Preschool

Ladybug Theme

We continued our ladybug theme this week. We had started last week with a ladybug craft, which you can see more of HERE.

This week we talked a lot about ladybugs and I made some more pages for the science binder. I will share the pdf file here soon.

I also made a ladybug sensory box for the kids. I added our ladybug stones, aphids (from our ladybug game), petals (from Ikea, several years ago), and some foam shapes. The kids loved it. They are always big fans of sensory boxes :)

Fine Motor Activities...
We have been focusing a lot on fine motor activies lately. I made an additional sensory box for them, with many small beads. Smiley did lots and lots of pouring...

We strung cheerios on pipe cleaners (and then ate them)...

We put little magnets on cookie cutters...

We cut play dough...

We used scissors to cut the playdough. Cutting is still a bit difficult for Smiley, so we're working on building his grip strength :)

We drove our cars through the play dough...

Other Learning Activities...

We did quite a bit of arts and crafts this week. Here we made an underwater scene with lots of gluing...

We worked on puzzles...

Smiley is newly in love with his workbench. He's been working a lot with it lately....

Building towers...

Practical Life...
Smiley helped me make granola...

He cut strawberries and bananas for his breakfast...

He helped clean (we use vinegar mixed with water to clean)...

Outside FUN...
We typically spend at least an hour outside in the morning and another 1-2 hours in the afternoon. I thought I would share some pictures this week ;)

Smiley loves to ride his strider bike. He's doing such a great job with it. He is very fast and does a great job balancing...