tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20116879063470780812024-03-13T12:45:24.955-07:00Sunshine and SillinessOur family thrives on sunshine and silliness. We say and do silly schtuff as we make our way through life, learning through having fun and being together. And drinking Diet Coke, lots of Diet Coke.
This blog is just my way to document and share ideas that have worked for me. It's nothing fancy.Tiana * Sunshine and Sillinesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14595194191533929275noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011687906347078081.post-43230928262828209492014-04-26T16:21:00.003-07:002014-04-26T17:04:02.503-07:00Frozen Birthday Party<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For Purple's 5th birthday party she chose a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00G5G7EXY/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00G5G7EXY&linkCode=as2&tag=sunshandsilli-20">Frozen</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=sunshandsilli-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00G5G7EXY" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
theme. Our home has been filled with the music from Frozen since our family watched the movie.</span><br />
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For invitations I kept it simple and used a <a href="http://eng.ohmyfiesta.com/2014/02/frozen-free-printable-cards-or-party.html">free online template</a> to create our own invitations.</span><br />
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For the party itself, we played the movie in the background, upping the volume when a song was playing, while keeping busy with a few activities.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As guests arrived we asked that they sign the birthday book, a tradition we have of buying a book for the birthday child that ties into their birthday, and that family and friends can sign. This year's book is <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0736431209/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0736431209&linkCode=as2&tag=sunshandsilli-20">A Tale of Two Sisters (Disney Frozen) (Step into Reading)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=sunshandsilli-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0736431209" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As guests (and sisters) arrived, each was invited to craft their own crown for coronation day. Upon completing their crown, the girls earned <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003XZOJO2/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003XZOJO2&linkCode=as2&tag=sunshandsilli-20">metallic beaded necklaces</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=sunshandsilli-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B003XZOJO2" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By the way, that is Epsom salt poured down the center of a blue plastic tablecloth. The glitter, jewels and glue sticks are scattered on top.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is an easy game to set up and keep going (the kids took care of it themselves). Stack the cups into a pyramid shape to create North Mountain, and then toss a snowball (i.e. styrofoam ball) to topple the mountain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Upon completing this task the girls earned a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0047QL2NM/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0047QL2NM&linkCode=as2&tag=sunshandsilli-20">sparkly beaded bracelet</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=sunshandsilli-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0047QL2NM" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> similar to these.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another easy set up that was fun during AND after. Hint: Use a pretzel rod to poke holes into the marshmallows where you want to insert a candy or chocolate chip, and as a sort of spinal cord to hold the big marshmallows together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After building their snowman, each girl got to enjoy the company of their snowman (eat it), and then were given a <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/207095282839421603/">glow ring</a>. Coincidentally this timed with the point in the movie where "Let It Go" sings in the move - it became "Let It Glow" in our case.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After cake and ice cream were finished, there were about twenty minutes of movie left. Even though that was not the first time watching the movie for any of the girls, they all watched the remainder of the movie intently, broken only by singing.</span><br />
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Tiana * Sunshine and Sillinesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14595194191533929275noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011687906347078081.post-61767432485781004512013-09-22T20:26:00.000-07:002013-09-22T20:44:03.889-07:00I Can Love Others<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">This week was our <a href="https://www.lds.org/callings/primary/sharing-time-2013">Primary Program</a>, culminating nine months of learning the theme and songs. I've taught through a couple of Primary Program experiences, so I knew what to expect - the class after the Primary Program tends to be louder and wilder than usual. After all, the kids were on their best behavior in front of the congregation for the previous hour. Hard work for little kids!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">A main focus of the lesson was "Jesus showed love to others by being kind". I found coloring page examples (these pins: <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/207095282838191642/">1</a>, <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/207095282838191653/">2</a>, <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/207095282838191668/">3</a>, <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/207095282838191675/">4</a>, <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/207095282838191678/">5</a>, <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/207095282838191681/">6</a>, <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/207095282838191689/">7</a>, <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/207095282838191695/">8</a>) of Jesus performing acts of kindness, and created a matching game from those images.