Preschool Days---letter Mm---Week 5

Kimberly is 4 years 1 month

Luke is 5 years 1 month
It's Mm week!!!

Time for M&M's!!

The perfect treat for math time.

The kids have really enjoyed counting along with the M&M's Counting Book.

These math lessons are yummy, too!!

Moose starts with Mm---this tape of Robbie Benson reading If You Give a Moose a Muffin is wonderful.

Both kids have listened over and over to this tape ( and I love hearing Robbie Benson's voice, too). This also includes a fun follow along action song about making muffins and the dance--Doin' the Moose---it is very cute!

I used my favorite printable site at First-School for our Mm wall.

Luke and Kim both enjoy using the computer, and I enjoy when they learn while they play.

My favorite site is Starfall.

Confessions of a Homeschooler has a whole M&M's printable unit.

This is the capital/lowercase sorting game.

I added Mm words to our word making box.

Next week I will add big brothers Mark and Matt's pictures and names to cards and add them to our box.

Mm is for marshmallows.

I love seeing these "marshmallow Mm's" on our Mm wall.

Perfect coloring, Kimmy!

Our author for our Mm unit is Robert Munsch. These books are silly stories that really seem to tickle all of my kids. They are great read alouds and fun for everyone.

Last March we had alot of fun with a Robert Munsch book, Mmmm, Cookies!!

Luke loves making his letters using the Geoboard.

Mm is for mud pie.

So we made a yummy pudding and Oreo cookie mud pie.

Luke is using his Rescue Hero hammer to smash Oreos.

Kimberly "reading" the Jell-O box.

We used two large Jell-O pudding mixes to make 2 pies.

Kimmy stirred about 1 cup of Luke's smashed up cookies into the pudding.

Pour into 2 cooked graham cracker crusts.

Chill and enjoy.

Next week we will continue our letter Mm fun.

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Looking at the Sky on Friday

This past week we went to Enchanted Forest Water Safari and were treated to an outside circus.
As I was watching the flying trapeze group against the cloudy, mountain sky, I thought that these would be great photos for "Looking at the Sky on Friday".
These folks were just amazing!!

There isn't a much better sight than watching acrobats in the sky.

(Even if it wasn't on Friday)

Check out more Looking at the Sky on Friday posts at the Crazy Working Mom blog.

Enchanted Forest--Water Safari--a photo essay

8:30 am was looking like this---I was a little concerned to say the least......
After an hour and a half drive, the clouds were still thick and the temperature was cool, but that didn't stop us.....on to a day of fun at the Enchanted Forest.
WARNING: photo heavy post ahead---I couldn't resist.

Guarding the entrance of the Enchanted Forest.

Boot Hill---and we were cold--after all, we were in the Adirondack mountains.

Gracie was so excited to pan for gold, especially since our goldrush unit last month.

time to fly over the park

I see you, Daddy!!

I drove these exact same cars when I was little. We need to go through photos at Grandma and Grandpa's house and find the pictures of days gone by....

There is even an outdoors circus.

The original Enchanted Forest was a path through the Adirondack mountains where you visited storybook characters.....I visited these exact spots when I was little.

the Gingerbread House

Peeking into Little Red Ridinghood's adventure

Peter Rabbits carriage

Back on the skyride----and me, proving I had fun!!!

Kimberly's first waterslide ride ever!!

And I captured face look on the camera

My little children, who scream during bathtime and never want any water to touch their faces, went down these waterslides non-stop for an hour and a half!

I need this in my backyard, if not for anything else, to just burn off Gracie's abundant energy.

Kimmy was just about the smallest "waterslider" I saw all day!

Sometimes she lost her ride....and she almost always had her eyes closed.

eyes closed

Grace and Mark climbed way up on top of this waterslide to have a race.

Mark made it down with blazing speed.....

Grace, not so much.....she stopped half way down. I guess she doesn't weigh enough to get a good ride.

But, she got a push....

and finished her ride.

Waiting for the train.

Luke looks good here, but when the helicopters started he had a complete melt down.

They stopped the ride and he got off,,,,quickly....It was just a little too much for his thrill level.

Kimberly rode again and again.

Luke was much happier driving the boats.

This is Mm week.

Mm is for moose!

After near disaster on a big waterslide, Mark found a slide just his size!
What a great day!!