More Shapes!

Hey lovely faces, 

We are still working on shapes. I know Sarah knows them so well now but the variety of the activities doesn't give her the chance to get bored. I am also somehow following her lead and interests. For example, Sarah is currently very obsessed with clowns. She is even planning from now to her coming birthday party and she has decided to use the clown theme. I used this obsession to help us with shapes. It was something I saw long ago on Pinterest. We made a shape clown. Sarah also used pipe cleaners to create shapes.

Both Sarah and Farida played with shapes and play-dough. We did some dot-a-dot on shapes. I also drew the shapes with white crayon "wax colors" on a sheet of paper and then both Sarah and Farida colored it with regular markers to reveal the shapes.

Sarah did some cutting practice too. Farida also gave it a try :D

I have started a photo-dictionary that we are going to build ourselves. All the vocabulary words we are going to encounter are going to be put in this dictionary. The shapes were our starting words. Here:

All the sheets used are taken from this great source: 3 Dinosaurs.

And these are just recent taken images taken on the sea shore.

I don't like the new collage pictures I have used, they don't show the details and they are way too distracting. I promise I amnot going to use them again.

Also, I forgot to share with you an error I have done in the last post here. Thank God, a lot of people liked the ideas in this post an it was even featured on Sunday Showcase but what I forgot to mention is that I forgot and left the whole sensory tub untouched for a couple of day. Guess what happened? Mold grew on everything :( Yikees! I of course had to throw the water beads and deeply clean the shapes with Detol and other stuff. So, this is something I have learnt in the process.

I need to consult you, my friends, in something. Farida doesn't seem interested in any of the prepared activities we do. She wants to throw anything or disturb Sarah and take her things away. She screams and cries as if we are torturing her. The only thing she seems to enjoy is the sensory tubs. I know there is a 2-year- gap between both girls but I really don't know how to overcome this knowing that I currently don't have anyone to help.

That was all for today. We will continue some more with the shapes in our twisted ways following Sarah's leads. Thank you for visiting. Please, come back and check soon.

Love, 

All About Me!

Hi,

I have been talking about "a theme" for a long time, I think it was time. Our theme this week(s) is "All About Me". I have so many ideas that fit under this theme. Who am I? Am I a part of a family? Am I alone on this place? on Earth? or Am I a group of functioning organs?Is it my brain or is it all about my heart? Or am I all of these? See, how many things can fit under this them So today, we got to know we are a part of a family. Some members of this family have passed away but they are still an important part of our family. We did a little family tree. I only got to cut the leaves. Here, simple and fun:

I loved her lines & coloring today!

Isn't it a lovely piece of decoration?

Stay tuned for more "All About Me" projects. Thank you for joining and come back soon!
Love,

Happy Birfday Picasso!

Hi,

This is not a misspelling, this is how Sarah says it :) she always pronounce "th" as "f" so it birfday, fank you (thank you) and free (3) :) Today, Sarah is officially three years old. It was a happy day. However, the real party will be on Sunday, God willing. So, of course, today was birthday-themed. 

We had a sensory tub, it included:

• a party hat
• a party blowout
• Ribbons
• A candle "3"
• No (3)
• A "Happy Birthday" card
• a present box
• a Melissa & Doug cupcake (with its colors & brush)

Yes, she wasn't very sure about it. She was hesitated to carry it.

Isn't it lovely?

Picasso wanted to color more, so coloring on a shining aluminium paper completed the mood :)

She found it hilarious to color her mouth, nose & eyes with these weird colors :)

TaDa!

That was our fun day today, we played birthday songs over and over again and Sarah was really happy.

I have to share a link I found, it is the best I have read in a very long long time. Please, read it. "Your Children Want You"

Thank you for joining our fun,come back soon.

Love,

I Can Spell My Name!

Hi,

Missed us? I hope so. We played a little with light, we tried to put everything on our light box and see what looks best. Sarah knows how to spell her name but I don't think she'll recognize it if she sees it so we worked on that. Here:

We did some role playing too. Sarah was a boy. She found this hilarious. She put the mustache on all of us and kept saying, "No, I'm not a boy, I'm a GIRL."

Some coloring too, she's getting better and better but she gets bored faster and faster nowadays.

Some hand painting, she got to choose what she wants me to paint. We did some on Farida too :)

Thank you for reading, come back soon.

Love,