Friday, April 20, 2012

What an industrious group of children!

Tank showed me very clearly today he wanted to do this work....he stood by the map cabinet and pointed to the world map and said "do".



Tank enjoys spooning rice.


Merlin attempted a punchwork map of Asia...
Princess enjoys making flags.



Tiger exploring with the geometric solids.

We picked up garbage on our road as part of our Earth Day Celebrations!







Tuesday, April 17, 2012



Princess spent a lot of time working with the number rods this morning.
Flowerpot enjoying working with the spindle box.

Friday, April 13, 2012

Looking at books...



The children are so interested in their world....

Scissor skill work....

Cutting pictures of frogs...

Bird Watching....



Merlin had the binoculors and Flowerpot had the field guide.....

Frog Life Cycle Work

Princess was so careful completing this work.... what great concentration.



Finger painting is lots of fun!

Lots of outdoor fun this week.....I love spring!





Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Window cleaning is a favourite work of Tanks.


Merlin thought finger painting would be a great way to start his day.
I found this fun letter matching puzzle at a thrift store on the weekend.



A Chinese Checker board is a great fine motor skill activity and provides lots of opportunity to work with patterns.


We learned about the different parts of an egg today in circle.



We painted with feathers .....

Thursday, April 5, 2012



Happy Easter Tree House Gang!

Our Easter Egg Hunt







Our Busy Week!

Merlin is doing frog life cycle work and Tiger is transferring little eggs with tweezers.



Merlin and Princess working on initial sound work together.


Princess sorting reptiles by continent.
We examined bird nests....



We have been spending some of our outdoor time in the woods this week. We went to look for bird nests. We didn't find any nests but we did find a great big hollow log to explore.


Little Tank doing dry pouring....the pastel coloured gems are so pretty, and they make a great noise when you pour them.
Peanut doing reading work.....



Pony beads on pipe cleaners is always a fun way to practice fine motor skills.
Flowerpot working with the triangles...



A favourite Easter time activity, dyeing eggs.