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">At home before class I first used an X-acto knife to cut around the inside perimeter of the plate, leaving about 1 1/2 inches uncut. Then using scissors, I cut the heart shape from the center of the plate.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">In class we before handing out the heart hats, we talked about In class I handed out the heart hats and offered up markers for the children to use to decorate them. This took about 15 minutes for each child to complete their heart hats. The children were excited to show their heart hats to their families; hopefully they remember to show their love, too.</span>Tiana * Sunshine and Sillinesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14595194191533929275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011687906347078081.post-3786563636573634872013-09-01T16:08:00.001-07:002013-09-01T16:10:17.715-07:00I Am Thankful for Food and Clothing (from Plants and Animals)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;">For our <a href="http://sunshineandsilliness.blogspot.com/2012/11/active-faith-explained.html" target="_blank">Active Faith</a> to accompany our Primary lesson, </span><a href="http://www.lds.org/manual/primary-1/lesson-32?lang=eng" target="_blank"><span style="color: #888888;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">I</span></span> Am Thankful for Food and Clothing</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;">, as taught to 3-4 year olds, I searched for and thought about crafts involving seeds or plants or animals, as a large portion of the lesson makes the point that plants and animals provide the food and clothing that we enjoy. I realized that a person can find both plants and animals in a farm setting, so that is where I turned my focus. I came across a picture and post of clothespin-legged farm animals <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/207095282838064916/" target="_blank">here</a>, and that was the starting point. That post links to the <a href="http://www.firstpalette.com/tool_box/printables/Clothespinfarmanimals.html" target="_blank">template</a> to print the farm animals. Be advised: I created the full set of four farm animals for each of the six children in our Primary class; because the animals have a front and back side, that was 48 animals that I cut out. It took me about two hours. If I had it to do over again, I might have done something more like <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/207095282838064849/" target="_blank">this</a>, although there was no template that came with that idea.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;">Now the animals need a barn. I thought back to our<a href="http://sunshineandsilliness.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-church-of-jesus-christ-is-on-earth.html" target="_blank"> chapel made from a file folder</a>, and realized I can make a barn using the same idea. I found a simplified <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/207095282838072046/" target="_blank">barn with barn door</a> line drawing. I stapled that print out to the file folder, and then cut along two side of the barn door so it can open.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;">Granted, the barn and animals are not to scale, and the animals are a bit </span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">anthropomorphic, but the children really enjoyed coloring and assembling the animals.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Oh, and our snack included cheese (from an animal), apple (from a plant, with seeds) and Goldfish Grahams (because they're yummy - I mean, because they are in the shape of a fish).</span></span></span><br />
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Tiana * Sunshine and Sillinesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14595194191533929275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011687906347078081.post-66614374485347154082013-08-24T19:44:00.000-07:002013-09-07T19:36:20.292-07:00Super Mario Bros. Birthday PartyToday we celebrated Yellow's 8th birthday. Yellow chose a Super Mario Bros. theme. We did an online search to find a <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/207095282837952921/" target="_blank">picture</a> to use as the background for her invitation, and then we found a <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/207095282838029338/" target="_blank">free font</a> in the Super Mario Bros. style to add the party details.<br />
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I pinned several ideas <a href="http://pinterest.com/TianaJLof/mario-bros-party/" target="_blank">here</a>, but for the most part, Yellow and I came up with our own activities for the party.<br />
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Our guests were greeted by a "Welcome" sign on the door, which Yellow made after being inspired by the sticker that she received her with party shirt featuring her beloved Yoshi character.<br />
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I often will buy a special birthday party shirt for the birthday child, and this one fits Yellow's bright personality.<br />
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The first thing our guest did on arriving was to place their presents on the present table.<br />
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We were pretty low-key with the decorations. There are some great handmade backdrop ideas out there (and <a href="http://pinterest.com/TianaJLof/mario-bros-party/" target="_blank">here</a> where I pinned a few), but due to a time/energy crunch, I opted for store-bought in the form of these <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003XWBDW6/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003XWBDW6&linkCode=as2&tag=sunshandsilli-20">wall decals</a> Note: The light, or lack thereof, washes out the colors in this photo, but I assure you the colors are bold and bright.<br />
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The best part was handing these over to Yellow and watching her arrange and rearrange, and rearrange, and rearrange the characters on the wall.<br />
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We next asked our guests to sign Yellow's birthday book, a tradition we started a couple years ago.<br />
