Here are activities I am going to do with my booger bear this week.
1. Preposition Game- I printed off pictures of animals. I am going to have him color and cut them out and then we are going to play a game. I am going to tell him where to put the animals. I am going to use the words: in, on, under, over, above, below, behind, in front of, and beside
2. Small, Medium, Large- I am going to draw 3 circles, labeling small, medium, large. We are then going to sort and glue different things into the categories like stickers, pompoms, paper shapes, and anything else we can find.
3. Life Cycle of Plant- I bought a guaranteed to grow plant kit at Hobby Lobby. We are also sprouting avocado seeds (I have no idea if it is going to work but we are trying). He loves checking on the plants, watching the little green sprouts poking up. I thought it would be good to learn about the life cycle of a plant. I used this teachers lesson for the life cycle of a plant:http://mrskilburnkiddos.wordpress.com/2010/04/24/parts-of-a-plant-and-plant-life-cycle/
This link is how to sprout avocado seeds:
4. Coins- He just got a penny bank and loves dumping his coins and then putting them back through the slot. He knows the penny and nickel so I thought we would go more in depth. I printed off large pictures of the front and back of a penny, nickel, dime, and quarter. We are going to just play with the coins and sort them. I also printed poems about coins from this website I am going to teach him:
5. We are still doing the color activity from last week. We are also going to get books from the library about community helpers and probably pretend he is the different community helpers. He loves pretending he is a mailman and delivers me "letters" (aka square pieces of foam) around the house, running back to the "post office" (underneath the dinner table) to get more letters.
That's our week!
I also thought I would share another favorite dessert! I wasn't lying about family rule #5...the requirement of dessert at every meal. So this week's dessert is called: Caramel-Frosted Bars. It comes from a very old cookbook from Better Homes and Garden given to me by the great Aunt S.
But first I wanted to share one of my favorite things. When I bake, I crank up some music and Chad usually shuffles into the kitchen to see what I am up to...then follows Georgia. And naturally the dancing begins!!! This is one of the many reasons I love baking. Plus, Georgia is a great dance partner :)
Caramel-Frosted Bars:
Cream 6 T of softened butter and 3/4 C granulated sugar.
Beat in 1 egg, 2 T milk, and 3/4 t. vanilla.
Stir 1 1/4 C flour and 1/2 t. baking soda and 1/2 t. salt; add to creamed mixture, mix well
(You can add 1/4 C nuts at this point but I don't like nuts, so no nuts for us)
Spread in a 9X9X2 inch greased baking pan. Bake at 375 for 20 to 25 minutes.(I put it in a 9X13 so they last longer and I only bake for about 15 minutes)
In a saucepan combine 1/3 C packed brown sugar, 2 T water (I use milk so its richer- oh yeah!), 2 T of butter. Bring to a boil, stir constantly. Remove from heat, stir in 1 t. vanilla. Gradually stir in 1 cup sifted powdered sugar. Stir in 2 T of nuts (which I do not). Immediately spread over warm cookies! Enjoy!
I pray you have a wonderful week where you constantly see the nature of our amazing God!
-Blessings-
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