Y'all should know by now, I'm a sucker for the WWW. I turn to the WWW for every little whim stitch. It's given me loads of fun info & tutorials on hair (the girls' and my own), snack ideas for preschool, diagnosis (the doctors love me for this) & of course shopping from home (my very favorite hobby) just to name a few. Honestly, if you are looking for information on anything, it's got it. It may not be all accurate, but it rarely lets me down.
Last Friday, I decided to surf around for preschool activities. I was in desperate need of fun & educational ideas to stimulate RD. After rummaging through one site, I landed on a few little tutorials. Most of them were cute enough, but I really didn't have every thing I needed to complete some of them. Plus we were headed to the library & I really was hoping to tie a book into our activity.
Ask and you shall receive. I swear no sooner had I been looking at a picnic themed idea when up popped ideas to incorporate "The Very Hungry Caterpillar". We already own that book so it would give us a head start. Something else I loved was that it provided another opportunity for us to talk about nutrition. I printed off a few activity pages called "Days of the Week Worksheets" & decided to hold off on the fun till we got home from the library.
Once we were back home, we read the book. However, this time I followed a little planner I found called The Very Hungry Caterpillar Lesson Plan. Sadly, I had to skip some of the fun (handing out laminated paper fruit) since I wasn't fully prepared for it. Last minute & all. I did compromise by using real fruit. But all in all, the day ended up being a very stress free day. Unlike so many days before it, I didn't have to beg for the screaming & fighting (a regular between the girls lately) to end. We merely went from one activity to the next. Next time, I'd love to actually get out to the park & do a picnic theme day. Right now it's just too blazing hot!
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