Umbrellas and Friends

Wednesday, March 16th preschool was at our house. We learned about the letter "U", umbrellas, and talked about spring. The kids loved it!

We colored our umbrella page, sang songs about rain/what you need when it rains, and even read a story about puddles. Then, we talked about what happens after it rains and what plants need to grow. I told a story about a seed that grew into a plant and the kids each got to hold one of the pictures throughout the story. We did an experiment with celery; we put the celery in colored water and left it for a while. Then, we checked it and could see how the different colors were going up the celery (thus, the celery was drinking the water).

For our crafts we did a mobile with an umbrella, rain drop, sun, rainbow, and cloud on it and we painted a daisy mask. Our snacks were all things that came from plants -- fruits and veggies! It was a great time and the kids seemed to really enjoy it. 

Displaying the crafts

 Friday, March 18th was a beautiful day! For our play group we went to Clemyjontri Park. It is always a great park to go to, but a bit overwhelming on nice days due to the amount of people there. But, Reed was in heaven the whole time. Eve found it pretty fun as well. Reed found two of his favorite friends and pretty much stuck with them the whole time.

Reed is getting into the habit of talking about his friends (in a good way). He talks about how much he loves his friends, asks when he can see them again, and wants to play with them all the time. He is getting to be quite the social guy (I guess he was raised by me....so I should expect nothing less). He especially is good friends with the kids in his preschool and probably best friends with the two in the pictures below (Taryn and Brooks). Those three are just so fun together :) I tried to get a picture with all of them looking, but it didn't quite work out! They kept looking at each other and smiling and laughing at what the other one was doing! Such fun little kiddos :)

They all wanted to hold hands :)

Brooks kept touching his face and Reed couldn't help but watch.

I guess 2 out of 3 isn't bad, right?!