B is for Bear

Kate painted a cardboard cave for her bears to hibernate.

They look so cozy in there.

Kate tried to fit in another cardboard cave, but it wasn't big enough for her, so she moved on to an end table covered with a blanket.

She made a bear craft and enjoyed a bear snack.

Reagan felt like hibernating too.  Maybe it's all this cold, snowy weather, or maybe hibernating just sounds like fun.

Penguin Party

Kate's Turkeys

Paper plate turkey

T is for turkey

Shape turkey

Handprint sun catcher glittery turkey

 Pumpkin pie play dough turkeys

 Handprint turkeys

Kate helped me make these pretzel rod turkey treats.

Phew!  I think we've made enough turkeys for Thanksgiving already!

V is for Volcano

 Kate has done many baking soda and vinegar experiments, but they have all been "flat".  This is the first time she experienced one that bubbled up and over out of something.  It shocked her so much that she actually fell off her chair.  She kept coming back for more though.  We filled the volcano at least ten times, and she jumped each time!  Here is a video:

We also made ice volcanoes by filling bowls with water, baking soda, and a golf ball (to form an opening).  I froze them and then popped them out of the bowls.  We poured vinegar in the volcano openings to make them fizz.  It's always fun to play with baking soda and vinegar, but this was a BORING follow up to the play dough volcano.  Kate kept waiting for them to "erupt", but all they did was fizz.

 To finish our volcano fun, I made a volcano lunch for the girls - cheese quesadillas with salsa lava!

W is for Whale

We skipped over the letter V to work on W because we are going on a whale watch tomorrow, and I just love when our letters coincide with activities or outings!  

Kate really enjoys doing "homework" now.  She asks for it regularly.  I love that there are so many online resources available.  It's so easy to just print something for her to do!

She is especially fond of using glue.

The printable humpback whale craft that Kate finger painted is great.  I always look for printable crafts on the Learn Create Love site.