Garden Update!
2.76 lbs of tomatoes/chilies.
1.125 lbs of tomatoes
.531 lbs of cucumber
.84 cherry tomatoes and Anaheim chilies
1.45 lbs of tomatillos
This week's total: 6.706 lbs
Annual Total: 146.567 lbs!!!!!!!!!!
Theme Thursday: Bugs & Insects
This week (and next) we are working on bugs and insects. Lots of Eric Carle inspiration here folks and the girls are loving it! The books we read over and over and over are: For activities we started with: Playing with our caterpillar felts. The girls reenacted the Eric Carle Story using their kitchen food. Big C also had to order the pieces by "age" telling the story of transformation. And they just played with them making them talk and such. Then we did fingerprint ants. These are Big C's she even drew the antennae and legs! (They are supposed to be in tunnels). Then we made a glue web. Squeeze white glue in the shape of a web. Let dry and voila! Little C's fingerprint ant. She did not like paint on her fingers. Played with our fly, spider, and web. Talked about how spiders trap flies and drink their blood. Again they made her talk and named her and made her friendly. Made caterpillars out of playdoh. Big C also made an egg on a leaf and a cocoon. Then
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