We have such a fun life. This week was full of play dates, outings, crafts, explorations, and new experiences.
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| Playing with her new princess Play Doh set from her Aunt. |
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| Waiting for the birds to come to the new bird feeder. |
Our favorite book about snow: It's Snowing by Gail Gibbons. We love Gail Gibbons. Her books are full of in-depth information, written in an entertaining, easy to read fashion.
In an effort to ask Mother Nature for snow, and in connection with our lessons of the week, we made glittery snowflakes! I helped the kids cut out the snowflakes and then we put them in their lighted water play tables for gluing and glittering! Clean up was a snap, and no glitter on the floor!
Both of the children are able to operate touch screens wonderfully, and are masters of iPhone's operating system. However, they do not have many skills in using a trackpad or mouse. In an effort to add this skill to their repertoire, we decided to give ABCmouse a try.
It is a wonderfully laid out comprehensive curriculum with over 450 lessons and 6 levels. Based on age and the level the parent setting it up puts the child, a "Learning Path" is provided. The child can follow the provided path, or independently jump around to different lessons. When the child completes an activity, they are awarded with tickets. (This option can be disabled.) With those tickets, they can buy items to dress their avatar in, decorate their digital room, build an environment for their hamster, and buy fish and decor for their aquarium.
It is a lot of fun, and inspiring for the kids. There is a free 30 day trial, but after that, there is a cost of $7.95 a month or a year of membership for $19.95 a month for 3 months. You can add up to three children to each account.
Rainbow Girl is very much an independent learner and loves holding the laptop. I have her sit at on one couch where I can see her screen while I sit with Sugar Bear helping him on the other laptop. I think it is worth the cost and will be a nice addition to our learning.
I brought the kids to the Science Museum for the first time this week. They had a very nice time, although I will definitely call ahead before we go next time as there were four busses of older elementary children running all around and it made it difficult to stop and focus on the different exhibits.
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| In addition to snow, we are also working on the phases of the moon. Rainbow Girl was thrilled to see this interactive moon exhibit. |
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| We also found a wall of magnified snow flakes! |
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| This quote was above a rain exhibit. I love that movie. |
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| Interactive huge bubble maker! |
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| Smooshed penny |
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| Waiting for our IMAX movie, Coral Reef Adventure |
While Rainbow Girl is in Spanish class, Sugar Bear and I have some special alone time. One place we frequent is the Petsmart. It is like a little zoo! He loves looking at all of the animals, and we end up spending a while there.
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| Super Sugar Bear loves the guinea pigs. |
We ended the week with a playdate with some dear friends. That evening, we packed for an adventure!
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