Tot School - Ff is for Flowers Week 2

We jumped right back into Tot School this week. 

SENSORY BIN:

The girls LOVE this!  They'll sit and play at my feet while I cook meals.  It does take some time to clean up  all the rice that we track through the house, but I love watching them play and learn.  I'm thinking that getting one of those plastic baby pools to put inside to play in might help contain the mess.

HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW:

We played this game again this week along with singing the song, "What Do Plants Need" from Homeschool Creations Garden Preschool Packs.

FLOWER MATCH GARDEN PATCH: by Guidecraft

What a wonderful toy/learning resource.  "M" practiced copying some of the patterns and also made some flowers of her own!

CRAFT: Painting Flowers with Plastic Bottles, Toilet Paper Rolls, and Pipe Cleaners

Here was my example for the girls:

Making their own creations:

CRAFT: "Sun-Catcher" Vase

Directions: Glue pieces of tissue paper to a glass jar (we used an old jelly jar).  Add flowers and water, place in windowsill, and enjoy the sun shining through!

 

Tot School Tuesday: Ff is for Flower

We are probably going to be spending a few weeks on Ff is for Flower because of some special company coming in for a couple weeks.  We got off to a good start this week though.  Here are some of the highlights:

ON OUR SHELVES:

Flower Button Board:

I made this by sewing some buttons onto fabric, gluing the fabric to a piece of cardboard, and cutting some flowers out of felt.

 FRUIT BASKET:

We sing this song with these:
"Way up high in the (apple) tree,

Two little (apples) smiled at me.

I shook that tree as hard as I could;

Down came the (apples),

Mmmm, they were good"

FRUIT BLOCK PUZZLE:

 PUZZLE:

This is very easy for "M", but "Boo" is starting to play with it.

SENSORY BIN:

Hours of fun!

HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW:

We played this game along with singing the song, "What Do Plants Need" from Homeschool Creations Garden Preschool Packs.

LETTER "F" CRAFT:

I forgot to take a picture of the final product (maybe I'll have one next week), but we made the letter "F" look like a flower.  The craft was inspired by Our Country Road (they made a lowercase a "f").