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to decorate this space, too. For the book-signing sign, we again used the <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/207095282838029338/" target="_blank">free font</a> in the Super Mario Bros. style. And again for the party plan (I print and post this more for my benefit than for our guests).<br />
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First on the agenda is pizza. The table was set with a blue dollar store tablecloth (best party accessory!), red plastic plates I bought on clearance from Target long ago, white napkins and clear cutlery. For decoration I spread out <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0013OWG9A/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0013OWG9A&linkCode=as2&tag=sunshandsilli-20">gold coins</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=sunshandsilli-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0013OWG9A" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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We started our party at noon, and fed our guests as they arrived. Once the guests had their fill, they could take a turn playing a Mario Bros. game on the Wii. Yellow chose to play <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004XV9EWW/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004XV9EWW&linkCode=as2&tag=sunshandsilli-20">Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=sunshandsilli-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B004XV9EWW" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, which was nice because we could have four players at a time, and it was a game that most of the kids hadn't played much, so the playing field was fairly level.<br />
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The pizza/Wii tournament set up worked well, as some guests eat quicker and/or more than others, and we also had some latecomers who "caught up" to the party quickly.<br />
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While the kids were busy with Wii, I snuck out to our front yard and hid the Yoshi eggs. I had boiled the eggs the night before, and then used permanent marker to color the green spots.<br />
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I used my best Easter egg-hiding skills to stash each egg. And in true Easter egg tradition, there is still one egg out there, waiting to be found. Our winner, who found four eggs out of thirteen, took home a box of Mario fruit snacks (we also included fruit snacks in everyone's goody bag).<br />
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After the egg hunt we returned inside for the Reverse Coin Box. Usually Mario will punch a coin box to pop out and claim a coin. However, for our game, we tossed <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0013OWG9A/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0013OWG9A&linkCode=as2&tag=sunshandsilli-20">gold coins</a> into a box (diaper box) wrapped in red wrapping paper, with a brick pattern drawn on it. BTW, you can see the <a href="http://www.target.com/p/spritz-birthday-party-banner/-/A-13784308#prodSlot=medium_1_3&term=birthday+banner" target="_blank">birthday banner</a> that I happened to spot in Target the night before the party - I had looked online previously but never found anything I liked. This one looks made for Mario.<br />
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The prize (a box of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007UHODA4/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B007UHODA4&linkCode=as2&tag=sunshandsilli-20">Mario Fruit Snacks</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=sunshandsilli-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B007UHODA4" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> again) was awarded to the kid who tossed the most coins out of ten into the box. The birthday girl didn't win, so consoled herself by opening her presents.<br />
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Tiana * Sunshine and Sillinesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14595194191533929275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011687906347078081.post-16185164878497327772013-08-24T15:56:00.000-07:002013-08-24T15:56:32.757-07:00We Can Pray As a Family<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For our Active Faith to accompany this LDS Primary lesson, <a href="http://www.lds.org/manual/primary-1/lesson-27?lang=eng" target="_blank">We Can Pray As a Family</a>, as taught to 3 year olds, were inspired by, of all things, a monkey praying. Okay, it was a craft that I found in an online search <a href="http://www.daniellesplace.com/html/monkey-crafts-learning-activities.html" target="_blank">here</a>. I exchanged the monkey for a couple different styles of male and female heads, to represent a mother, father, sister, brother. Before class I assembled the arms onto the sticks, and cut out the faces. During class I asked the children to color their "family" of faces, and then taped the finished faces to the sticks.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We just finished celebrating Pink's 6th birthday, ala Lalaloopsy style.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For our door sign, party plan, games list, and other signs, I downloaded a new font, <a href="http://www.dafont.com/search.php?q=stitch&page=2" target="_blank">KB A Stitch in Time</a>, that seemed fitting for our theme. Then I located a <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/207095282837806781/" target="_blank">button picture</a> online, and replaced all the letters "o" with the button.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found a list of Lalaloopsy games and activities <a href="http://www.zujava.com/lalaloopsy-party-games-and-activities" target="_blank">here</a>, and we picked four.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Then each guest was let loose on the letter craft.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;">The letter craft consisted of scrapbook paper, cut into strips, glued to a wooden letter (each child's first initial), and decorated with buttons. It was inspired by <a href="http://www.cluckclucksew.com/2011/03/scrap-craft.html" target="_blank">this idea</a> I found via Pinterest.