Downward Dog, Parachute Play, Listening

Highlights from our Day

Yoga (Gross Motor)

Got our Toddler Yoga book in, and the kids and I give it a thumbs up. What I love about it is the illustrations. They're simple and explain things on an easy level for the children.

Yoga baby wags his tail like a dog (downward dog pose)

Yoga Baby wobbles like a little bird (but Lulu took it to the next level and raised her leg up!)

There are many more poses the children are still learning, so I'll post those pics as we progress.

*Also want to mention why there are so many pics with children romping around in their undies. We're working on potty training at the Casa and it's easier for them and I to prepare for a potty run this way. It's been worth it though, because today, ALL the girlies used the potty!! Yeah!!!

More Gross Motor and Outdoor Play

Music

We danced to our awesome new Putomayo Brazilian Music CD and also to Ring around the Rosey.

Can you *feel* the movement? They were dancing away.

Parachute play

Taking a break...

Gratitude

We have some new additions to Casa T.'s music and songbook library. Both donated by a generous mama. THANK YOU mamita!!

Nature, Nuts and Water

Highlights of our Day

Nature, Outdoor (Gross Motor)
After we sang our 'Hello Song', we went for a Nature walk (as best we could in the suburbs). Before we headed out, I talked with the girls about how we need to stay on the sidewalk for their safety and stay connected with our hands and that this was not negotiable. They did wonderful! Nobody tried to run off, and they stayed focused on the task at hand. The girls collected random nature items we saw on our way for the Nature Books we'll be compiling this month.



Art
Poured some glue today and continued to work on our week long collage.
Mia was excited to be a part of the project.



Culinary
Nuts, Nuts, Nuts!
Thanks mamas for sending in nuts for our focus this week. Today, we made Nut Butter! And, it was delicious! The girls spread the nuts on the cookie sheet (and even counted as they did it), so they could be roasted in the oven for a few minutes. Within minutes, we had tasty nut butter and enjoyed it with some organic carrots. We will be making some more tomorrow with a different nut and see how it tastes.













Practical Life Skills
We learned what corners are to sing along our Folding Song (adapted for napkins and placemats).
Corner to corner
Smooth it out
Then fold it over
Smooth it out
This is the way we fold

Mia and Lulu helped fold our napkins and placemats today.

We enjoyed reading Nuts to You again since today was Mia's day here this week. We also had a puppet show with sea life finger puppets. Followed by an impromptu Splash Day per Sophia's request. I figured with fall around the corner, we won't have too many more opportunities, so the girls had some water fun before nap.