Too much fun!

We were having too much fun not to post this pic! I have been wanting to get a trail-a-bike for Reno for a long time. She is finally old enough and big enough. Although one of her favorite activities is to ride her own bike, this contraption as my dad calls it, always us to go on longer rides. We both give this a thumbs up!

Play dough Mats

I love these play dough mats but more importantly Reno loves them! I got the link from 1+1+1=1
I am so glad I finally made these... it only took me 6 months!

Who WHOOOO!

I have been wanting to do a little unit on Owls with Reno since last fall. There is just something about owls that makes me think of Fall. Crazy? Maybe, but we had a great time learning about owls! Thanks to My Big Backyard subscription for all the great pictures and details about Owls.

Reno Really liked the Snowy Owl



From Making Learning Fun...the finished product had coffee filter wings.


Our Snack! YUM!

Books on Tape

Our First book Reno picked to listen to was "Stone Soup". Oh how she loved listening to the book. We listened 3 times before she decided she it was time to move on to something new. We are planning on making some Stone Soup. I'll let you know if she eats it!

White Board

Reno really loves to practice her letter writing. The first letter she selected was "A". We are learning it sounds and learning to write it. Mommy wrote the first few a's. Then Reno took over.

Beginning Sounds

I picked up this pocket chart at Home Goods. I thought Reno would love to learn with it, I was right and I thought it would be a great way for her to start identifying beginning sounds. Right again.

Another one of Reno's favorites!

Halloween Fun!

Sorting Halloween Erasers


Graphing Halloween Erasers


Completing a Pattern with Stickers


Cookie Cutter Painting ~ Favorite for Reno!


Pumpkin Fun with Friends
After the Pumpking patch we had to have some fun with our pumpkins. So we had some friends over and we weighed, measured, counted the seams and cut open our pumpkins. We tried pumpkin seeds, and then painted some seeds to for an art activity.

Write and Wipe

Reno LOVES this Write and Wipe book. She is really learning to control her fingers to make some great letters!

From Tot School to PositivelyPreschool

Since Reno is a Preschooler now, I decided to redo our school room. She now has a library/listening area, alphabet letters on the floor for games and more, since she can id all her letters they are all facing out, she has a bigger selection of activities to pick from, she has a calendar we are learning from and so much more!

Reno's Back!

We have had such a slow start to our year! Good intentions gone array! We were planning on starting "school" in August. But a very special event occurred and we just decided to enjoy it! That event was Reno's daddy coming home from a 7 month deployment. September was a wash because we were in Hawaii having some much needed family time. Reno enjoyed the sand, sun and surf! So here we are to October. We started school then and have been having fun learning ever since. I have been slow to upload pictures, as I have been revamping our blog. Here is one of my favorite pictures of Reno in Hawaii.