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;">It was relatively easy to prep for, the kids got the concept and were creative, and then clean up was quick. Especially since we worked atop a <a href="http://sunshineandsilliness.blogspot.com/search/label/Dollar%20Store%20Finds" target="_blank">dollar store</a> tablecloth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next we awarded a prize (<a href="http://sunshineandsilliness.blogspot.com/search/label/Target" target="_blank">Target</a> had conveniently stocked their Dollar Spot with several Lalaloopsy items the week previous) for the closest guess for the Button Jar, and then we used those Button Jar buttons for the Button Hunt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We asked the girls to wait in the hallway, while Dad and I hid buttons around the living room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We armed each girl with a small container in which to collect as many buttons as they could find. And then they were off!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After all the buttons were claimed, the girl with the most was proclaimed the winner and awarded a prize.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The girls held onto their containers of buttons to play our next game, Button Bingo. I bought <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lalaloopsy-bingo-party-game-/110868764880?pt=Games_US" target="_blank">this set</a> the night before, though if I would have had more lead time, I could have made my own. The Bingo-getter received a prize.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The last game was Button Toss. Yellow decorated a box with a Lalaloopsy-like head, and we tossed three large buttons at it. The final prize was awarded to the top tosser.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next was presents, followed by cake and ice cream. The cake was done by a local supermarket bakery, in what I believe is a pattern available in many bakeries.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was a pretty easy party to host, and the birthday girl had a good day!</span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">"The Holy Ghost Helps Me" images printed on cardstock (click <a href="https://drive.google.com/?pli=1&authuser=0#my-drive" target="_blank">here</a> to download)</span></span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;">For our <a href="http://sunshineandsilliness.blogspot.com/2012/11/active-faith-explained.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">Active Faith</a> to accompany this <a href="http://www.lds.org/" style="color: #32aaff; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">LDS</a> <a href="http://www.lds.org/callings/primary/getting-started?lang=eng" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">Primary</a> lesson, <a href="http://www.lds.org/manual/primary-1/lesson-7?lang=eng" target="_blank">The Holy Ghost Helps Me</a>, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"> as taught to 3 year olds, I searched online for inspiration. I found several references to using a blanket as a visual aid for how the Holy Ghost is our Comforter, giving us a warm and safe feeling. Since "The Holy Ghost Gives Us Comfort and Help" is one of the main points of this lesson, I wanted to focus on that idea for our </span><a href="http://sunshineandsilliness.blogspot.com/2012/11/active-faith-explained.html" style="color: #888888; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">Active Faith</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I covered the three main points of this lesson, I used this "The Holy Ghost Helps Me" visual aid. For the "Be comforted" piece I specifically chose a picture of a quilt square comforter. </span><br />
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For our activity I handed each child a cardstock sheet that had "The Holy Ghost Helps Me" visual aid on one side, and a grid on the other. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had previously cut 2.25" square pieces of construction paper in multiple colors, as well as several squares each containing the First Vision and CTR shield images. These squares were our quilt squares, which the children chose and attached to their comforter using glue sticks. </span><br />
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Once the quilt squares were filled, I ran each sheet through my <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003GQ2RJM/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003GQ2RJM&linkCode=as2&tag=sunshandsilli-20">laminator</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=sunshandsilli-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B003GQ2RJM" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
. This is a bit of an extra step, as the finished product would be very similar if this step were skipped. I chose to laminate these so that our comforters would endure multiple uses, perhaps as part of a quiet time kit. I already had the laminating supplies so it was at no extra cost, either.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once laminated I punched holes around the outside, using the quilt squares as markers. I had previously cut yarn to the length needed to lace it around the outside of the quilt. I tied one end in a knot to the comforter, and attached a lacing needle to the free end. The "needle" is a short length of chenille stem, to which the yarn is knotted, and then the stem is bent in half and twisted. The needle makes it easier for 3YO hands to lace the yarn without the end of the yarn coming undone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Behold 3YO Purple's finished product.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 17.99715805053711px;">We found that it worked best if Purple pressed the cookie cutter to cut the shape, and then I held the cutter in place while Purple pulled off the extra dough from outside the cutter. We even re-rolled and cut some of the dough, and then rolled other bits of the dough into balls.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 17.99715805053711px;">3YO Purple has limited scissor skills, so this was an activity to give her more experience, as well as to explore symmetry. I folded a quarter page of the construction paper in half, traced half of a V, and then a heart, and then the letter E (the first letter of Purple's actual name). I handed the paper to Purple to cut along the lines.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 17.99715805053711px;">The middle line of the E was dissected, but otherwise Purple persisted in cutting out the shapes. She was excited to then open up the folded shapes to discover their true identity. When she unfolded the E she traced the shape with her finger, and then proudly announced that it was a W. And she was right! It is a W when turned on its side. And upside down it is an M.</span></span></div>
