Apple Activities

This last week I worked with Hailey on apples- a very popular theme at this time of year.  I am going to be posting our activities over the next few days.  For now I wanted to remind you of the apple activities we did last year.

We went apple picking.

Hailey made this apple tree.

Hailey practiced spelling her name with apple shapes.

We made our own Apples Up on Top book based on the book by Dr. Seuss.

I’ll be back over the next few days with the activities we did last week.  Have a great weekend!

Plans

We just got home from our vacation to Disney World on Saturday night.  My plan was to get back into our projects and “school” this week.  I have things planned and ready to go.  But, instead everyone is sick.  While we were on vacation last week Rich started feeling sick on Wednesday and felt awful on Thursday.  On Thursday Hailey started sounding all congested and acting whiny.  Then on Friday night I started sneezing getting all congested too.  You’d think by today I’d feel better, but I’m actually feeling worse.  So, my plan is now to take it easy for the next few days until Hailey and I are both feeling better.  We’ll try to get a few activities in but for the most part I think we’ll be relaxing and getting better.  If you’d like- you can check out our vacation pictures over on my personal blog- Livin’ With Me.  I’ll be adding pictures all week.

Letter of the Week- Letter Z

We are finally done with the alphabet!  Woo Hoo!  Here is our last project- we made a Z is for Zebra which we saw over at No Time for Flashcards.

Here’s what you’ll need: construction paper, letter Z, a zebra head, some black stripes, glue.

Glue some stripes onto the Z.

Add a head.

The completed Z for Zebra.

When we get back from our vacation we are going to get back into doing a lot more activities- we are going to go through the alphabet again and have more theme related activities.  Check back next week for some new activities.

Letter of the Week- Letter X

We are almost done with the alphabet!  We aren’t doing a lot of crafts as we are busy enjoying the little bit of summer that is left.  We are going on vacation in a couple of weeks and when we get back we’re going to get back into our routine of doing more crafts and learning activities.

Anyhoo- this week I showed Hailey 2 choices for the letter X over at No Time for Flashcards and she wanted to make the “X is for X-Ray” choice.  We did ours a little bit differently, but we got our idea from there.

Here’s what you’ll need: construction paper- black and white, scissors, crayons, glue and saran wrap.

Cut out two bones and a boarder.  If your child is a bit older you can have your child help with the cutting.  Since Hailey is almost 3 she is going to start doing a lot more cutting for our projects.

Color the black paper- we used white and silver.

Glue the bones on to look like an X.

Take a piece of saran wrap and lay it on the table, stretched out nice and flat.

Put the black paper face down on the saran wrap and then tape the extra to the back of the black paper.

Flip it over and glue on the boarder.

The finished X is for X-ray.