EEEK! We Have Mice!!

The 3 cutest mice I've ever seen!

No rat infestation here! But October began our Mischievous Mice theme from Funshine Express. This craft we did was amazing. We read the book "Hickory Dickory Dock" which came in the curriculum for the month. The kids loved the story. In fact they asked for me to read it again. Then we went into the mouse ears craft. Our 4 year old was excited to practice his cutting skills.

As that kept Andy busy for a bit, I was able to help the girls glue their pink circles on and measure each others' head. When the ears were all complete, the kids wore the head bands ALL DAY! I mean we went on a walk around the neighborhood to explore the changing trees and Halloween decorations and they had their ears on. At one point the girls insisted on wearing their headbands backwards. 

LEAF ACTIVITIES

I absolutely love doing leaf activities. While on our walk on Friday we collected leaves from different trees around the neighborhood. Then we did leaf rubs and the kids found it to be coolest thing. I'll post a picture of their rubs later this week. Today we will be sorting the leaves. We will sort them by color. Then sort them all by shapes. Then we can sort them by the type of leaf. Then the kids will get to create their own leaf collage.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Our Tiny Treasure Maggie Grace welcomed her baby sister into the world just after midnight this morning! Baby Emma Lily will be joining us November. Congratulations to Chris and Ashley Greene!

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OCTOBER IS UPON US

October is my FAVORITE month of the year. Fall is my favorite season in all aspects. I love the cooler weather (sweaters, boots, scarves oh my!). I love football season. I love the colors. I love decorating. I love families spending more time together. And I love the fall activities that are possible with the kids! 

October's Extended Project:

The Trees Are Changing

The trees and plants change so much during the month of October. Two weeks ago the kids noticed more leaves on the ground out back. So it started our discussion of the leaves changing. We decided to document the trees changing out back. We will take a picture of the same spot in the back yard every Monday and print the picture out and place it on a large poster board. By the end of October, it will be so much fun to see the difference between the first and last picture. Below is the first picture we took on September 21st.

We will share our results after the project is done.

Our October curriculum from Funshine Express looks incredibly fun. The preschool theme is "Mischievous Mice On The Farm" which, of course, ties in perfectly with the Toddler themes of "Busy Mice and Farm Fun".

We cleared our school wall to make room for our October things.

I decided to display our previous month's items where we can regularly review and revisit them. 

We have a "counting garden" that we use and I've have added our acorns over the corresponding number as well as put our color and shape above. The kids love it. They feel so accomplished when they confidently remember each thing.

Happy Fall Y'all!