Great website

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The crafty Crow....sooooo many great craft and activity ideas to keep your children busy day in and day out!!! :) rainy day ideas and arty ideas!!!

Caterpillar update!!

We now have two chrysalis's in our jar.....just waiting for them to turn into butterflies/ moths now.....hopefully!!! Sam also studied this at PreK and they read 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' which is one of his favourite books at home and he knows it off by heart. He was able to recite it as they read it to the class :) They made big posters of the butterfly life cycle for him to bring home, which goes with our project really well :)

For Sams show and tell he took a beekeepers veil, a box of comb from the hive, a picture of himself sticking his finger in a frame of honey surrounded by bees, and he took clover honey sticks for all his classmates and teachers so they could take one home to try. They started selling them at the local store the day before!!!! OMG what luck!!! :) His teachers said they were sooooo impressed with his show and tell and that all the children asked questions and he answered them all and he really knew his stuff and that I had obviously involved the children with the bees and taught them all about them! After class the teachers were asking me all about bees and honey etc etc. I think they are so used to the typic al show and tell items that they were pleased to have something a little 'different' and the children were excited to have a treat each to take home!! :) Sam was just happy to get his candy as each child that does show and tell is given a sucker! He has missed his last two show and tells because of being in England and being sick, so we really had to make up for it this time!! :) I think we did :)

So that's our bugs and mini beasts update lol! There has been lots of tadpole catching, frog catching, butterfly catching, beetle identifying, bird spotting, and beasty watching going on here since the snow went and the weather warmed up :) I love Summer :)

Curly wurlies......

On Wednesday we went for a picnic and on the way back we picked lots of dandelions which we then preceded to slice up and curl - we curled them in to ringlets by slicing the stems thinly lengthways and then dropping them into a bowl of ice-cold water - the stems then curl up really fast into tight rings - it is really fun to watch and they make really pretty patterns and cute little jewellery type designs! Abigail and Sam loved this activity! So much fun for a Spring day!

Another reason to learn to love those Dandelions :) They just so happen to be Sams favourite flowers right now :)

Painting postcards...

Painting watercolour postcards. These are blank postcards on watercolour cardstock that can actually be mailed. Abigail painted them and has now mailed them off to her special chosen ones!!! ;)

Art frenzy.....

Abigail continues to LOVE art.....and so I continue to let her continue! I provide paints, pencils, canvases, brushes and inspiration! We paint inside and outside - I suggest books, tv shows, places, classes, people, subjects......and even silence and nothingness! Then I let her get on with it! She is loving my watercolour pencils and my watercolour postcards - blank postcards that are watercolour paper. She can then send them to friends and family! She is also enjoying the good weather and being able to pack a blanket and go somewhere to paint outside! this was a favourite last year too! We are running out of canvases fast so we need to go and stock up - thank goodness for dollarama and their multi packs of canvases :)

colouring swirly waxed stones!!!!

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An idea for the school holidays!!!! Yep I'm stocking up with ideas for the holidays now...although I COULD do it now I think I will save some of these ideas for when ALL the children are home.....