Great morning

This morning we started our school time with the new Highlights magazine. It is great for stories, nursery rhymes, hidden pictures, activities, etc. One thing we learned about today was shadows. This afternoon when we are outside I will make a point to notice shadows with them. The magazine also always includes a game. I cut out the game pieces and we played twice. There was a game board with blocks from start to finish. I was the car, Alex was the truck and Emma was the train. We drew picture cards to tell us who got to move ahead. They did really great and loved it. Alex won once and Emma won once, so it worked out great. Then we did the suggested activity. I didn't have containers so I cut a paper towel roll in half. Then we tore construction paper into pieces. I added a little bit of water to Elmer's glue and they used paint brushes to paint glue onto their roll and stick paper on it. They really loved it, got to use the paint brushes, stick the paper, and get sticky! They are drying now but Alex can't wait to show hers to Poppy. After cleaning up that project we laid in the floor for about 30 minutes and read books. Random books really, mostly the new books we just got. One about wind, one about whales, and then just some fun books. One book we have been reading for the last few weeks is the words to America The Beautiful. Alex is starting to sing along. It is a great way to talk about what Daddy is doing in the Army... protecting America.
This afternoon Alex has ST, OT & PT and Emma has PT & ST.