Spring butterfly

We worked on this butterfly for a few days.  The wings were a copy from when I taught kindergarten.  You could always just draw the outline of a butterfly and have your child color it.  It was hanging up on A's easel and over two days she colored the wings in with markers.  I cut them out.

I had A paint the egg carton while I held it (she also painted the paper it was sitting on top of) and then she picked out a pipe cleaner.  I hot glued the egg carton onto the wings and then hot glued the eyes and antennae on.  She loved the final product!  I even taught her the words: wings, body, and antennae.

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Tot School: Spring

A and I have been slowly easing into tot school activities.  It's very relaxed and we only do the activity if she is into it.  I like having time that is focused on her, and that she enjoys it.  A friend of mine (also a former teacher) and I are planning on working together and have set up a curriculum already for our two tots this year.  We're both excited to see how much these little ones grow!

Here are our activities for this week:

Sorting BIG and small eggs

Matching eggs by color

Matching the flower to its color word (print yours here.)

Building a flower (these are from Playskool, we got it at a thrift store)  A pulls these out frequently throughout the day.

Arranging flowers

Umbrella colors and numbers book (get yours here.)

Freshly made play dough with spring cutters

We'll also spend time reading spring books and going outside.

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