Ahoy Matey…..Summer Fun is here!

Well, we kicked off summer with lots of pirate fun today!

We started with the Bible Verse “Where your treasure is your heart will be also” Matthew 6:21

The kids have 3 Learn and Move Trays today….the kids complete one tray and then move to the next. Zachariah is in a Sensory Occupational Therapy Course this summer ..and I am trying to incorporate his goals there with his interest for optimal improvement and lots of fun summer learning!

Zachariah is sequencing the smallest pirate ship to the largest pirate ship.



Zachariah is using spoon tongs to transfer “gold” to number cards. He must count the correct number of pieces of gold and match them to the correct number.


Levi is using tongs to fill in a treasure map with blue pom poms!


Ava is coloring a parrot. I colored the word and she has to match the color I colored and choose the correct color to color.


These awesome pirate activities were taken from this cool site.
After lunch today….(and Zachariah’s class) we headed to Legoland for the special pirates event this weekend!
  
We rounded the corner at one point and Levi literally jumped back! This series of pictures cracks me up. He just want’ too sure about this guy:)

Little Closer……



Can you find the pirates?


Zach catches up with him a little later….

Ava didn’t want to be left out of the fun…even though she doesn’t have a costume….yet!

At the last minute….Daddy came with us today….and the kids were so glad because Daddy is like a kid in a candy store and said Yes!

We had a super fun start to summer!

Watch Out Kindergarten……

here I come…and in perfect timing got his last book from the Dollywood Foundation recently.

Zachariah has been getting a book every month since he was born from the Dollywood Foundation because the Indian Tribe he is a member of is a participant in her Imagination Library program!
Thank you Dolly, we appreciate you and your passion of early literacy for young learners!
Today, Zachariah busted out of preschool in style…and guess what???  I had my camera with me but did not have the memory card in it:( So we go these pictures when we got back home from the festivities!





We are proud of you Zachariah and Mommy is already planning your “Blast off into Kindergarten” party!

Learning About Butterflys…or Not.

The amazing Eric Carle, writes on the first page of
The Very Hungry Caterpillar “In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf.”   I recently attended a parent meeting led by the Kindergarten teacher Zachariah will have next year. She told the parents that out of an entire class of Kinders…usually only one student is able to tell her how the egg got on the leaf…..I plan for each of my Triple Smiles to be that one!
I was very excited to learn of the preschool programs the Plano Heritage Homestead presents  twice a month on Fridays. The program today was titled Caterpillars and Butterflys.  I must say I was quite disappointed in the “program” part of the program. The kids didn’t really learn anything about Caterpillars or Butterflys. The leader did read a small 5x7 sized book to a group of about 30 preschoolers….a non fiction book…that did not hold interest to many of the kids.
However; there were several very fun themed Butterfly Activities. The played a game where they caught pretend butterflys in a net, they played “pin the pom pom on the caterpillar, and they made a darling craft.
 


We also went on a butterfly scavenger hunt…..again not real butterflys:(


There are also plenty of other things to do while at the ole Homestead!
Hang Clothes on the Line

Visit the Goats and Horses

Ride the Tractor


Feed the Chickens

Get a Drink

Walk with a Friend


Visit a One Room Schoolhouse..
(I think my favorite!)

Levi immediately took his place as “the teacher.”

He quickly gave his sister some “work” to do at her desk.

And put his brother in the corner:(

After he got out of the corner, he had to get the coal for the fire….poor Zachariah!


It was a beautiful day at the Homestead, despite the rain…and all had fun even if we really didn’t learn a thing about Butterflys!