Weekly Wrap Up

I can’t believe that August is half way over! Summer is just going by too fast. We’ve been having lots of fun learning, playing, and just relaxing.  Here are some of the activities we have done recently:

We have done a lot of writing practice this summer.  This week we used Big Hero Six printables to try to keep it fun.

 They practiced sizing,

cutting,

and patterns.

Each day, Anthony and Hunter practice writing their names.  I try to change in up once in a while, so on this day they practiced writing on the sliding glass door using dry erase markers.

We made sense of touch books while we were reviewing a super fun science curriculum.  Hunter is making a page for his book here, using sandpaper.

Anthony added bubble wrap to his sense of touch book to represent bumpy.

We made smelly flowers when we learned about the sense of smell.  The kids made their flowers and then added a cotton ball to the middle that had been sprayed with perfume.

Table toys is still a favorite time of day!  Here are some of the toys we used this week:

Anthony was really concentrating on making something with the Squigz.

They had fun using their Scooby characters when they built with the gears.

Hunter decided to organize his colors.

Since our focus was on Big Hero 6, we made these very simple Baymax masks.

Of course, they also spend lots of time outside.

Weekly Wrap Up

Summer is flying by, and even though I promised myself it wouldn’t happen, I’m getting behind in my blogging.  So, here is what we worked on a few weeks ago.

One nice summer day we stopped at McDonalds for Happy Meals after we picked Hailey up from VBS.  When we got home the kids decided they wanted to have a picnic.  Then they thought it would be fun to have Hailey do circle time outside with them.

In keeping with the trying to keep it fun theme- our work this week focused on all things minions.  Anthony and Hunter used do-a-dot markers to decorate a minion.
(Minion printables are from 1+1+1=1)

They cut out the characters from Despicable Me.

Then they sorted the people and minions, and glued them in the right places.

They practiced tracing shapes.

They cut out the characters from Despicable Me and glued them onto their matching shadows.

Anthony and Hunter used Q-Tips to do some dot painting (and to practice their fine motor skills, but don’t tell them that!).

They also colored some Despicable Me coloring pages.

Both boys practice writing their names every day.  On this day, every time they traced their name using a different color crayon they earned some M&Ms.

On this day, they used dry-erase markers to practice writing their names on the glass top table.

They also practiced tracing their names written with highlighters.

Table toys continues to be a favorite time for both boys.  They will usually sit and play quietly for a while when they use table toys, so this is the perfect time for me to get Harper down for her nap.

My mom sent me some pictures of a cute minion craft she saw on Facebook, so we made these cute minions.

They turned out adorable!  It was a fun week, full of minions, and learning.

Weekly Wrap Up

We had another busy but fun week!

We have circle time each day and on this particular day Anthony decided he wanted to be the teacher.  So, he led us through circle time.

Since it’s summer I am really trying to keep things fun, so we had a Scooby Doo themed week since the boys both love Scooby Doo.  We read lots of Scooby Doo books.

Anthony and Hunter practiced cutting.

They cut out these Scooby Doo pictures and then glued them onto a piece of paper.

They also colored some Scooby Doo coloring pages.

We practiced shapes.

One of their favorite times seems to be table toys.  This week we used counting bears,

pattern blocks,

and legos for our table toys.  Legos was the definite favorite!

Hailey sharing one of her creations she made.

We made ghost lollipops- simply a tissue taped onto a lollipop.  They thought this simple activity was great!

We made mummies too.  The kids covered a cut in half paper towel tube with glue.  Then they wrapped it up and added googly eyes.

The completed mummies

We used dog bone shaped cookie cutters to paint.

Each day we do a little bit of writing practice.

A few other fun things we did:

Hunter dressed up like a mummy

Hailey was a scary mummy.

Shaggy and Scooby (Anthony and Hunter) unwrapped the mummy to find out who the bad guy was.

We had mummy hot dogs for lunch one day.

Hailey pretended to be Velma- and she misplaced her glasses like Velma is always doing.

Then Shaggy and Scooby (Anthony and Hunter) helped Velma find her glasses.  They loved this game!

We played a matching memory game with Scooby cards, while eating Scooby snacks.

I am reviewing Science Unit Studies for Homeschoolers and Teachers and we have had lots of fun learning about the 5 senses.  I’ll be posting more about it in a couple of weeks- but this is just a sneak peek at the fun we’re having.

It was definitely a fun filled week!

Weekly Wrap Up

We have been busy having fun this summer!  We need to keep a routine and have some structure, otherwise it gets a little crazy around here.  Plus, I don’t want anyone to forget what they learned last year.  So, here is what we’ve been up  to:

Every day we do a short circle time.  A lot of times, Hailey likes to be in charge of doing circle time.  We do the pledge, calendar, days of the week, months, and weather.  We also go over numbers, ABCs, and shapes.  We usually have a story during circle time too.  Here they were watching a 4th of July story that I found on YouTube, becuase I don’t have any books about the 4th of July.  (As you can see, sometimes Harper joins in for circle time.)

 Last week we sang some 4th of July songs and danced around waving flags.

Then the blasted off like rockets- they had to start on the couch, of course.

I used several July 4th printables from This Reading Mama.  This book was one of the printables.  It was perfect!  Hunter was able to “read” it all by himself!

Anthony could “read” it too!  They were both so proud of themselves for being able to read the book.

On this paper, I called out a number and they had to use a do-a-dot marker to stamp the number I said.

Every day we have table toys time.  I get out a different toy, that is not normally played with, and they sit at the table and use the toy.  This is one of their favorite times of the day!  On Monday they used letters with pegs.

On Tuesday they built with Widgets.

On Wednesday they used playdough.

On Thursday they built with blocks.
On Friday they were able to pick their favorite from the week and do that again- they agreed that playdough was their favorite.

We also do a little writing each day.  This is definitely not their favorite part, but we get it done.  On this day they were decorating folders to keep all of their summer writing in.

We do art a few times each week too.  One of the projects we made was a Chicka-Chicka-Boom-Boom tree with their names.

Since it was the week before the 4th of July, they made a fireworks painting.  They used forks and dipped them into the paint, then made fireworks on their papers.

They also made flags using popsicle sticks and paint.

Hailey

Hunter

Anthony

Of course, there is also lots of free time to play, go outside, and relax.  So far, we’re having a great summer!