R and S!

Even though we were 2 days into potty training, we still did some alphabet activities last week.  At first I was worried we'd be covered in paint when a bathroom emergency would strike, but it mostly worked out okay without problems.  Sam and Anna didn't have any accidents inside while we did stuff, only when we were outside having fun (twice).  Not too bad. 

For letter r, we read books about rabbits, rockets, and rainbows.

Sam and Anna's rabbit handprints.

They made dot marker R and r.

We painted rocks we collected from the North Shore of Lake Superior.

We also ran around outside.  A lot.  Sam and Anna like to play tag and tickle the person once they've successfully tagged them.

We made rockets- this was a super easy project and super fun to blow the rockets around with the straws.

We also made rainbows with tissue papers after reading several rainbow books.  While I talked about the order of colors with them, I didn't make a point of making them stick to the order.  We also added a sun and clouds after learning that both are needed to make a rainbow.

The top favorite R activity was this chalk racetrack I made in the driveway.  Sam and Anna had tons of fun zipping around my chalk road, and it kept me from stressing about little ones running into the street.  They always kept on the road and never went near the street.  Since then I have recreated my road because they kept asking to do it again once rain washed it away.

 I made rainbow rice for a sensory activity.

After exploring for a while, we scooped, poured and filled with different containers.

Then I put 7 letters in the rice and matching letters in an ice cube tray.  Sam and Anna had to  uncover the letter in the rice and then find the matching letter.

But we weren't done with our rice yet!  Finally, we put glue on paper and sprinkled the rice on top for quick art.

(Rainbow rice was well over an hour of fun and we only stopped for lunch.  I highly recommend!)

For letter Ss, we read books about spiders, sleep, shapes, and sheep.

Sam and Anna made spider handprints.

They also did their dot marker S and s.

We colored in new Sesame Street coloring books.

I also took out our Velcro sticks that we haven't used in a while and we made shapes.

Anna wanted to make a pattern, so we did that too.

We also sponge painted shapes.

Sam and Anna explored with paint mixing in shaving cream (Sam still isn't a fan.)

But Anna still loves it and I had to tear her away when the shaving cream started drying up.  She's pretending to "get me" with her messy purple hands.

Big project fail for the week:  spray painting with stencils outside.  It's all fun and games until your brother almost spray paints you in the eye. 

I drew shapes in the driveway and we played "Stomp the Shape" when I called out a shape name.

We also ate rainbow spaghetti.  Yum!

We explored shells and talked about their colors, textures, size and how some were the same and different.

We ended our week playing in the sand on a beach we hadn't been to before.  It was too cold to swim, but we will definitely go back again to do that the next time!