Monday, July 29, 2013

Learning About Nature

Over the past few weeks, we have been learning about nature.  I bought Allison an early reading Lorax book because she really loves the movie The Lorax.  It has a great message about being good to the trees and taking care of nature.  We decided to do a craft associated with the movie and make some Lorax trees, or truffula trees, and also turn it into a matching activity.  She matched the colors of the pom poms to the pipe cleaners and the beads, and then she stuck them all in a foam base to create her own little truffula grove.  She was very happy with her creation.







We also learned about what animals eat, with a little help from Sesame Street.  (Next we will be learning about all the different things Allison can eat.  *crossing fingers*).  We made some bird seed hanging feeders with a little help from this website.  The recipe made enough to fill at least 4 cookie cutters and make 4 hangers, so we gave one to grandma.  Allison enjoyed hanging her heart-shaped feeder on the tree.  It wasn't there for long!





 

Thursday, July 11, 2013

Fourth of July Weekend


 Allison's firework art, made with paint and pipe cleaners


She loves to sit on grandpa's tractor


 Fun in the pool with grandma.

There was a small carnival in Belton that we decided to try.  Allison liked the ferris wheel at first, but then she decided it was scary and time to get off.


She enjoyed the big slide with daddy.


Rides were just not her thing.  The alligator ride was bumpy and extremely noisy.  After about 2 minutes on the alligator, she wanted to get off of that too.