mothers day

Jr S made this along with a beautiful treasure box for Mother's Day.

boat in the sea

Jr S and I made this with bendaroos and paper napkins torn into pieces. We gave the strips a wet wash of glue and then a wash of paint. We talked about how the author Eric Carle used this type of method for some of his books. She quickly related this to "the small cloud" . It was fun, she used a lot of fine motor skills to twist the bendaroos. It was a fun project.

religious books

While religious books for our religion are available for children who are good readers, there are not many books which target the emergent reader population. So I made this coloring book with the picture on the right side for her to color and a small text on the left side introducing the deity. So far Jr S has loved it . Hopefully I will be making a few more of these soon.

container garden

I have a really black thumb but I still keep on trying. one of the plants with which I have had consistent luck with is Fenugreek( methi) . So Jr S ,  her best friend and I sowed methi seeds in yogurt containers and now are happily seeing the sprouts. Jr S enjoyed it a lot, she kept on trying to put all the seeds in the container . She enjoyed scooping the potting soil from the bag into the small containers. I do not have a picture of this and unfortunately the yogurt container was small to sustain the plant.  But we had fun.

valentines

Jr S made 30 of these heart valentines for her school party. I cut the hearts from cardstock and she personalised them with her drawings. It was fun to see her draw girly things or smily faces with long hair for girls and short hair for boys. She also made one for me and S . It was great !! Lot of fine motor activity, as she also helped me stick the pencils on the back side.

lady bug .....again

Jr S has been trying very hard to find ladybugs and she has met with success on more than one occasions. This time when she cought a lady bug we put her in a small container and observed her with a magnifying glass. It coincided perfectly with Jr S 's theme in school about insects and bugs. It was very hard for her to let go of the ladybug... but t'was done.

I love this picture drawn by Jr S. It is a picture of me kickng a soccer ball (!!!) . How do I know its me? Because she has written "mother " in Marathi , spelled in English .