This week was a little hectic. Both kids had colds and it seemed like we had a lot of distractions. We had old friends pop in, the bug guy, the lawn guy and play dates. It seems like anything that takes me away from my schedule throws off everything after. My biggest set back is when I don’t keep up with my chores. I find it hard to do anything when the dishes are piling up. But regardless there was a lot of fun learning this week:

The best part of this week was our sign language lesson. I’m doing language as a center twice a week and Timmy just picked it right up. It was so amazing to see that little light bulb go off. He knows 20 words.

We sorted Pom poms by size and then again using tweezers. He totally understands size and sorting so I tried to have him sort by color. We definitely still have some work to do with colors. Right now he knows blue, green, purple and brown.

My mom bought Timmy this Mickey Greenhouse and I knew it would be perfect for garden week. Timmy loved putting this together.

We are already seeing results and Timmy is so amazed by it every morning. In just 5 days this is what the cucumbers look like:

Both kids lived the fruit flowers snack.

We made a sunflower but first Timmy explored the sunflower seeds with his magnify glass. He really loves the magnify glass. I really want to get him a microscope.

I really had zero expectations for Timmy and handwriting but he is really surprising me. He was so proud of his g’s!

Timmy made flowers and planted a play-dough garden.

We read a story about Matisse for our artist study. The book was called The King of Color and I highly recommend it. After we cut paper into small pieces like Matisse and made a snail using his technique. I need to add more cutting to our days because Timmy loves to cut paper.

For the g on the wall we did finger print flowers all over to go along with the garden theme.

On Thursday we skipped the library and had a play date. There was lots of crying in the beginning over sharing toys but eventually they were giggling and having fun playing with chalk, bubbles and play-dough.

For Field Trip Friday we went to Botanical Gardens. Mrs. Wendy read the kids a flower story and we planted pumpkin seeds in toilet paper rolls. The boys were very interested in the centipedes and pine cones. Timmy learned how much fun it is to run and roll down a hill.

When we got home we did some more planting and seed exploration. This kept Timmy’s interest for a long time, maybe over an hour. We did a seed germination jar, seed counting in an egg carton and then I just have him dirt, water and a spoon and let him free. It was a little messy but worth it.

I am amazed just as much as Timmy with all these seeds sprouting. I find myself so excited to check their progress every morning.

Timmy really enjoyed this theme so I’m going to extend it into next week. We were so into the gardening part that we did little to learn about squares and I want to spent more time on The Creation story. I’m quickly learning that I need to use pencil rather than pen.