Frozen Themed Preschool

Our sandy beach.

Olaf at the beach.

Elsa stuck in the ice!

The past couple of weeks we played in the beachy sand, blue water, and had a Frozen themed week with Elsa and Olaf.  We talked about the warm weather and how ice melts in the sun.   We also did a couple of searches in our yard for Olaf and for Elsa!  Thank goodness we found them and saved them.

Bread Making

These pictures are actually from a few weeks ago, but it seems like I missed them somehow.  Aren't they so cute?  Sorry if it's a repeat.  Our bread making activities were awesome . First we ground the wheat on Tuesday and then made the bread together on Thursday. It was so fun, and exhausting work.  (Bread making is hard work!)

The cutest princesses

Bugs and Honey Tasting

We learned about bugs and bees this week. We did some honey tasting and all of the kids kept asking for more and more!  What a fun week.  We also went bug hunting outside in out backyard.  We found a beetle and some small bugs.

Suncatchers and Ladybugs

This week we made suncatchers for Father's day, (for the dads), and ladybugs.  I loved both activities and the kids were really happy to take both things home.  The suncatchers were very beautiful and rewarding.  The ladybugs were so cute, and the kids loved learning about ladybugs.

Camping and Bird Watching

 This week we camped outside, made some pine cone "soup," built fires, made s'mores, decorated binoculars, and went bird watching.  It was a success.  After preschool this week my son was pointing out that he could hear the birds chirping like when we were bird watching, which was sweet. I think we all paid a bit more attention to the birds and outdoors after this week.

Dinosaur Bones and Fossils

On Tuesday we made dinosaur fossils and bones with salt dough and on Thursday we dug out the fossils and bones from the sand.  It was an excellent activity.  Then at the end, we played with toy dinosaurs in the sand, burying them and having all sorts of fun. Next week we'll talk about camping outside, and then might return to dinosaurs later in the month.

Rocks and Scavenger Hunt

This week we talked about rocks and did a nature scavenger hunt.  The kids loved hunting for rocks, learning about different rocks and sizes (sand, large rocks, diamonds, gold, etc).  We also cleaned the rocks we collected in the water tables.  The nature scavenger hunt was fun with Mr. Russell.  We helped everyone gather rocks, leaves, dirt, sticks, pine cones, grass, and pine needles from our back yard.