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<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.99715805053711px;">foam hearts (I purchased these at Target's Dollar Spot and Dollar Tree)</span></span></li>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To create our Valentine Hearts bath, I filled the tub with bubbles and added cherry Jell-O for the rich red color and the cherry scent. Plus the Jell-O was in our pantry where it has been languishing for several months, with no plans in sight to be eaten.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The girls gladly tried their hand at decorating the hearts.</span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.999998092651367px;">foam gingerbread shapes from either the dollar store or Target's Dollar Spot</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.984848022460938px;">shaving cream</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.984848022460938px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000IE0V02/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000IE0V02&linkCode=as2&tag=sunshandsilli-20">decorating bottles</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=sunshandsilli-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000IE0V02" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.984848022460938px;">various foam shapes for decorations; we used our triangles from our <a href="http://sunshineandsilliness.blogspot.com/2012/11/j-is-for-jack-o-lantern.html" target="_blank">J Is for Jack-o-lantern</a> theme, and circles and stars from our O Is for Ornament theme</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.984848022460938px;">pot of hot water containing about a teaspoon each of cinnamon, nutmeg and ground cloves, set inside the room to add fragrance (Note: cinnamon can cause skin sensitivity, so I did not add it directly to the bath water)</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.954545974731445px;">gingerbread man cookie cutter</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.954545974731445px;">white chenille stems</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm pretty sure this looks more complicated and time-consuming to create than it actually was. Create a legend for the dot marker colors; I used green for "G", brown for "g", red for "6", and purple for the circles. This took only a couple minutes. I then let 3YO Purple loose with the dot markers while I went for a run; Dad was in charge, and Purple worked with minimal supervision.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This gingerbread house is perfect: zero calories, sugar-free, but full of sweetness. The previous night I asked the girls to color a paper plate to look like a piece of candy. I didn't explain why, other than it would be used in a surprise the next day. I then wrapped the plates in cellophane to resemble pieces of hard candy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The next day 3YO Purple helped me string the lights, layer the snow, and mount the candies to the playhouse. She was very excited to share this surprise with her sisters.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">print out of <a href="http://www.teq.com/blog/2011/12/the-gingerbread-man/#.UNAT_288B8E" target="_blank">gingerbread boy</a>, <a href="http://www.prekinders.com/2011/11/gingerbread-play-dough-mats/" target="_blank">gingerbread house</a> and letter G</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">white frosting (although I was required to make a bottle of purple frosting for a certain 3YO)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Have you noticed that in our unit on gingerbread we didn't actually use a single real gingerbread item? That's because it would go to waste with my girls. So I thought of other ways to enjoy the gingerbread activities without having to throw out any gingerbread.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I think this one was my favorite. Gingerbread boy and house decorating, with all the frosting and candy, but no crumbs or falling walls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But first, we did our letter G practice, complete with writing a G with frosting. Purple was careful and patient.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yellow creating her gingerbread person</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5YO Pink hard at work on her house, after completing her boy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Purple called this her "brain house" since she squeezed the frosting into what looks like brain mass </td></tr>
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Tiana * Sunshine and Sillinesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14595194191533929275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011687906347078081.post-27813713203580746802012-11-26T09:52:00.001-08:002012-11-26T09:56:19.959-08:00I Want These: Signs of the Season7YO Yellow has been busy again. One of her "things" is to make and post signs to the front door or walls. These were found on our living room wall. Apparently she was clarifying, for herself and so helpfully for her sisters, just what they want for their WANT this Christmas (see <a href="http://sunshineandsilliness.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-four-gift-rule-of-christmas.html" target="_blank">The Four Gift Rule of Christmas</a>). An addendum to their <a href="http://sunshineandsilliness.blogspot.com/2012/08/amazon-wish-list-as-gimme-anecdote.html" target="_blank">wish lists</a>, I suppose.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">3YO Purple wants the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/SpongeBob-SquarePants-Its-Christmas/dp/B009ZM4OFG/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1353952110&sr=1-1&keywords=spongebob+christmas" target="_blank">SpongeBob Christmas</a> movie</span></td></tr>
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Somehow I doubt the authenticity of Blue's "want." I'm not buying it, so I doubt Santa will, either.
