We are doing preschool at home! (And all over!)
A good friend told me about Wee Folk Art. A mother/daughter team who love crafting and homemaking. They have degrees in elementary education, home economics and fine arts. Their curriculum is a gentle approach and a great way to introduce children to the world around us. It is a 3 term year schedule that focuses on the rhythm of the seasons! There is Harvest Time, Winter Wonderland and Bees, Butterflies and Buds - 12 weeks each. We will be reading, crafting, baking and much, much more! (We will also be in Kindermusik and attending at least one library story time each week. Plenty of opportunities for socialization!)
Each week has a theme and a letter of the week. The first week's theme is vegetables. There are two main books to read, poems to read, art to enjoy and a suggested field trip and activity. (I hope to get better at taking photos of everything we do. It can be challenging to capture the moment when you also want to be a part of the moment.)
Harvest Time Week One:
Primary Book: Tops & Bottoms
Enrichment Book: The Vegetables We Eat
Activities: Salt Dough Veggies
Field Trip Idea: Grocery Store Produce
Art: Bull Vaulting
Poem: Little Boy Blue
Ted was traveling for work this week so we made sure to get out every day. We had friends over on Monday. On Tuesday we went to Child's Play, a toy store, for story time. We also enjoyed playing with their toys. Above is a photo of the kids playing at Falls Park. We went to Falls Park after story time for a picnic.
Tavin's first real water color painting. I thought this was just lovely. Now that it's dry I'll be sure to have him sign it and I'll date it. This masterpiece is a keeper.
Here we are making the salt dough veggies. Our main event on Wednesday. I'm glad I brought their little table into the kitchen because it got surprisingly messy.
The veggies, ready to go in the oven.
Thursday's main event was painting the veggies. Here is the beginning of the painting experience.
Here is near the end of the painting experience. Tavin manages to stay pretty neat. Matilda, on the other hand, ended up painting her arm shortly after this photo.
I made popsicle stick puppets of all the cousins and our family, which I think are hilarious. The kids enjoy them quite a bit as well. Tavin mailed his first letter and he wanted it to go to his Nana. Tavin colored a picture for his Nana and dictated a note to her, he signed it, sealed it, stamped it and put it in the mailbox.
We also visited another friend this week, we went to the new library, and we went to the Gillen's for dinner and play. We had a busy week and it's only Thursday!
