Weekly Wrap-Up - Nathanael and Samuel

My weekly wrap-ups have been few and far between, so this is more of a monthly wrap-up!

Nathanael

Nathanael's tot-school consists of drawing, painting, playdoh and then trying to destroy whatever his brothers and sisters are doing!  He still so desperately wants to be involved with anything they are doing so I need to get organised with some special "school time" activities just for him to keep him occupied.  For now his love of colouring anything and everything is keeping me busy washing walls, floors, desks.  His other passion is getting me to then hang up anything he has coloured on his pinup board, just like big brother!! :)

Samuel

We have been working through the letter sounds with Samuel but as he knows 90% of them we have taken a bit of a break from the desk work and are just playing lots of games and working on a few character issues that need some focus.  He still asks to do school work like Liam and Liana most days so we do but only if he asks.

Stay tuned for Liam and Liana tomorrow!

Caps For Sale (June 10)

Playgroup Day!! Again, it was cold and wet but it doesn't seem to worry the kids. We read one of my favourite stories today, (I think I say that about all the stories I read!) Caps For Sale, and then followed up with lots of hat and monkey fun!

How many hats can you balance on your head?









Then, of course we had to make our own hats.





We mad little monkeys out of cardboard rolls.  Liam made a whole family complete with Nanna and Grandad!


As usual, Nathanael went right to painting



...and then a bit of finger painting.



Even Liana joined in the fun today as her usual older friends were away.

Dinosaurs (May 27)

Today was dinosaur day at playgroup. It was cold and wet but we still had lots of fun! My house is getting more full each week, 23 children today, but it so easy with such awesome mums, dads and children. Feeling blessed!

A bit of home renovation before we begin.





Straight into the painting.



Our dinosaur sensory table with peas and cloud dough was a big hit!



Making Dinosaur skeletons with macaroni.



Stamping fun





Hmmmm....I wonder what this tastes like?



More and more dinosaurs



We had a share lunch after playgroup with most of the families and some amazingly yummy food!

Letter C and the Very Hungry Caterpillar

Last week was all about the letter C, and what better book to go with that than Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar.  We had lots of caterpillary fun for Totschool, Preschool and Playgroup.

 Not many Totschool Photos this week.  But we did lots of the usual.

This week we switched out the large beads for some cut straws and Nathanael enjoyed it just as much.  Again he played with this one every day.

Lots of playing with the rice bin.

Nathanael loves to colour in.  Unfortunately he will colour on anything and everything, chairs, lounges, tables, walls.  You name it he has tried it.  Even the poor dog isn't safe from him!!

Blowing kisses to Mummy...awww....

And of course, we always have time for a bit of painting.













Preschool - Letter C

Exploring the ever popular mystery letter box!

We read many caterpillar stories

I just love the tongue sticking out.  He must be really concentrating!

Letter C dot page.  Samuel chose to use dot stickers instead of dot paints this week.  Great for strengthening those finger muscles.

Samuel is learning to spell his name.  He match the letter stamps to the letters in his name and then stamped it below.

We had so much fun at playgroup this week, we always do!  We read, The Very Hungry Caterpillar and then we had lots of caterpillar and butterfly crafts and activities.

We made caterpillars out of egg cartons.

There were many beautiful butterflies made at the playdough tables.

More caterpillars!  This time using pipecleaners and cut up plastics straws.
Isn't she just adorable!!

We used paint to make some beautiful symmetrical butterflies by folding our paper in half once we had added some paint.

 

 Learning to share while finding caterpillars and lots of yummy food to feed them in the sensory rice box.3

 And finally, lots of time to play and chat outside.