Toddler Theme Day-Turkeys

Teaching Tiny Tots at Mommy School has given us a new theme this week-turkeys. We first got into the theme by reading a funny story:

And then we made our turkey hats that I posted yesterday.

For some other turkey ideas, check out our hand and foot print turkeys and our rainbow turkeys. Please go check out more Toddler Theme Challenge at Teaching Tiny Tots! It's a great site with wonderful ideas for your tiny tot!

Toddler Theme Day-Rainbows

This week's toddler theme is Rainbows. This was the perfect opportunity to review all of the colors. And really, what little girl doesn't love rainbows? I know mine do! So here are a few activities for fun with rainbows!

A few months ago we made rainbows out of paper plates. You can check that out here.


Today, we had a color hunt. I called out the colors of the rainbow, one at a time, and the girls would race around the room to find something that was that color. What fun:)


We also made sand art. Well, it was actually colored salt. We filled plastic containers with coarse salt and added a few drops of food coloring. Next, we got to shake, shake, shake until the color was evenly distributed. Next, we layered the colored salt in "rainbow order". (Felicia didn't exactly do this because she was to excited to wait for the next color)

The girls are so proud of their "Rainbow in a Jar"! I think they turned out fabulous:)
Remember to check out more Toddler Theme Challenge on Teaching Tiny Tots!

Toddler Theme Day-Orange

This week's Toddler Theme Challenge is orange. How perfect! When I look out my window orange is the color I see the most, from the leaves and the vast amounts of pumpkins that we grew this year!

Here are a few of our pumpkins and the beginning of our lesson in orange. The kids have been learning about pumpkins since they first saw the vines growing in our garden. They checked the progress daily and I will never forget the squeals of delight when Felicia discovered the change. She sprinted around the house screaming "they're orange, they're orange!". It was a very exciting day. Yesterday we reviewed how the pumpkins grew from seeds. How they needed water and sun light to grow big and beautiful. We planned to have a pumpkin hunt today (with the smaller pumpkins), but it's raining so we will have to postpone it for later in the week.

Our next orange activity was carrot printing. I cut a carrot in half and the girls made prints by dipping the ends in paint and stamping them on paper.
Our last activity was in the kitchen. My girls love to cook, so we made some pumpkin muffins. This is a great activity to do with your kids. My girls love the whole process of baking and seeing what comes out of all the measuring and mixing. It was a lot of fun and most importantly they were orange (and yummy).

You too can participate in the Toddler Theme Challenge by visiting Teaching Tiny Tots at Toddler School. The themes start on Sundays. Give it a try. We really enjoy it!

Toddler Theme Thursday

We are thrilled to be participating in Toddler Theme Thursday hosted by Teaching Tiny Tots At Mommy School once again. This week's theme is stars and moon. So to start things off, Felicia and I got up extra early to carve a stars and moon pumpkin. She had preschool today and did not want to miss out on the fun. So this was something special that she and I could do alone together. The pumpkin turned out great! When we lit it , it cast a glow of stars all around. Very pretty!


When Mady woke up we read a book that we usually read before bed, "Ten Wishing Stars". It's a countdown to bedtime book and as you can see by its condition, my girls love it.

After that, Mady painted a starry painting with the star cookie cutter.

Good job Mady! It looks great!

Later today when Felicia comes home from preschool, we are planning to make some moon and star cookies. Yummy! I can't wait to see what everyone else does and if you haven't checked it out go over to Teaching Tiny Tots at Mommy School for some great, fun, ideas.

Toddler Theme Thursday

Check out Toddler Theme Thursday over at Teaching Tiny tots at Mommy School! There are a lot of great activities to do with your child. This week's theme is hands and feet crafts. Have fun!