Ten black dots!

Right now we are working with the book Ten Black Dots!  So we put our own spin on it for some added fun!

Popsicle sticks that you can mix up and have them put back in order.

Puzzles!  Kids love puzzles!

Make a book!  I assembled the lady bug but D put the appropriate amount of dots on each lady bug. 

Safety! Police Officers

Today at story time a police officer came and talked to kids about stranger danger. Then the kids got to go see his car, try on the hat and just absorb the who scene. It was awesome!  (I will admit D preferred the fire fighters yesterday but that will be another post when we have time to do supplementals.  Mainly because they gave her a hat and she loves to play dress up.)

After we got home I set to work. We made puppets to try out. A police officer, a little girl like D, a man and a woman. Then we played different scenarios. A man had a little girl at home he wanted D to come meet and the woman had flowers for D if she came with her. We practiced letting D run to the police officer. After we were done she continued playing. 

Where's Spot?

We are enrolled in HIPPY now and having a blast!  We are also in the process of selling our house to move. (Hence no updates!). We are finishing up the book Where's Spot? So I thought I would give some ideas on supplementals to go with the book!  We made Blue Bell so D could feed her bones!  Great for counting, subtracting and fine motor skills. 

Make as many bones as you want for your child.

This one took a bit of time to get sizing right. But I just copied pictures that matched the book, resized them, cut them out and put them on card stock to make them more durable.  Next I made different sized spots.

She determined if spot was too big to fit behind the item. She also used the spots to put in order from big to little. Or we talked about which one was bigger/smaller. 

A trip to the Artic

Mimi got Daphne a tube for Artic play. Last night we played with them in the tub but that wasn't enough. So...we froze some food containers of ice and made little iceburgs. If you notice the snow, I have a snow cone maker that I made "snow".

Things that can be free

Daphne had very sensitive skin as a baby. The only diapers we could use were huggies because of this I collected the codes for enjoy the ride to get free things. We have been able to get a few things we never would have been able to afford. So far we got a travel potty seat, a melissa and Doug wooden train and tool set plus a few other things including clothes. I can honestly say this program saved my bottom one birthday to give her more than we could afford!

Sun catcher style two

Play At Home Mom has a lot of neat ideas that we love in this house. She is actually what inspired me to start a blog of everything Daphne and I do!  This is the link to her sun catchers like what I have done. http://www.playathomemomllc.com/2011/10/window-art.html   This activity came straight from her site.  I strongly recommend you visit it.  She has some amazing ideas.  For this activity we got picture frames from the $ tree, some of the stones from walmart for 97 cents a bag.  (three bags...white/clear, green and blue), some clear elmer's glue and some hot glue.  Take the back off of the picture frame and where you would place the picture, put hot glue around the edge of the glass and frame to seal it from the glue leaking through.  Then flip it over, pour the elmer's glue on the top of the frame and spread it evenly.  Place the stones (or whatever you want to use) and let dry.  They are kinda heavy to be careful how you hang them!  We are going to set ours in the window seal of the kitchen.  PAHM hangs hers up in different ways depending on the weight.

Nature Walk

Daphne and I went on a nature walk today. She collected anything in nature she wanted to look at under the magnifying glass. I will have to say her stash was rocky and colorful. I don't have a picture of the "snowman" she made out of rocks but I will try to get it later for you. We were busy today!

Update: the snowman is now pictured!