Go!

My beautiful Galaxy phone died this week, I am distraught! I could not justify going and buying a new one so have opted for a much smaller phone and without some of the cool stuff my old phone had. Such a bummer. But anyway it's just a silly phone.

This week we have been following the Play School theme of 'Go' and learning all about how different things go at different paces. It hasn't been particularly academic this week (am I ever?) but we have been getting through quite a lot.

Monday before heading to the gym - which was an awesome gymstick class by the way - we did some contact paper craft. I just stuck some contact paper to the windows in the toy room and let the boys decorate as much as they wanted. Asher really got into it and kept asking for more and more things he could stick on. This doesn't have anything to do with our weekly theme but it was an activity that helped the boys with their co-ordination and concentration. They loved their pieces of artwork hanging on the windows and could see them every time we left the house from the street.

I managed to find some simple readers at the library that Asher is just in love with. One was about what different jobs/occupations people can have as he always like to pretend to be a garbage man or a chef or anything for that matter. Another of the books was on how different things go fast or slow, he just keeps reading this over and over and although he can't read the words, after I had read it to him he memorised what I had said and the pictures also prompted him to know what the page was about. I love hearing him read to himself. He is totally content reading by himself for a good amount of time and that helps me a lot. He also loves reading to his baby brother and telling him to sit still and says " are you listening"...mimicking me a lot there.

We made paint this week, very very easy to do - first empty two tablespoons of Cornflour into a bowl, then add half a cup of cold water, then add boiling water until thickens. Add food colouring to make the paint colour of your choice. I put these in the fridge and the mixture turned out great. Seriously cheaper then acrylic paint and an activity to do with the little ones in itself.

Some time ago I bought a poster book of diggers and dump trucks, so we used our new paint and Asher was loving it. His favourite thing is seeing all the artwork he has completed hanging in their toy room. Another paint option is just food colouring with water and I like that the best as its seriously not messy at all. There can be lots of colour combinations too if you mix them up.

We did a bit of baking this week and Asher helped with pouring, measuring and mixing. And almost everyday this week he has emptied all of my cooking equipment from the kitchen cupboards and started playing with them. I really haven't had a problem with it as I just make sure he is the one to put it all back at the end. He has been talking to Jet about what he is making and telling him about the cords each item has and that they have electricity. It's pretty cool how these kids catch on.

I bought some magnetic books during the week and baby has been having fun doing those while we are completing an activity. They are also for Asher but Jet is really liking them. These books have the alphabet and counting up to ten where you have to match the magnetic piece to the correct spot on the page. I really like them myself.

I set up an obstacle course one morning for Asher to enjoy and it was a lot of fun. He got to jump, roll, crawl and run and I know that letting him loose with energy burning activities is great for him.

We read a lot of books each day here but something I really want to start working on is writing. I will aim to incorporate something next week I think.