MOM!  SUMMERS HERE AND WE ARE BORED!!!

Hello everyone!  HOw is school going this year?  I hope you are all being good and doing your homework and making straight A's and B's!  Let me know what grade you are in and how you like your new school year.  When report cards come out I would like you to post your grades.  If you show me a report card with all A's on it...there could be a surprise in it for you!!!!!

http://www.brookviewcottage.com/miles/cards/noah/noah.html

Now here is a fun game to play after you do your homework.

Have fun and remember that I am your biggest fan!

Miss Barbara

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 Miss T and her mom Sharon have spent the day making some of the pretty flowers!  Way to go girls!  You did an excellent job!  Miss T and her Mom do alot of fun things together.  Thank you for sharing your beautiful flowers with us!

Ok now, lets see some more!  If you have a good idea for something fun to do please send it to me at MastersBLynn@aol.com and I will feature you in an entry too!  Pictures would be great as we could see your work.

Hope everyone is having a good summer.

Here are some questions you can answer for me.

1.  What are you going to do for the 4th of July?

I will probably be working this holiday.  I work in a grocery store at the cashier stand so when you see some one checking out your groceries remember to smile at them for me...it will be like you are smiling at me!

 2.  What is your favorite thing to eat in the summer?

Peaches and Strawberrys!

3.  Where is the one place you want to visit this summer?

I would love to go to the zoo or Fiesta Texas!

4.  Tell me about yourself...

are you a boy or girl? girl

how old are you? I am six...ok not really

what is your favorite color? the color of blue topaz.

What grade are you in? I am a grownup and I don't get to go to school anymore...see you are lucky!

What is your favorite thing to say?

I love you

Ok until next time....

Have a great Summer!

Love, Miss Barbara  

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Sing....sing a song

 The Ants Go Marching Song

The ants go marching one by one,

Hurrah hurrah

The ants go marching one by one

Hurrah, Hurrah

The ants go marching one by one

The little one stops to suck his thumb

And they all go marching down

Into the ground to get out of the rain

Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom

Two.....tie his shoe

Three...climb a tree

Four....shut the door

Five...take a dive

Six...pick up sticks

Seven...pray to Heaven

Eight... shut the gate

Nine...check the time

Ten...say "The End"

Things to Talk About

1. Where do ants go when it rains?

2.  Describe the ants you've seen.  Have you ever seen ants walk in a straight line?  What happens when you disturb an ant hill?

Can ants really do any of the silly things in the song?

For Art

Thumb print Ants

Materials:

Ink pad, markers, paper

1.  Show the children how to make an ant by making three connected thumb prints and then use a marker to add details-six legs, antennnas, etc.

For Cooking

Ants On A Log

Materials:

Celery, peanut butter, and raisens

1.  The children spread peanut butter on celery to create a log.

2.  Place raisins on the peanut butter to look like ants

3.  Yum!

For Outdoors

Natures Clean UP Crew

Materials

chicken bones

1.  Place chicken bones with a little bit of meat remaining on the bone on the ground outside and watch.

2.  Ants will come and in a very short time will strip the bone clean.

Caution tell children that ants will sting them and to only watch and not to try to pick them up as they do not like to be held.

Send pictures!!!  Be the first to have a picture posted in this journal of the fun.  I will make you a star.  You can send pictures of any of the activitys here.  My email address is MastersBLynn@aol.com.

This is your journal to have fun with this summer!

Love ya!  Miss Barbara

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Song and A Game

Farmer in the Dell...remember that song?

The farmer in the Dell

The farmer in the Dell

Hi, Ho, the derry-o

The farmer in the Dell

The farmer takes a wife...

The wife takes a child...

The child takes the nurse...

The nurse takes a dog...

The dog takes a cat..

The cat takes the rat

The rat takes the cheese

The cheese stands alone.

If you have a big group of children you get in a circle and one of them is the farmer in the middle.  After each verse they pick someone to stand in the middle with them.  The farmer takes a wife etc.

Things To Talk About:

1.  What is a dell?

2.  Why did each person or animal choose to take the person or animal that they chose?

For Art

Draw a farm and animal scene with your child. Have them make their own. 