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Church Is As It Was Matching Game</span></b><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sandwich bag (to store each child's cards)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This idea is directly from the lesson. My spin on it was to create a set of these for each child to take home. I printed mine at home using our laser printer and card stock I didn't think of it at the time, but another option would be to have these printed at, say, Walmart Photo. The result would be sturdier and quicker, and the price would likely be similar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I bagged each set of prints and included the following instructions:</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</span></b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> is the same
church that Jesus organized when he was on the earth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Game</span></b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">:
Match the pictures of </span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">the church as it was when Jesus was
on the earth, to the church as it is in the latter days. </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At the beginning of the lesson, one by one I set out the prints of parts of the church as it was established during Jesus' mortal life in the Holy Land: organize, baptism, priesthood, sacrament. Then one by one I set out the prints of the latter-day equivalents of those parts. We then played the matching game, matching the "is" to the "was" pictures, twice during class.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At the end of class I handed out the sets of matching cards for each child to take home. I explained that they would need to show their family the matches and then they could play the matching game at home, too. The children liked this idea.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I Belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Model Church</span></b></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.18181800842285px;">Prints of LDS church building sign</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.18181800842285px;">Card stock</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.18181800842285px;">Medium binder clips</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.18181800842285px;">To emphasize that we are members of Christ's church, each child was given a model church and a set of card stock strips and binder clips for them to turn into figurines of their family. I found the file folder church and instructions <a href="http://www.artistshelpingchildren.org/biblestorycraftsideaskids.html" target="_blank">here</a>. I changed the door opening to make it easier for a 4YO to play with, and then glued to the file folder church, images of Jesus (positioned behind the door) and the traditional LDS church building plaque (I found this one in an online search).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.18181800842285px;">Earlier this year I had snapped a photo of our class sitting in their chairs during a lesson. I printed that picture on card stock, and then cut out each child's image and set it in a binder clip to fashion a figurine. See the inspiration for this idea <a href="http://abcsofcrazy.blogspot.com/2011/09/people-for-block-centerdollhouses.html" target="_blank">here</a>. When I handed out the file folder churches, I had attached each child's figurine to their own model church. The kids seemed to like this.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.18181800842285px;">Our lesson material ran out with 25 minutes left in our class time. I was nervous. But the model church kept all of the children occupied for the reminder of the time, either in coloring (with washable markers) or playing with their completed models.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This year I've had the opportunity and blessing of being an <a href="http://www.lds.org/" target="_blank">LDS</a> <a href="http://www.lds.org/callings/primary/getting-started?lang=eng" target="_blank">Primary</a> teacher to a group of 4 - 5 year olds. I enjoy it, even when they run around the classroom seemingly oblivious to my presence and the time I've spent putting together a lesson. To cut down on the time that these children want to spend running around the classroom, I try to incorporate a craft or game of some sort into each lesson - a bit of ACTIVE FAITH.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In addition to ideas provided in the <a href="http://www.lds.org/manual/primary?lang=eng" target="_blank">Primary manual</a>, I've searched the internet for inspiration. I am grateful that others have posted their activities, and I decided I would pass it on. I think many of the things that I've done can be used in several different settings - church classroom, <a href="http://www.lds.org/topics/family-home-evening?lang=eng" target="_blank">Family Home Evening</a>, preschool - and by people of different faiths. Hopefully others will find this to be true, too.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 17.984848022460938px;">We started our Turkey unit by learning to shape the letter T using toothpicks and playdough. After just a few weeks of Mom School, Purple is becoming much quicker to try fashioning a letter, or a turkey, on her own. Previously she might have asked me to make the turkey while she watched, but this time she created a turkey all by herself without any prompting other than my announcing "Here's some playdough and toothpicks that we can use to make a turkey."</span></span></div>
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We usually have breakfast for dinner once a week, so it was easy to turn this into a Mom School moment. I try to involve the kids in the cooking when I can (and have enough patience left in my tank). Here Blue got to whisk - pure bliss!</div>
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Each child was given a few "feathers", a couple rounds, and two chocolate chips to fashion a turkey. And then gobbled it up.</div>
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M&Ms AND Mom School? In 3YO Purple's eyes, it doesn't get any better than this. After printing the turkey template, I wrote a number, letter or shape within each circle. I then created a legend for Purple to follow to figure out which color M&Ms go where. This was good practice for our "of the week" letter, number and shape, as well as for colors. I think I'll rework this for our upcoming E Is for Evergreen unit.</div>
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We finished it off by writing a few things that the girls are thankful for, on the turkey's feathers. This one is Purple's.</div>
