Circle, the Shape of the Week

Time for something new! I wrote up some new lesson plans last week, and for 9 of the next 10 weeks (because spring break is in there too) we will be learning about shapes! To start it off we learned about circles this week.

Since we had a brief rise in temperature this last weekend we went to the park, and let Ares' ride his bike around. All the while, telling the girls (and reminding Ares) that because of Ares' tire wheels being circles they were able to go round and round to make it go. The kids loved going to the park, and being out in the warm sunshine. With the polar vortex we haven't been able to spend long periods of time outside.

Sensory: For our sensory activity this week we played in the sand. This worked out perfect for us to do on Monday since Ares didn't have school for MLK day, and the day was warm and bright again.

 

 Sadly this fun excursion was cut short because of another kid at the park that was bullying Ares, and despite both my protests and my mom's the kid's father did nothing about it so we left.

 

After Kyle got off work, he met us at my Mom's, and took Ares to his first game ever of laser tag! He didn't get a bunch of pictures of it, but I at least got a picture of Ares with his key thing to get him into the building. They both had a blast, and we have decided we'll go again when Ares' cousin Camden is in town so they could go together.

 

 

Science Experiment: For our science activity this week we made bubbles! This is one of my kids' favorite things to do! We all took turns blowing bubbles, and of course their favorite part was to jump to try and catch them. They were occupied for a good 45 minutes, and the only reason I had to stop it was because it was time to settle down before bedtime.

Adventure: I decided to go to two different places this week for our adventure. The first was my grandparents' house. The girls had a play date with their cousin Emma, and I got to spend time with my grandparents, Aunt Jenny, and Aunt Amy. After I took Ares to tutoring we went back to my grandparents' for Ares to play with Grammy and Granddad.

For our second adventure, after I had taken Ares to school, I took the girls to the only round building we have in town, Century II. I initially wanted to take them for a walk around the building, but it was freezing so we stayed in the car. I drove around and around the round a bout instead, talking to the girls how we were going in a circle. They just replied with, "Wee!!!" as we went around. :)

 

Art Project: This week's art project was painting with watercolors. I love watercolors, and it turns out the girls do too! They made some beautiful pieces of art.

 

Random: For my random activity of the week, I decided I would start a shape book for the girls. In this book I would cut out a shape of the week, and they would help me glue it in. Then I would have them practice their shapes on the next page. This is the book so far.

 

Tune in next week when we have fun with triangles!

 

 



Wind (Jan. 13 -17)

This was our last week of weather! Yay!!! Our final weather was wind, and with us living in Kansas there is plenty of that. We were actually in a wind advisory last week, so it worked out perfectly. I regret to inform you all that I was very sick with the flu this week, as was one of my daughters so I wasn't able to do everything on my lesson plans. I was able to improvise a little, and luckily with my husband's help, the kids still learned a lot and had fun.

For our sensory and adventure this last week, my husband took Ceri and Ares out to the park because it was in the 60's for a day. I had given Ares a coat to wear to the park, but he dubbed it too warm, and left it in the car, taking just his gloves instead. As you can see from the first picture, it is still daylight while they are out there, but the rest of the pictures are darker, because for some reason that's how my camera works. The flash makes it look darker than it is outside.

Ares' being a good brother and pushing his sister on the swings. :)

Ceri being a good sister and trying to push Ares on the swings. :)

So happy!!!

For our art project of the week, I had them make wind socks. They all drew what they wanted on their papers, then we stapled them, added ribbon, and they were done!

I even made one! Don't you love my mermaid? ;)

Luckily, for wind, there are a ton of songs for that category! "Blowin in the Wind", "Seminole Wind", "Candle in the Wind", "Blowing Kisses in the Wind", etc.... I had the kids listen to these and another youtube video, this time of wind blowing, and the causes severe wind has on the world around us.

I wish I could have gone on our trip to visit the wind farms in south Butler County, but Brigid and I were way too sick to go anywhere. Thankfully we were still able to learn a lot about wind through other activities.