For Cooking

Making Butter

Materials

Whipping cream, baby food or small jars, salt, teaspoon, crackers

Okay lets make some butter

1.  Provide each child with a baby food jar.

2.  Pour two tablespoons of room temperature whipping cream in each jar.

3.  Instruct the children to shake the jar until a small ball of butter is formed.

4.  Taste the butter, salted and unsalted.

5.  Discuss where milk, butter and cheese come from.

6.  Spread butter on crackers and enjoy!

Corn Transfer

Materials, tweezers, corn kernels, two bowls

1.  Provide the children with the tweezers, corn kernals and bowls.

2.  Ask the children to transfer the corn from one bowl to another.

Okay so off the couch and away from the telly it is time to pretend that you are at the Delly!!!

Have fun!  Miss Barbara

And if any of you are doing any of these games and fun please let me know!  Send me some pictures of you fishing from yesterday or at the dell today!  I would be delighted!!!!!

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Fishing

Materials:  Fish cut from construction paper, round cardboard tube from a hanger, string, magnet, paper clips.

Procedure

1.  Make a fishing pole using a cardboard tube from a hanger.

2.  Tie a magnet to the string and attach the string to the pole.

3.  Place a paper clip on the nose of each fish.

4.  Encourage children to catch fish by touching the fish's nose with the magnet.

If you are feeling real creative you could get a poster board to put the fish on like a pond.  Make frogs and other things to catch like a tire tube and turtles and snakes.  You  could also let the children take turns and give each animal a point value.  Fish=5 points, tire tube=3 points for cleaning up the lake etc.  Don't make any where they lose points as this could cause tension LOL

For Cooking

Banana Boats

Materials: Bananas, cottage cheese, spoons, cherries, bowls and spoons

1.  Peel bananas and split in half

2.  Let the children spoon cottage cheese on top of the banana half and place a cherry on top.

3.  Eat and enjoy

Sing 

Row, row, row your boat

Gently down the stream

Merrily, Merrily merrily merrily

Life is But a Dream.

Older children can be taught to sing it in a round.

Float a boat in the tub or pool.

I hope you catch alot of fish!!!

Love Miss Barbara

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High-Low, Roof -Toe

Ask children to stand.  Explain that when they hear you sing or play a high note, they are to reach up to the roof; when you sing or play a low note, they are to touch their toes.  Children can take turns being the leader too!

Who Am I?

Ask children to watch closely as you pantomime playing an instrument-any instrument.  When they think they can identify the specific instrument or family of instruments, they must raise their hand.  Rememver that several instruments appear to look alike-the violin and viola for instance.  IN that case accept either answer.  Older children may write answers, or the exercise may be used as a team game.

Sing a Song!!!

Where is Thumbkin...Remember that song?

Where is Thumbkin

Where is Thumbkin

Here I am, Here I am

How are you this morning?

Very well I thank you

Run Away, Run away

Where is pointer, tall man, ringer, pinkie and the whole family.

Start with your hands behind your back and bring out each hand with the finger up.

Things to talk about:

1.  Talk about how we use our fingers, for example, for eating, for coloring

2.  Discuss how we use our hands and fingers to communicate, for example okay, pointing, thumbs up, saying Hi etc.

For Art: Fingerpainting

Materials

Drawing paper, fingerpaints

Procedure:

1.  Allow children to play with fingerpaints on a table top.

2.  Before cleaning up, help the children make fingerprint designs on drawing paper .

Developmental Bonus:  Creative expression

For Cooking: Thumb print Cookies

Materials

Frozen sugar cookie dough, sugar, red food coloring cookie tray and oven.

1.  Color sugar with red food coloring

2.  Give each child a small amount of dough to roll, flatten and place on the cookie sheet.

3.  Tell each child to stick their thumbs in the colored sugar and press a thumb print in the middle of their cookie

4.  Bake and serve

Developmental Bonus: Fine Motor development

For Outdoors: Hide and Seek

1.  have children hide and go find them

2.  Reverse roles.  You hide and let them find you!

Be a child with your children, they will remember it forever!

Love ya, Miss Barbara

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