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This treat was inspired by the treats created at <a href="http://dixiedelights.blogspot.com/2011/11/turkey-treats.html" target="_blank">Dixie Delights</a>. I adapted it to what we had on hand and that the girls could easily work with.</div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.999998092651367px;">Of course a few days into October I discovered that October 4-11 is World Space Week, so my timing was off in that respect. It worked out okay, though. We read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0064450651/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0064450651&linkCode=as2&tag=sunshandsilli-20">The Moon Seems to Change (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=sunshandsilli-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0064450651" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> several times, beginning at the end of September, and we talked about and watched for the different phases of the moon.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have you seen all those "pins" of cute jetpacks made by fabulous moms? This is not one of those jetpacks. This is more redneck style. No offense to rednecks. Really, it was quite awful, but I knew when I started it that I wanted to make something that resembled a jetpack, yet wouldn't take longer to make than for how long my girls might play with it. I'm not even going to bother detailing its construction. And my girls still played with it for less time than it took me to make it. The upside is that it provided a visual for our discussion about rockets and how those transport astronauts into space.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Phases of the Moon Cookies</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was an easy and fun treat to enjoy together. After I fashioned the phases of the moon using the white, creamy center, we paused long enough to review the full moon, crescent, half moon, and new moon. And then we promptly cleaned up. Yum!</span></div>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">black playdough</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">googly eyes</span></li>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">various playdough tools, similar to what is found in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000KDXNZG/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000KDXNZG&linkCode=as2&tag=sunshandsilli-20">Play-Doh Ez 2 Do Silly Friends Jumbo Set</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=sunshandsilli-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000KDXNZG" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.999998092651367px;">Our first Jack-o-lantern activity was to create playdough jack-o-lanterns. I salvaged some of our black playdough from our <a href="http://sunshineandsilliness.blogspot.com/2012/10/s-is-for-spider.html" target="_blank">S is for Spider</a> unit, offered up some untouched orange playdough, and set out several add-ins from our craft closet. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.984848022460938px;">Both 3YO Purple and 5YO Pink created these pumpkin heads. Instead of using the ready-made eyes, mouths and hats from the Play-Doh set, they preferred the other items to decorate their jack-o-lanterns. Though they did find the pom poms a bit unworkable - the pom poms refused to stick to the playdough.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.984848022460938px;">Although our shape of the week is the triangle, this was a good activity to help Purple practice rolling the playdough into balls, something she just recently got the hang of.</span></span><br />
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Yesterday we gathered with family to carve pumpkins, decorate sugar cookies, and eat lots of candy. As Grandma was gathering supplies for the cookie decorating, 5YO Pink announced, "I know grandma language." I had to ask her to repeat herself, twice, because I didn't understand what she was saying. So she offered to demonstrate.<br />
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In her most sickly sweet, slightly crackly, and higher-pitched than usual voice, she declared, "Oh my goodness!" I know, you probably had to be there, or I should have captured it on video.<br />
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First she teaches us to <a href="http://sunshineandsilliness.blogspot.com/2012/10/silly-schtuff-how-to-wave-goodbye-in.html" target="_blank">wave goodbye in Hawaiian</a>, and now grandma language. The girl is funny in multiple languages.<br />
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<a href="http://sunshineandsilliness.blogspot.com/2012/10/mom-school-restart-focus-and-themes.html">Mom School</a>, third week of October</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Monthly Focus: Features of Halloween </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Weekly Theme: Ghost</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Letter: G</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Number: 13</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Shape: Oval </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Color: Black and White</b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Letter Tracing with Ghost Poop</b><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">black construction paper</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Gee, is that ghost poop on my G? Hopefully no one gets hung up on the name of this - it's all in fun. Our first activity this week was to trace the letter G using ghost poop, which during the other eleven months of the year is referred to as marshmallows. To create the letter template, using a silver marker on black construction paper, I wrote a capital and lowercase G, as well as drew a ghost. 3YO Purple took to this activity just fine, and even volunteered to "clean up" after.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Ghost Writing</b></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">colored construction paper</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">glass pie pan</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">salt</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3YO Purple truly loves purple, so the more I can incorporate the color into our activities, the happier she is. Here the color isn't necessary, but adds to the fun. We placed colored construction paper beneath a glass pie pan, and then added enough salt to the pan to cover the bottom of it. A sprinkle of glitter was, again, just for fun. I then invited Purple to use her finger to draw the letter G. Pictured here is her first go - pretty good! I didn't think of it at the time, but I should have then offered her a pencil to write with as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Gallon Ghosts</b></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">empty and clean gallon jug</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">white kitchen trash bag</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I saw this idea on <a href="http://craftyjournal.com/milk-jug-ghost/">Crafty Journal</a> and copied it outright. I placed a <a href="http://sunshineandsilliness.blogspot.com/search/label/Dollar%20Store%20Finds">dollar store plastic tablecloth</a> on the kitchen table, and then set both my 3YO and my 1YO free with the permanent markers. <i>Scary!</i> Both girls enjoyed marking up the head of their ghost. Above is Blue's work, though I did fill in the black eyes and mouth for effect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Purple was quite pleased with her ghost, so much so that she would not let me hang it up, but preferred to hang out with it that day, as though it were a doll or stuffed animal. I guess it was a friendly ghost.