Chirp Chirp!

Oh, how I love the Spring... Every year I feel like it literally passes by so quickly here in Southwest Florida.  Our 80-90 degree weather is upon us.  We are seeing our daily afternoon spurts of rain.  I cannot complain, however, because we see that the birds are chirping and butterflies are all over our passion vines.

In our house we've been bird watching with our freshly built bird feeders.  Our regular feathered guests are mostly Red Cardinals and Blue Jays.  It's been so nice to enjoy seeing nature in our own back yard.  Thus, I've been doing a lot of research on building a kid friendly backyard that is consumed with our own personalized bits and pieces of enjoyable fun.  I have found amazing things consisting of recycled tires, pots of flowers, and beautiful bird houses.

Here are some fun butterfly clips that we did for our "spring" unit.  My participants include my three year old son and my six year old who adores them just as much.  We placed them alongside our bird houses and they are oh-so, beautiful!

My next project is definitely going to be converting a corner of our yard into a simple and shaded reading nook.  If the ants will allow, of course.

Candice S

Easter Egg Counting Game

Our household has not had too many preschool activities going on.  I do apologize for not posting as often as I would like.  We are in the process of relocating and have started packing arts and crafts tools.  My husband and I also just started a small break from school so with all of these things in mind, I have slacked in maintaining Harmony's preschool schedule and sticking to it.  That being said, we are slowly getting back into the swing of things and will hopefully be creating some Earth Day, Easter, and Spring crafts and lesson plans within the next few weeks after we have successfully moved.  Until then, bare with our disarray of posts.

  Sorting, matching, color coding, or spelling- Harmony pretty much enjoys all of these things.  With this fun game, you can match the numbers to the eggs or you can have an egg hunt outdoors or indoors.  ..You can even just toss them all over your living room and have an egg party like our house did this afternoon. 

The possibilities are endless and enjoyable for children who are learning how to recognize numbers 1-18.

Happy Spring!

Candice S