This week is a combo wrap-up/tot school post. Because we didn't really do much of anything other than prep for Thanksgiving, eat turkey and be thankful, recover from Thanksgiving, and put up our Christmas decorations.
First I have a confession...Last week, in Mackenzie's Wrap-Up, I claimed that we would get our last day of school down for the week. We didn't. We were driving home from piano class and I just didn't feel like doing school. So we didn't. LOL
The only school work on the schedule for this week was to finish our work from Friday. We didn't work too hard at that either. Mackenzie did manage to get almost everything done though. Except history. So we'll be reading two chapters tomorrow. I really hope they're short ones. =o)
Here are our Thanksgiving highlights. We spent the day with my brother-in-law and his family. We kept my niece overnight since she had Friday off school. She's the same age as Mackenzie so that works out great. And my nephew was happy to have a Rachel-free day off. LOL
The tree, the tree...
Today Kayleigh did a couple of Tot School activities on a whim. I guess it's a good thing since it's the only time she played with our November sensory bin. We'll be moving on to December soon. (The cut/paste sort was from 1+1+1='s Thanksgiving pack.)
And that was our week. Next week will be a short week as we're going to NYC for a long weekend. Woot!
As I sit down to write this post I can't even remember what little we did. Hopefully the pictures I took will prompt me. Our theme was supposed to be turkeys this week but we didn't get much done at all. We're not doing much for 4th grade next week so I plan on doing more with Kayleigh then.
She did some lacing with cards I made from over at Home Grown Hearts. She doesn't usually like lacing so I was really surprised when she pulled this off the shelf.
We got this adorable Turkey/Spelling Puzzle from 2 Teaching Mommies. She loved it!!
We did the Color the Turkey book from Carisa's Thanksgiving Tot Pack. She did a great job coloring the turkeys the right colors. She likes to "read" the book to us. And every, single time she'll name one color incorrectly. And everytime the color changes. LOL Then she got into a huge battle with Daddy over what color the yellow turkey was. Stubborness at it's finest.
We went on a field trip with Daddy to The Mariner's Museum to see the USS Monitor exhibit. Big sis just finished studying it. It was an AWESOME exhibit.
We also played a lot with pumpkin play dough but I didn't take any pictures of that. Maybe next week.
It was a rough week this week. Both girls were trying my patience a lot. It's a miracle we all survived. Despite the misbehaving we did a few things and went on a field trip. We didn't do any theme or letter activities. We just played with some toys and did a few montessori-type activities.
Tot Trays
I put out some feathers and a foam block. Kayleigh enjoyed pushing the feathers into the block. It took a little muscle on her part so I was surprised with how long she did this. I saw this over at Shannon's Tot School.
We attempted some marble tonging that I saw over on My Montessori Journey. It didn't go exactly as we planned, as we didn't have the right kind of tongs, but she enjoyed using her fingers to place the marbles onto the suction cup pad.
I got out an old color matching game that I had from when I used to teach PS. It's a few years older than my almost ten year old. Kayleigh did much better than the last time I brought it out. LOL She's not as into choosing all the wrong options then she used to be.
We did a couple more pages in her Kumon Coloring Book. She really likes that and thinks she a big kid with school work. Just like Big Sis.
She played with her pounder and her stacking pegs. That hammer gives her such joy. LOL
We had a surprise skill building activity courtesy of Daddy. Daddy spoiled her and bought her Baby All Gone. And boy does getting that spoon in and out of the bowl and into baby's mouth take a lot of fine motor control. That was a nice surprise. And does she love that baby. She's been feeding it non-stop and telling it "I yuv you Baby All Gone!"
We also went on a field trip to an art museum. And boy was Kayleigh a piece of work. LOL
I've been reading her these art books that have a touch and feel aspect for toddlers. And boy is she good at recognizing the paintings in the book. We saw a reproduction of Van Gogh's Starry Night at a mall a few weeks ago and she really impressed the store owner by telling her the name of the painting and the artist. She also asked if she had "Van Goats bedroom" also in her books. LOL
She was amusing and horrifying the museum. Amusing because she'd scream "Mary Cassatt" when she'd see a painting of a woman or a child. Horrifying because she wanted to touch everything. Uhhhh, maybe books that encourage touching of art are not such a great idea. LOL Thank goodness for strollers.
Here are some of her highlights. She was fascinated with a statue of a girl and her broken tambourine. "Why is she happy? It's broken."
We finally did find a painting actually by Mary Cassatt. That made everybody happy as Big Sis just studied her.
We heard Kayleigh shouting "na na!" (Her old term for nursing.) Look what she found. LOL
Here are a couple of shots that just make me laugh.
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