Summertime!

It is officially Summertime at Reno's way. Although I am sure Reno will be learning so much this summer we are taking a break from her "school". Starting mid August we will be moving from Tot School to Positively Preschool! Yes my little Reno is no longer a tot... She is excited for her new status as preschooler too! I am looking forward this new chapter too! See you in August!

W is for Wand!

Every Princess MUST have one!

Farm Play

Reno loves animals. Horses are probably her favorite next to the Okapi... so she really enjoyed just playing with her farm animals and her barn. We also did a sensory tub with farm animals but I don't think I got a picture of that.

P is for Plate

Farm Puzzles

Reno loves Puzzles! I found these in my puzzle pile and they were a HIT! We did them about a million times! Reno could do these independently and was so proud to do so!

L is for LIPS!!!

Planting "crops"

Since it we were learning about farm animals and farms we thought it would be fun to plant our own "crops". Reno loved this activity. Her crops were lima beans, sunflowers and herbs!

Counting Bags of Wool

Alice is really getting good with her counting. The Black sheep really made this activity FUN!

Farm Animals!

We are now moving from bugs and critters to Farm Animals. This will be exteremly FUN for Reno...she is a major animal lover. She will be reading a ton of books that we checked out from the library. I will update with a book list soon. I have planned a lot of crafts, pulled all our farm animal puzzles, and so forth! Stay tuned for more farm FUN!

E is for Envelope

Envelope

Bug Puzzle

This is a Melissa and Doug Puzzle we have had for a while now... it fit right in to our bug unit! Another activity Reno spend a lot of time on...which tells me it was a fit!

More Ladybug Stuff!

Our cute ladybug craft using a paper plate, red paint, pompom balls, and goggley eyes! Reno reallyed like this one!






I gave Reno some stickers and she covered the letters in her name with them..she wanted to do that one again and again!

Flower Math

I got this activity from Making learning Fun. Again I copied, cut and laminated.

This one was a little difficult for Reno and we do it together to limit frustration. Since we are studying the Farm this month I will continue this activity with her.

Our First Sensory Tub!

We used rice, oatmeal, graham cracker crumbs, quinoa, sprinkles and of course the bugs! REno had so much FUN!!!! So glad I finally did this!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

I have always loved this book... I loved it when I was teaching my 1st graders, and I loved it for my girls. So much so I splurged on the story telling vest and the story telling pieces for this book! Kgirl loved it~still does and so does Reno!

We read the story and then Reno placed all the pieces on the story telling vest. She needed some help to keep the story in order, but I was surprised how much she remember without my help.

Ladybug Math

I got this activity from Welcome to Making Learning Fun. I copied, cut and laminated for durability. I also put Velcro on the dots so the puff ball would stay out!

Reno loved this activity so much. She is really getting the hand of one-to-one ratio.

During our Bug unit we took a trip to the Butterfly Pavilion. It was the perfect spot to learn about these bugs in real life... Alice and I even help a Tarantula!!! She only did it because she got a sticker!



She had the best time finding all the butterflies in the garden,




Playing in the activity room in the beehive and on the spider web!






What s fun day!

Letter D

DOOR

DRAGON

April Shower brings...

ladybugs, butterflies, and flowers and MORE at Reno's Way! We will be studying, playing, and creating so check back for updates!

I got most of my ideas for here. I cut, laminated, and then we played! Check in soon for pictures!

We will be reading

The Very Hungry Caterpillar~ Eric Carle
The Grouchy Ladybug~ Eric Carle
The Tiny Seed~ Eric Carle
Seeds! Seeds! Seeds!by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
From Caterpillar to Butterfly by Deborah Heligiman
Percival the Plain Little Caterpillar by Helen Brawley

and possibly more!

The Cross

Reno loves church, the bible, Jesus, God...you name it...if it has to do with the Lord she is hooked. For our Easter Day Project we read The Story of Easter. It is simple and beautiful book for young child that explains the real meaning of Easter in terms a little one can understand. Of course Reno loved it and "read" it daily. I picked up crosses for the girls to paint as a follow on project. It was so quiet while they painted. Then Reno started retelling the story of Easter. So sweet!

I can spell A-L-I-C-E

While I was preparing for this months theme, I gave Alice letter stickers I picked up from Big Lots for $1 a sheet. I asked her to find the letters that spell her name. She started from the bottom and went up. She improved each time! Sorry for the blurry picture... need new camera..now!

I love to cut!

Reno has been very busy cutting... straight lines that is! But we took a risk and cut out the Rabbit from her Kumon book. She did get frustrated for a second when she almost cut the ears off...poor rabbit... but I helped her get back on track and she finished the rest! PROUD mama here!