This and That Week

 Welcome to our "this and that" week.  It's a bit of everything.  Since we finished up the alphabet, the kiddos made requests last week for what they would like to do this week.

Science - Mercury Transit - May 9, 2016 - We saw the shadow of Mercury today!  Mr. Adam brought out his sun scope today to watch Mercury pass in front of the sun.  He invited us out to see it too.  Can you see the two dots inside the white glowing circle (the sun) on the second picture?  The left one is  a sun spot and right one is Mercury!  The right one is small and down by the scope.  Super cool!

Play-Doh - I was super excited to find a barber chair Play-Doh set this weekend.  The kiddos enjoyed it today too.

Backyard - We were super excited to play in the backyard in the sunshine today!  We decided we wanted to make potions and mud pies...

Decorating Flower "Pots" - I looked and looked for small terra cotta pots for us to paint, but all I found was big or tiny.  Ha.  So we got cups instead.  The kiddos decorated with sharpies and stickers.  Planting our Flowers - The kiddos enjoyed working with the dirt and choosing the perfect flower. 

Butter Shaking - Each kiddo got a jar of heavy whipping cream to shake and shake and shake and ....  (just fill the jar 1/3 full and have the cream closer to room temperature)  Check out this blog for step by step and good hints: Here!

Teddy "Bear" Picnic - Mmmm...  Fairy bread!  All you need is bread, butter and sprinkles!  Yum!

Book - "This Book Just Ate My Dog" - This is one of our new favorite books, it's super silly.  The title is the plot line.  Today the kiddos created their own versions of the book.  They chose what they wanted their book to eat and then drew all the illustrations for it.