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Whilst we may be a little late for Easter, next week's topic is "bunny week" as my daughter now constantly refers. We are basing our activities on or around The Golden Egg Book originally published in 1947, written by Margaret Wise Brown.

The story tells of a little bunny who stumbles upon an egg. The bunny becomes curious as he can hear something moving inside the egg. His imagination runs wild and the impatient bunny tries to shake, push, and even jump on the egg in his attempts to break it. But all his efforts go in vain as the stubborn egg refuses to budge. The mystery unravels when the egg begins to hatch and much to the bunny's surprise, a little duck comes out. The bunny and the duck then become friends.

Our main project for the week involves making a woollen egg using just three ingredients - wool, glue and a balloon. The idea was lovingly borrowed from Storytime and More who in turn was inspired by More Mom Time.

We are going to make a bunny mask and practice our little r and big R writing.

These thumb bunny pictures are just adorable and with the help of some bunny worksheets, we are going to practice our math skills.

We have some lovely bunny and egg photos to colour as well as some pretty collages to create.

And really the week wouldn't be complete without the incorporation of real hard boiled eggs to decorate and colour - not to mention eat!

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Posted By: Michelle Sweeney - Category: Age 3-4, Age 4-6, Age 6-8, Books, Computer Based, Craft, Reading

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No Bake Peanut Butter Cookies

April 23rd 2009 01:59

Here in an easy recipe which children can help to make which requires no baking.

1 cup light corn syrup
1 cup sugar
1 and a half cups of peanut butter
4 cups of cornflakes

Mix syrup and sugar in a medium saucepan and bring mixture to full boil. Remove from heat and stir in remaining ingredients. Mix well.

Drop heaped teaspoons onto buttered baking sheet. Makes approximately 48 cookies.

Thanks to Cooks.com for the recipe.

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Behaviour Chart

April 21st 2009 13:06

We are using a behaviour chart this week as an inclusion in Barbie Week. It is more of a helpful chart than anything else as we had a discussion about Barbie and the good things that she does for other people and are trying to follow in her footsteps. Everytime my daughter does something helpful we put a star on the respective day - there is room for six so she has plenty of opportunities to help out if she wishes.

Not only does she acknowledge that she is doing something good to assist either mum or dad but she is also learning the days of the week as we go.

Free Behavior Charts has a great range of charts to utilise to suit your needs. From chore charts, colour charts, fitness charts and dot to dot charts, the site will certainly give you food for thought or inspiration if needed.

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Barbie Week

April 16th 2009 08:03

Next week my daughter has opted for Barbie Week which has really seen me scratch my brain for ideas and things to do.

We are basing Barbie Week on three golden books published in the mid to late 90's entitled Barbie In The Spotlight, Barbie Soccer Coach and Very Busy Barbie. The lessons these books teach are honesty, fairness and helpfulness so we shouldn't go too far wrong with these titles.

Lots of painting, colouring and well as our pièce de résistance - a fun happy heels picture frame.

Barbie.com has some great online activities including designing a Thumbelina movie poster with your daughter's picture on it.

We are also going to make some cute paper dolls and dress them up with some beautiful ribbon we found - courtesy of Parenting Times.

And after doing some indoor soccer puzzles we are going to get outside and practice our soccer skills which at this moment are very limited indeed.

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Speckled Bubble Bars

April 14th 2009 11:26

Taking advantage of my daughter's up and coming birthday party, we are going to attempt to make this simple recipe together courtesy of Minti.

Speckled Bubble Bars

Ingredients:

1 1/2 Cups of Marshmallows
60 g Butter
2 1/2 Cups of Rice Bubbles
1/2 Cups of Hundreds and thousands

Instructions:

1. Line a 18 x 28cm shallow pan with foil or baking paper and grease lightly. Place the marshmallows and butter in the pan. Stir over low heat until both has melted. Remove from heat.

2. Place the Rice Bubbles and Hundreds and Thousands in a large bowl. Pour in the marshmallow mixture and mix well..

3. Pour the mixture into the prepared tin to create a smooth surface. Allow to cool and set in fridge. When cool cut in squares.

Total cooking time 5 minutes. Makes 24 bars.

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Free Online Children's Books

April 13th 2009 02:26

As an expat abroad, I am always searching for new stories to share with my daughter.

The Children's Library is a non-profit organisation offering a wide variety of free paper books to be read online including stories such as Axle The Freeway Cat, Blinky Bill, Cinderella and Mother Goose

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Aquarium Craft Making

April 12th 2009 01:55

In addition to the crafts and activities mentioned in the previous post for Mermaid Week, we are also going to endeavour making our own aquarium.

The craft pictured is an example of what we are going to make courtesy of the clever people over at Easy Craft for Kids. If our version, even looks as half as good then we will be happy. And of course we can't forget our mermaid

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Little Mermaid Week

April 9th 2009 02:07

We are taking a theme from one of my daughter's books and are basing activities and stories throughout the week on the theme of her choice. Her choice this week - The Little Mermaid - apt for someone who currently wants to be a mermaid when she grows up!

Doing a quick search on the internet so far we have uncovered sheet music and lyrics for a number of the tracks including Part of Your World and Under The Sea
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Posted By: Michelle Sweeney - Category: Age 3-4, Age 4-6, Age 6-8, Books, Computer Based, Craft, DVDs

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Felt Boards

April 2nd 2009 03:20

Felt boards are back in vogue and are very simple and easy to use.

Whether you choose to purchase your own felt board and characters - they retail quite cheaply in many stores - or choose to make your own - they are only limited by you and your child's imagination

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Five In A Row

April 1st 2009 01:49

Five In A Row is a unique program which is ideal for home schooling or extra learning and combines children's literature with creative lesson plans involving social studies, language, art, applied maths and science.

The main program is designed for young children from 4-8 although the Before Five In A Row, Beyond Five In A Row and Above and Beyond Five In A Row caters from 2 up until the ages of 12 onwards

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Posted By: Michelle Sweeney - Category: Age 3-4, Age 4-6, Age 6-8, Age 9-11, Books, Reading

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