Ladybug Craft

I found a cute little craft on Frugal Family Fun and decided to try it with the girls.

I drew leaf shapes onto construction paper and had the girls cut them out. This was great cutting practice for E! Then, we drew on the veins, branches and stuck on some ladybugs.

A great spring craft idea!

Pretzel Makers

Our friend Kali helped us make some delicious homemade pretzels this week. The girls had a great time in the kitchen with me.



It was hard to wait, but it was SO worth it:

Preschool - Week 27 - Letter Z

This week was brought to you by the Letter Z and the Number 80. :-)

Here's what we covered:

Language Arts:
- Letter of the week craft:

- Handwriting worksheets (KidsLearningStation, Kidzone, Handwriting for Kids)
- Z Sound worksheet

Math:
- Number 80 worksheet
- Addition worksheet (page 1)

Science:
- Zebras (read books on zebras, looked up southern Africa on globe, saw a zebra at the zoo, made a zebra craft, played a zebra game)
- Zebra craft (printed outline on cardstock and painted stripes and mane):

- Roll-A-Zebra Game (Take turns rolling dice to get pieces of your zebra, which we then glued to a page):


- Science Journal page:

Social Studies:
- Zookeeper (read books, looked for zookeepers at the zoo, talked about different aspects of a zookeeper's job)

If you were a Zookeeper by Virginia Schomp

Sight Words:
- zoo, zebra, zero, zipper

Snack:
- Zebra Cakes

Music:
- Zither

Game/Activity:
- Visit to the Zoo

Homeschool Field Trip

To celebrate the last letter of our preschool curriculum, we went to the Zoo! (where else?)


We brought C's science journal with us and tried to see as many of the animals in it as we could. Some of the animals we had seen with my mom at the nature center last week, so it was a fun way to wrap up the year.

The Check List:
Alligator
Bats
Clouds
Dams
Elephants - X
Frogs - X
Gorillas
Horse - X
Ice
Jellyfish
Kangaroo
Lion - X
Monkey - X
Nests
Owls - X
Planets
Quail - X
Raccoon
Sea Star -X
Tiger - X
Urial
Volcanoes
Wind
Fox - X
Yak - ? (we didn't see a yak, but did see a scottish highland cow which looked a LOT like a yak!)

Cow:	Yak:

Zebra - X

PLUS:
Dolphins - X
(the dolphin show was a highlight for the girls)

Sharks - X
(C pet the sharks! Can you believe it? E was too scared)

Polar Bear - X

Walrus - X
(Check out how this walrus was coming right up to the kids!)


A scenic (but unhealthy and overpriced) lunch - X


Exploring a new playground - X

Exhausted Mommy and two happy kiddos - X