We went to the pumpkin patch this week and brought back a BIG pumpkin. DJ actually helped plant this pumpkin himself back in April, sort of. We went with our toddler group to this farm in April and one of the activities was to plant pumpkin seeds. While they had intended to take us out to the field to plant the seeds directly, it was still a little too cold still so they had us prep them in their greenhouse….
DJ had his first art class with our homeschool co-op for kids 3-6 years old. He was supposed to start last week, but he was sick so we had to miss it. I was SO sad. But today, he was able to go and he “HAD A LOT OF FUN”! (His words as we left to get lunch). This is his masterpiece from the class. The class is set up to be an open-ended style. The leader provides art materials…
We’ve been home more than usual since DJ has had an early fall cold. So we had two good days of “school” this week. I presented the Trinomial cube to DJ after he moved a table in our spare room to get to where it was stored on a high shelf. A similar occurrence happened a few months ago with the Binomial cube and he surprised me with the ability to complete that puzzle rather easily. The Trinomial is quite…
I’ve had a project in my head for awhile that I finally completed this week! I’ve had this Tell Me About Today Calendar for awhile and I like it for a number of reasons. It’s relatively small, it has Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow in a logical order and the pillowy weather, season and date icons are fun. What I don’t like about it, at least for my 3yo pre-reader are all the words. So I decided awhile ago to replace…