Lily's last first day of Pre-K

Lily started BIG preschool today. Before she was at Governor Morehead, a school for the visually impaired, which was based in a very small, old building with 3 teachers (1 teach and 2 TA's) and 9-10 kids. This year she is in an elementary school filled with students, there are 2 teachers and 19 kids! Yep, 19 kids! We are prepared to deal with a little transition time and are ready to adjust things as we go but we really think she is going to thrive here and this will be a huge stepping stone for kindergarten! 

Lily's first day breakfast and lunch - breakfast burrito and fresh blueberries. Lunch was leftover veggie pasta, carrots and hummus, watermelon and homemade fruit bars for a snack. Evelyn enjoyed some yogurt, which she shared with LB!

Lily was so excited! 

Big girl classroom! :) I'm so proud of her! 

Letter N

This week Lily chose the letter "N" and I had to do some pinterest searching. I was not at all prepared to make anything but, that's kind of how it normally goes these days! I realized we could make a Noodle Necklace (two N's!) but again, wasn't really prepared - my noodles were pretty hard to put on but we accomplished it together. Then we made a nest. Overall it was actually fun! More crafty than learning, which is more up my alley :) 

Great hand-eye and fine motor workout for LB

The finished product

Our Nest with baby birds and momma bird feeding noodle worms ;-) 

Letter O

This week LB chose the letter "O" to practice. So I decided to craft an orange octopus and make an ocean in a bottle. It was fun!

I attempted to let LB practice cutting with scissors. Mistake. That takes WAY more patience than I was capable of yesterday. (And those snowman scissors led to a big tantrum about watching "Frosty the snowman" on the 1st day of JULY!)

Gluing 8 legs

Lily's Orange Octopus

This is an activity I'd seen on pinterest a lot and something I'd been meaning to try. I thought it would give LB a little break after the frosty-trantrum. It wasn't as fun as she wanted it to be. In fact, she got frustrated that the colors weren't mixing more. 

LB has weaker hands so mashing these around was hard work. I think we'll try it again but hand it on the window. I hung it up during lunch time just to get it out of the way and the colors were SO pretty. I think it would be easier for her and a good OT exercise for her arms. 

Ocean in a bottle!

Making Waves

Summer learning

I decided to try to "teach" Lily Belle this summer through arts and crafts and experiences. I will say that this requires days where my patience level is at an all time high. I wait until Evie is down for a nap and then I come up with a craft for the "Letter of the week." We don't solely focus on one letter all week but we do the letter craft and try to come up with words that start with that letter. I then try to do an activity with that letter. 

To be honest, I don't plan ahead. I should! But most of what we've done I've come up with on the fly or by looking at pinterest two minutes before getting the craft box out. So far, so good though. 

The Letter "T"

Fresh brewed sweet Tea with Triangle Toast for our Teddy Bear Tea Party

All the Teddy Bears came for some Tea and Toast

Lots of "T" words!

The Letter "L"

Practicing her L's with snack time

Lady Bugs and Lemons! 

Today we're practicing Letter "O" for the week. Stay tuned for what we do to explore the letter O!