Teddy Bears Picnic

For our final week of kindy for the term we had a Teddy Bears' Picnic. It was such a fun day. We made clothes for our teddies, decorated teddy cupcakes, made teddy race cars and painted plaster teddies. Then we read the story Going on a Bear Hunt and had our own bear hunt. The highlight of the day was the teddy bears' picnic where we got to eat all of our sugary teddy bear creations!!!







More photos below.....

Teddy Bears' Picnic

Homeschool Kindy Group

Last term a group of homeschool mums decided to start a kindy for our little ones. We have been meeting once a week for the kids to play and create together. Liam and Liana absolutely love this part of their week. I think Liana's favourite part of the day is definitely circle time singing!! Here are a few pics of some of the activities we have been doing.

Play With Me

Last week for our FIAR title we read Play With Me. This is such a cute book!! We learned heaps about different types of animals and started an animal classification chart. Liana can tell you the difference between mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish and insects!!!!

I am amazed at how much Liana is learning with these simple picture books. It is great. I would thoroughly recommend Before Five in a Row and Five in a Row to anyone with little ones, even if they are not homeschooling. It is a great opportunity for some extra cuddle time and you never know, you may even find yourself learning a thing or two!!

Here are some photos of our finished lapbook for this week.

Artist Study

This term we embarked on our first attempt at an artist study. We are looking at Vincent Van Gogh for term 1. We began the term by reading Camille and the Sunflowers and looking at a book of Van Gogh's paintings. Our plan is pretty much the same every week. On Monday I put up a new print on Liana's pin up board. When she notices it we talk about what we see, what she likes and anything relevant to the painting including the name and who painted it (Van Gogh). We continue this through the week and then on Friday we either paint a black and white copy of the painting or attempt to reproduce it on our own. So far we have looked at the portraits of Camille and the Postman Roulin and then painted pictures of our family. Next was the Olive trees with a black and white reproduction and then our own version of Vase with 14 Sunflowers.

I must say I am pretty impressed with how she is doing so far and she is so proud to show everyone her version of the pictures.

The Birthday Photos!

Happy Birthday Little Man!!

Today my baby turned 2!!! A bittersweet day. My little man is growing up but he will always be my baby. We had a Thomas the Tank Engine Fest with Thomas toys and Thomas cake. Liam had an absolute blast as did Liana. To celebrate we went to an indoor playground designed for 0-6 years old with 2 of friends and their little ones. I will post some photos of the birthday boy tomorrow once I dig the camera out of the birthday stuff!!!! But for now here are some pictures of my baby and the boy he is becoming.