Books about Trees
The Growing Up Tree was Bear’s second most requested book. It chronicles the life of an apple seed planted for a little baby by his mother. It’s a bit sad at the end, as the baby, now an old man, dies, as well as the tree, but this didn’t seem to bother Bear.
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Baby Binomial Cube
We play – Indoor Playgrounds
Infant Montessori
The next thing I did was cut a hole in a little box I had. I put a piece of velcro (those self stick velcro circles) on the flap of the lid.
Montessori Monday
Books Bear Enjoyed This Week
Hear Your Heart by Paul Showers is a Let’s Read and Find Out Science book. It was a little advanced for Bear, but for some reason, she loved it. I skipped some of the details about the valves because that was on the pages she didn’t like with just the diagram of the heart. I think what sold her was how he did the sound of the different heart beats as the kids use their toilet paper tube stethoscopes.
A Drop of Blood (also by Paul Showers) was better in terms of level. I felt she stayed with the whole book, instead of getting antsy partway through (as with hear Your Heart).She talks about blood frequently now. She wanted this one every night!
Jessica’s X-Ray by Pat Zonta was a very cool book with actual x-rays to observe. Bear chose this one herself off the shelf at the library and I’m glad she did.
Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present was a non human body favorite. It is by Charlotte Zolotow. She wrote another sweet story that was a favorite of ours called I Like to be Little. In this book, the little girl searches for the perfect present for her mother with the help of a rabbit. It just appeals to a little one’s sense of wonder and fantasy. Very Waldorf.
Across
It’s habit, when the alarm rings, to momentarily shrink into your dark surroundings. The sun knocks at your window, spreading the blinds further and illuminating plush carpeting with increasing strength while it inches higher into its impressive arc. How much time you spend there with blankets pulled and scrunched to your tired eyes is dependent only on you and your obligations; your drive to
Remember
I don’t remember much about her, I think solemnly as I gently tousle the impressive leaves clouding my sight. My palms are buried deep in my sleeves as I search, crouched low to the ground and tossing my hair occasionally to sweep aside my growing bangs to simplify the hunt. Ruby red or bright green; thick or thin; I’m presented with a plethora of choices. But which would she pick?I remember
Crafting With Kool-Aid
scratch-n-sniff painting
Paint Cut Paste
yarn dyeing
Frontier Dreams
temporary hair dye
Pepper Paints
dyeing wool roving
The Magic Onions
spray dye for clothing
Preschool Rock
dying silk with Kool-Aid
Amber Dusick
Papier Mâché Birds!
I am in love with this papier mâché bird
project at Art For Small Hands and can't
wait to make a whole flock with the kids!
