Terrific Tot Tasks

MONDAY:

Lesson Plan: Nature/Animals
Koala - today we are looking at the lovable Koala - native to Australia, eats gum (eucalyptus) leaves, has long sharp claws used to climb trees. Adorable things:

Craft: 4th July Banner (Happy 4th July!!)

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TUESDAY:

Lesson Plan: Manners(click on the picture to expand out for more information)

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Craft: Popsicles (YUMMO!)

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WEDNESDAY:

Lesson Plan: Science

Craft: Mailbox - this one is via Pinterest - we made a simpler version.

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THURSDAY:

Lesson Plan: Writing - practicing writing words today - uppercase and lowercase.

Craft: Feet Painting - Penguin

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FRIDAY:

Lesson Plan: Game - their pick - SpongeBob dominos - LOL!

Craft: Sun Hand-print Craft

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SATURDAY:

Lesson Plan: Cooking - cooking Eggs and Pancakes for breakfast with the kids helping cracking the eggs and mixing. They love to watch things cook in the pan - make sure you keep kids way back from the stove if you do this!

Craft: Pinwheels

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SUNDAY:

Lesson Plan: Color - Blue - painting the blue sky today :)

Craft: Tiaras - this is an example vie Pinterest - looks like lots of fun!

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Fantastic Photography - Mom & Kids and 30 Day Photo Fun

Some beautiful photography inspiration via pinterest for Mom & Kid shots:

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And some great inspiration for taking your own photos - a 30 day plan to get you motivated/started. I know we missed the June 1st start date but I think I might do this (start July 1), and post my results next week, and so forth for 30 days (or 4 weeks worth of blogs). You can join up with their link-up party too - just click on this here link to go to their website.

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Making Horses

(This is from my previous blog Toddler Play & Learn, but I thought it was so worth sharing again on here)

Found this wonderful blog www.designspongeonline.com, and on there was this great craft project by Ann Wood that I thought would be great to do with my 3 year old.

Basically you are making little cardboard horses to hang up on the wall (or wherever you fancy!). Ann Wood made this project with a goal of making 100 horses. They look awesome all together in a group (as Ann Wood has done), and can be done over a period of time. I also really like the idea she had of naming her horses and numbering them. I name and number mine and also date it, and put my little helper's name on it too!

My little girl loved drawing on her horse. We are also going to paint some another day, and I think I'm going to do a few of my own as well. I have the perfect spot in my breakfast area to put them up on the wall. I'm going to theme mine - architectural print on one (from my few years of study that I managed to do), ocean (love the beach), woods, etc, etc.

Love this idea - will update as we do more but here are a few pictures to start. Please check out the design sponge website for all the details on how to make them www.designspongeonline.com - all credit goes to Ann Wood, of course (and Design Sponge for posting this)!




Ours is still a growing collection (and so are my babies, now 4 yr old and 2 yr old), so doesn't quite measure up to the stampede Ann created yet - check out the photos of her stampede below, absolutely beautiful!! 

 The possibilities are endless...