Gardening - Calendula

My driveway gardening box

     Can you believe my calendula are still blooming? I'm getting new flowers and a very thing!! This weather is crazy but the flowers and amazing. I'm going to plant these again next year. 

Daily Goals - Wednesday, December 16th, 2015

Our Christmas tree is up

     Good morning, I hope you had awesome day yesterday. I had a lot of fun with the little ones. Then I came home and hubby fished the Christmas lights and up up the tree. We decorate together before bed. 

Today's Goals

1. Work - we are going to keep learning the letter Jj.
2. Cooking - try a new recipe. It is chicken parm in spaghetti squash. It sounds so good. 
3. Clean - I want to clean our room tonight it is a hot mess.
4. Workout - I want to do the T25 cardio.
5. Work on cleaning and organizing my gardening stuff. 

Yesterday's Goals

1. Work- Today I work with my 3 little men. We are learning about the letter Jj this week. - We had so much fun learning the letter Jj. They all we signing it after earning time!
2. Workout- Today I want to do my T25 workout and take a 10 minute walk. - I got about 25 minute walk in, but only 15 minutes of T25. 
3. Reading - I finished my book yesterday so today I need to find a new book to read. I'm going to look for a gardening book. - I found a new gardening book for the list of Reading - Free Gardening Kindle Books - 12/15/15. It is called Mini Farming. I'm really enjoying it. 
4. Christmas- We are planning on putting up and decorating the Christmas tree tonight. - We got this done before bed. It was fun family time!

      I got all my goals done yesterday!  How did you make out on your goals?  What are your goals for today? 

Kids kronor- letter Jj - toast with Jam

Final Project 

     I found this on Pinterest and thought it was the cutest project. Thank you for posting your idea Creativity takes flight, I loved it.  But like always we changed it up a little bit. 

Things you need

Here is what you need to make 3 of the project.... 

• 3 piece of white paper
• 3 piece of colored paper
• Scissors 
• Glue 
• Brown marker or crayon
• Paint and paint brushes 

Getting ready for project

What teacher needs to do to prep the project .....

• Cut the paper into quarters 
• Draw bread on the paper and cut it out 
• Cut big oval out of the color paper

Kids  doing their project 

What the kids will do to make the project......

• Color the bigger bread brown
• Glue it on the oval
• Glue the smaller bread on the brown bread
• Paint on the white part of the bread 

While you are doing the project sneak in some education.  

• What colors are we using? Math Readiness skill
•  What letter does bread, paper, jam start with? Reading Readiness skill
• How many piece of bread is there? Math Readiness skill
• Which piece of bread are bigger? Smaller? Math Readiness skill

    Isn't learning so much fun? The best part is the little ones are just having fun with the project and picking the important things too. 

More letter Jj 

Kids kronor- letter Jj - lesson plans

Kids kronor- letter Jj - making J Jellyfish

Reading - Free Gardening Kindle Books - 12/15/15

     Have you missed, my free gardening book post? I have. I am going to try to post some free gardening books at least 3 days a week.

Mini Farming: Organic Fruits And Vegetables Gardening At Your Backyard Made Easy (Mini Farming, organic gardening, vegetables fruit) Kindle Edition by Patrick Cummings (Author)

Grow Fruit Indoors: 20 Amazing Exotic Fruits That You Can Grow at Your Home (Grow Fruit, indoor plants, indoor garden,) Kindle Edition by Chong Dixon (Author)

Mini Farming: How to Create a Sustainable Organic Garden in Your Backyard You Can Be Proud Of (Square Foot Gardening, Small Space Gardening, Mini Farming For Beginners) Kindle Edition by Better Gardening Guides (Author)

     This books are free at the time of the post and are subject to change according to Amazon pricing. Please check my Pinterest board Free Gardening Books at Missy Life Of A Working Mom or at Pa Gardeners on Facebook.

Daily Goals - Tuesday, December 15th, 2015

     I can't believe it is going to be 58° today. This weather is crazy. It doesn't feel like Christmas time. It feels like spring! What are you up to today? Here are my goals for today....

Beautiful morning 

Daily Goals

1. Work- Today I work with my 3 little men. We are learning about the letter Jj this week. 
2. Workout- Today I want to do my T25 workout and take a 10 minute walk. 
3. Reading - I finished my book yesterday so today I need to find a new book to read. I'm going to look for a gardening book.
4. Christmas- We are planning on putting up and decorating the Christmas tree tonight. 

     I have a busy day planned full of fun activities for the kids and some awesome things for me. What are you doing today? 

Kids kronor- letter Jj - making J Jellyfish

Finished Project

 

   This is an easy and fun project. I say this post on Pinterest from Crystal & Co. I decide to put our own spin on it. This project wasn't only art project, it also worked on their reading readiness skills and their math readiness skill.

Things needed for the project

Here is what you need to do the project for 3 kids....

• 1.5 black paper
• 1 orange paper
• Scissors 
• Glue

Getting the project ready

Here what teacher does....

The big jellyfish 

• Cut out an J out of the black paper. I fold the paper half and cut 2 at a time. 
• Cut 3 half ovals out of the orange paper. You want to cut them the size of the top of the J
• Cut out 12 curve legs. I made them 1/2 the size of the J. 

The little jellyfish

• Cut 6 little oval out of orange paper, 2 ovals per kid
• Cut out 24 little legs, 8 per kid

Little men doing their projects

Here is what the kids will do to make the project.....

Big Jellyfish 

• Glue the 4 big legs on the top part of the J
• Glue the big oval on top of the J

Little Jellyfish

• Make 2 big glue circle
• Put 4 little legs in each glue spot 
• Put a half circle over the legs. 

How to make this project educational, while having fun. Ask questions, that's it ask questions about what they are doing. 

• What color is the J? Math Readiness Skill
• What color is the jellyfish? Math Readiness Skill
• What letter did you make? Reading Readiness Skill
• What sound does J make? Reading Readiness Skill
• How many jellyfish did you make? Math Readiness Skill

     I love this way of teaching. The kids learn from their art project so much. They don't know I'm teaching they think we are having fun doing an art project. Plus they get their parents a cute project.

Kids kronor- letter Jj - lesson plans

     This week is letter Jj. It will be the last letter until the new year. I have some fun things that we are going to do with the letter Jj.

I love that my library carries these books 

     

      We are going to 1st introduce the letter Jj with My "j" sound Box, by Jane Belk Mancure. We also sing the letter j song from LeapFrog: Fridge Phonics Magnetic Letter Set. I think these are fun ways to introduce the letter Jj. 

     We will also learn new songs this week that start with the letter Jj. 

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      I also will be using a Utube video to help the kids learn about Jj form Sesame Street.

     I love Pinterest! I find so many fun ideas on there. You can check out my Letter Jj board at Missy Life Of Working Mom. I found a fun science project thanks to Teach Preschool. I found ideas for letter J art projects jellyfish, toast with jam, and jellyfish in a bottle. The kids are going to have so much fun.

     We will also count the date we are on in English and Spanish. We will sing our ABCs. We will have learning book time in the morning. During snack time we will have reading time. We also play a board game everyday too. 

     What are your little ones working on this week? Let me know I love new ideas!!