The Unintended Lesson

I have been wanting to make this post for a while no; but the truth is, life has just plain old ordinary gotten the best of me.  In the middle of last week on a sunny morning I woke up feeling ready for my day.  I was super excited to take the littles to one of thier favorites, a gymnastics playdate.  The morning was moving smoothly and seemed as ordinary as could be.  I couldn't have been more wrong.  We were in an accident on our way to the gym.  Thankfully, no one was hurt.  The car didn't fair so well, but it could have been much worse.  As I pulled to the side of the road, I busied myself calling the troops (i.e. the police, insurance, family, and the friends we were supposed to meet at the gym).

One of my friends without taking a breath said, "Where are you? We'll be right there!"  And their she came, complete with her Mini-Van and toddlers.  I thought I was just fine, but as soon as she hopped out of her mom-mobile and hugged me ... I melted.  I have never needed a hug so badly in my life.  Being in an accident is stressful.  I knew this.  But I had never experienced an accident with the precious cargo that is our children in the back.  She immediately, started sharing her back seat toys with my littles, and got busy transfering thier car seats into her mini-van.  Then tossed her day out the window and spent the entire day playing at our house and helping me wrap up all the arrangements for getting my car repaired.

After a shockingly fun day and a late nap.  I decided we could surely get in our 30 minutes of table time before dinner time.  The littles had a blast we worked on our pattern block skills, threading, and letter shapes.  Then in keeping with the three part lesson. I asked the children what we learned today.  After a long pause my son looked up at me and said, "friends are GREAT!"  Indeed they are.

So there you have it the unintended lesson, that totally rocks!  No prep or planning required.  All you need is an  amazing friend!

Sending a super big hug of thanksgiving for our super friends!

May's Sprout Goals

Our May Sprout Goals surround the theme Zoo and Farm Animals.  We are so lucky to be surrounded by great local farms and we have a fantastic city zoo.  We are planning a tour of farms this month and at least one trip to our local zoo.

Letter Recognition
Our focus letters this month are: F-X-B-Z-O.  We will be working on fingerspelling our favorite practice sentence.  "There is a fox in a box at the zoo"
Math Discovery:
This month we are going to focus on sorting and counting activities.  In particular, focusing on the concept of two.  We are going to continue integrating pattern play. 

Science Exploration:
This month we are going to dive into sorting and classifying: Identifying types of animals, groups of animals, and more.

Practical Skill Building:
This months we will be braiding, lacing, and tying. 
The Arts:
This month we are going to emphasize Sculpture Art.  We will be working with air dry clay and recycled materials.  We will also be learning the musical note C.