but when I uploaded it to Scrbd it took the s off for some reason. If you would like the original version please contact me and I will email it to you.
I am a stay-at-home mom to a beautiful 5-year-old girl. I love crafts and share my love of them w/ her! I LOVE watching her mind grow and the eagerness and curiousity she has to learn more. Each day is a brand new adventure for both of us and I wouldn't miss a second of it! ;-) I am VERY much in love with my sweet husband. He happens to be very patient with my crafting mess and my disorganization. I LOVE Jesus who is my savior and enjoy teaching Meara about Him and his love for us!