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>GHOSTS IN THE HOUSE! Book and Activity</b></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1596437251/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1596437251&linkCode=as2&tag=sunshandsilli-20">Ghosts in the House!</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=sunshandsilli-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1596437251" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So we didn't end up doing this activity, although I had planned it and we had read this book several times previously. I first discovered this book on No Time for Flash Cards's list of <a href="http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2012/09/picture-books-about-strong-girls.html">21 Picture Books About Strong Girl</a>s. The book describes what happens when this girl moves into a house haunted by ghosts. Our follow up activity would have been a challenge to my girls to figure out one or more ways to use a sheet, besides making a bed (like that would happen). However, just before I was going to share this with the girls, Hubs decided to build a Cave of Darkness, using couches, cushions and blankets. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I figured the girls would likely have used the sheets in a similar fashion, so I saved this activity for another time, but that time never came. At least not yet.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">chocolate pudding (I used my fave recipe, <a href="http://www.food.com/recipe/thick-chocolate-pudding-76491">Thick Chocolate Pudding</a>)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Oreo cookies</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I had a lot of fun with this activity. I searched online for "ghost snack" ideas, and came across a picture on <a href="http://www.gograhamgo.com/ghostly-pudding-snack-idea-for-halloween/">Go Graham Go!</a> of a dollop of whipped cream, decorated with chocolate chip eyes, on top of a bowl of pudding. I wanted to make a treat for all my girls, so I needed to tweak it so there was something about it that each would eat (not everyone likes pudding, not everyone likes topping, etc.). To involve everyone in the process, since they wouldn't all be eating the entire finished product, I created a story.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">To grow a ghost, start with three ghost seeds.<br />(Add three chocolate chips to a small bowl)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Next add a dollop of mud.<br />(Drop a scoop of pudding on top of the chips)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Create a magical mix of black and white dirt.<br />(Place Oreos in a plastic bag and pulverize. A rolling pin works great.)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">(At this point it got a little intense for Purple and Pink. They asked if we were making a real ghost or just pretend.)<br />Count to 13. 1, 2, 3,...<br />(At 13 I grabbed the can of whipped topping I had hidden behind the counter, and sprayed a ghostly mound on top of the pudding creation, and then dropped on three chocolate chips to form the face)<br /><br />Ta-da!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To provide Purple with practice recognizing uppercase and lowercase G, I invented this game of sorting. I pulled apart a tissue into singly ply layers, twisted a layer to create a ghost-like head and body, and then fastened it with a paper clip. With a marker I drew on a ghost face, and then attached a G sticker. I created thirteen of these, so as to also practice our counting to 13.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I created a wand by sandwiching a craft stick between two strong round magnets, but really any magnet could be used. I handed the box full of ghosts and the wand to Purple, with the instructions to catch each ghost, and sort them into their group by whether their letter was uppercase or lowercase.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There was plenty of help on hand, but Purple completed the challenge on her own. The other girls took turns as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A few months ago I bought a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0016HN3GO/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0016HN3GO&linkCode=as2&tag=sunshandsilli-20">Bingo Game</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=sunshandsilli-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0016HN3GO" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I created customized Bingo cards to match our focus on the number 13 (and those 12 numbers before it, too). I re-titled the game as G-H-O-S-T, and used the following table to convert a few existing Bingo cards to match the numbers we would use in </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">G-H-O-S-T. I also referred to this table as I pulled and called the Bingo balls. Yes, it is a tad complicated, but mainly in creating the Bingo cards. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The top right cell shows that "B" is called out as "G",<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Playing the game was easy, and the game helped Purple practice her numbers, as well as worked her fine motor skills in placing those stickers within the boxes on the card. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And, as a bonus, Purple was the first among her sisters to reach </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">G-H-O-S-T.</span><br />
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It's not even Halloween and I'm already scared..of Christmas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Well, it's not that bad, actually. Especially since last year we instituted the Four Gift Rule of Christmas:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Or as I remember it,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">WANT it,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">NEED it,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">WEAR it,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">READ it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Last year was our first Christmas in which we were a single income family (I had become a SAHM, transitioning from full-time employment). I needed to be more practical in my gift-giving. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Following this Four Gifts rule made Christmas present selecting much easier, less time consuming and much less stressful. Since we have four girls all within a range of five years, it made sense to figure out a type of present for each category, and then give something similar to all. For example, everyone received a plaid skirt outfit last year for the WEAR category.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It was so sunny and nice we were outside blowing bubbles on Christmas Day</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The most surprising aspect was that our girls made no comment about there being less presents than previous years. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But, I have to say, Thanksgiving is still my favorite holiday. All the family togetherness and food, without the presents.</span><br />
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