Working on Numbers

We have been working on identifing numbers 1-4. Here Mr. J is painting with water colors a 4

The kids also had fun working with circles. They put a lot of different colored circles on their blue birds.

One of Mr J's favorite thing to do was sort the Uno cards into different number groups.
He had to find and put in stacks the numbers 1-4

Tot School

Since we are in a new home with absolutely no landscaping, we took this time to have our children help us plant grass. A few weeks back they help work on putting the sprinkler system in and now they learned the proper way to prepare the ground, lay grass seeds and top them with soil.

Here is Miss N working with Uncle Rob spreading top soil.

Tot School - Kitten Kitten whose got the Kitten

This weeks theme is on Kittens. (Lucky us we have baby kittens)
We talked about the different colors kittens can be, and the vocabulary word this week is "claw - claws are sharp curved nails on kittens.

Books to read aloud that follow theme -
Mama Cat Has Three Kittens by Denise Fleming, Three Little Kittens by Paul Galdone, Curious Kittens by Roy Volkmann

Number of week - 3 (Sorted blocks in group of 3)
Letter of Week - C (colored "C" shaped caterpillar and looked for the letter "C" on any items in the house)
Gross Motor Skills - Roll a ball of yarn around like kittens.

Fine Motor Skills -
Make a kitten puppet from a brown paper bag. Draw a face on the bag. Make ears, a tail, and whiskers that child can glue on the puppet. Let child decorate the bag with crayons. Create a puppet for yourself and play puppets together. Be creative!

Nursery Rhyme -
Pussy cat, pussy cat, where have you been? I've been to London to visit the Queen! Pussy cat, pussy cat, what did you there? I frightened a little mouse under her chair.

New Arrival

The kids just love having a new baby at Lil' Sunbeams to play with. He is such a joy and the kids are having so much fun teaching him new things, like how to sit up. Which Mr. G is mastering this week. We are so glad his mom and dad chose to share him with us.

Bug Guys

Jarom and Cash talked about bugs this week. They made bug glasses and went outside looking and collecting different types of bugs.

We also read The Very Hungry Caterpillar and made our own butterflies and flew them .

Day at the Beach

We decided it was the perfect day to spend at the beach with the kids. We collect Sand Dollars, shells and rocks. The kids also had a blast playing in the sand making mud castles.