X is for X-Ray Fish - Tot School

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Tiny Tot- Butter is Currently 22 Months Old 

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This weeks Trays:
(When setting up this tray I tried to use things that you could see through or were kinda x-ray..ish since there is not a whole lot that starts with X! )  

Trays Include:

AlphaTales Box Set -Letter X -Alphabet Soup Sorters Letter X -The Beginner's Bible - Dry Erase Center - My First Steps to Reading Books Letter X-  Bible Memory Verse Cards - Sesame Street Board Books Letter X - Water Beads - Little People X-Ray Fish  - Crayola Tracing Board - Baby Bear Counters - Three Bears Family Pattern Cards -  Melissa & Doug Bear Dress Up Wooden Puzzle - Learning Piggy Bank - Playdough Mat Letter X -  Fish Lacing Card - Chimp and Zee Alphabet Abc Puzzle - Tinker Toys

Bible Memory Verse:
Let us EXamine our ways and test them. And Let us Return to the Lord. 
Lamentations 3:40 


So this week... I am so glad Cowboy already knew the letter X ! I had previously planned for this letter to only take 2 days... and it kinda worked out that way... My poor Butter had a double ear infection this week and was just NOT himself, he was completely miserable and wanted his mommy at all times. So- this week we did not do all that much.. But we all loved A LOT on our sweet little man!! 

Cowboy and I going over his X-Ray Fish Discussion Sheet while he pretends to be a Fish! 

Tracing and Coloring in his Tot Book

He found the X-Ray in the Alphabet Soup Sorters

Reading Alpha Tales (Letter X: A Xylophone for X-ray Fish)

                      Putting together the Melissa & Doug Bear Dress Up Wooden Puzzle

I set out Water Beads and thought we could try and use his Cars Tracing Board as a light board. I thought it would be neat to use it and talk about x-rays and for him to explore with images. 

                    We even put Mr. X-Ray Fish on to see if we could see inside of him :)

Lou enjoyed exploring just as much as Cowboy ! 

Cowboy Stuck his hand under the board and said he was getting an X-Ray of his hand :P 

Butter thought he would push through and play for just a little while.... he loves water beads!! He at least had a little fun while he was not feeling good... :( 

We put the water beads in a little case and put them on top and then we tried them on the inside of the box and talked about how they looked different and how shadows from light are formed. All of the kids really enjoyed experimenting with the light board. 

He Dot Painted his Letter Craft this week 

              Playing with Little People Playground and Lincoln Logs neither of which were on trays!!!

A view of my Sweet Babies being so good doing their work while Mommy is in the Corner with a oh so miserable but so cute tot!!

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So that pretty much wraps up our letter X week ! As much as I hated my little man being sick... I did enjoy the school break and just being able to love on him !! He is so sweet ... this was his first time to ever be sick so I got to see a total different side to him, he is pretty demanding when sick... and ruled the roost! Thankfully though he is now fully recovered and doing fine ! Praise God : ) 

  

Moms Favorite :)

Butter Love

This Cowboy was some worried about his Butter!!

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DIY - Truffula Trees- Dr. Seuss The Lorax

FUN WITH BOOKS

DIY -Truffula Trees - From Dr. Seuss The Lorax 

Dr. Seuss was Born on March 2, 1904- and since it is March- and almost Spring- we decided to celebrate both by reading one of our favorite books and make a special craft- I got the idea from Vanessa over at Tot School Tuesday. They were so cute! We added our own touches here and there as we went along, and also made a little forest with the Barbaloot bears too! 

We of course Read the Book - The Lorax , talked about trees and how they are important. How God created trees to help us breathe clean air... etc. Then we talked about the Quote from the book and what it means and how it related to the story and how we can relate it to Jesus and God- and how God loved soooo much, a whole awful lot to send Jesus, his only Son- to save us! I also tried to teach them, (the best that I could on a 4 and 1 year old level) how if we are passionate about something- and want a change, it only takes 1 person, and that we may be that 1 God calls to make a difference, so we should always be listening to our heart...(spirit) for what God is calling us to do.

  

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. 

Cowboy also watched the youtube of the short film the Lorax from 1972. Its only about 25 minutes :P You can see it HERE.

HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN TRUFFULA TREES CRAFT

We Used:

Craft Pom Poms

Pipe Cleaners

Hot Glue Gun

Heart Beads

Pony Beads

Colored Smoothie Straws

Foam-Paper

Styrofoam 

Before we started, I hot glued the pom poms on to Colored Straws and Pipe Cleaners for the little ones to avoid any burns or messes :P 

I simply took out our Box of Pony Beads and they started pushing the beads right on :) I just knew it would be a little hard for Butter to do it - BUT WOW- he totally shocked me by using those Fine Motor Skills and doing just as good as the Big Kids!! He did not need me to help him, nor did he want me to ! He was Mr. Independent. He did a great job and had a blast doing it! 

Lou and I did the Straws because they were a little harder. Depending on the size of your beads, and or straws, you will need to bend them in the middle to get the beads to go on. 

Butter was so proud of himself and felt SOOO Big like his Brother and Sister ! 

Such Concentration.... 

Cowboy shouted, " Look Mommy, I doin a pattern, which it looks like he started too... but...who cares right?!?! I said, Oh WOW!! Look at you! Such a Smart boy to do a pattern all by yourself! 

They all did such a great job working together, and helping one another. I would almost venture to rename them PEACE trees :P It was an excellent activity to do with them for so many reasons, but my favorite was how QUIET it was as they worked... AHHH....

The Finished Product ! ! Aren't they so pretty!! 

We used foam paper glued on top of a piece of Styrofoam for the grass. We cut little tiny holes in the foam paper so that the pipe cleaners and straws would go in easily. We used a few small brown pom poms to represent the Barbaloot Bears scattered about, and an orange one to represent the Lorax in the Forrest. 

Then, so that they could be like a homemade playset- we stuck them in some plastic totes Blue to represent the sky, and green for the bottom for grass :P 

Very Fun and Easy DIY Project! The kids really enjoyed this family activity !! 

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