tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28273197297415080632024-03-14T09:54:06.986-07:00School Time Adventures(V.Kerr) School Time Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13441638094188333405noreply@blogger.comBlogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827319729741508063.post-5528278850183226972011-09-15T22:47:00.000-07:002011-09-15T22:47:10.437-07:00dinosaur language<div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm not really sure what I think of this whole blog thing anymore. I haven't blogged since Valentine's day, so I apologize if and when I do post if it doesn't seem too correlated. </div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A few weeks ago we went on a Field trip to the Dinosaur park in Ogden and had a lovely time.</div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ever since our trip we have been reading books and talking about dinosaurs, naturally. Rue and River have been playing dino tag where they ROAR at each other as they run around. We were playing in the playland at Del Taco and 2 brothers about the same age as my adventurers came down the slide and were obliviously perplexed. </div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I asked if my 2 kids had hurt their feelings somehow. The little boy said, "That little girl was speaking spanish at me." The older boy replied, "Yeah and that boy went ROAR in my face." </div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I then yelled up the slide, "River and Rue can you come down here please?" They came down and I told them that these 2 boys were upset. River then explained, "We were just playing dinosaurs."</div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So, Rue's dinosaur language got interpreted as Spanish and River's dinosaur language was just a scary ROAR.</div>(V.Kerr) School Time Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13441638094188333405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827319729741508063.post-19307147451341652672011-02-14T08:58:00.000-08:002011-02-14T08:58:55.002-08:00Happy Valentine's Day<div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have always loved valentines day ever since I was a little girl. I loved choosing each individual card out for my classmates and delivering it to them. As a teenager we would pass out Valentine's to random people in the halls and ask for their name so we could properly address the little card attached to the lifesavers lollipop. Now as a Mom I enjoy cutting out hearts to make Valentine's with my kids and I love making my homemade Valentine card to exchange with my husband. It's a day of love for everyone right?</span></div>(V.Kerr) School Time Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13441638094188333405noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827319729741508063.post-56800816667326130992011-02-13T11:15:00.000-08:002011-02-13T14:54:27.136-08:00Heart donuts<div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week we talked about the Letter <span style="color: red;">D</span>: Valentine's <span style="color: red;">D</span>ay, Mail <span style="color: red;">D</span>elivery, and <span style="color: red;">D</span>onuts.</span></div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I thought about buying donuts and letting the adventurers set up a bakery store front but the quest of making donuts in preschool with the 8 children was beckoning me.</span></div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div>(V.Kerr) School Time Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13441638094188333405noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827319729741508063.post-14779830513329477672011-02-06T16:52:00.000-08:002011-02-06T16:52:00.236-08:00Igloo story telling and constructing<div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love story time with my adventurers and decided that instead of reading a Picture Book we would do something else...they would just listen as I held up 1 picture of an igloo and told the story.</span></div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The story I shared can be found <a href="http://www.grundschule-englisch.de/children/pdf/The_fire_owl.pdf">here</a>, it's called "The Fire Owl- an Inuit folk tale". It's about a little Inuit Family who had their fire stolen from their igloo and how a snowy owl brought it back.</span></div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">After I told the story there were supplies waiting for each adventurer to create an igloo.</span></div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div>(V.Kerr) School Time Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13441638094188333405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827319729741508063.post-27733747193503246852011-02-04T16:35:00.000-08:002011-02-04T16:41:10.721-08:00I for instant ice cream<div style="color: #073763; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">One reason I love to work with Preschoolers is that I get to choose activities that I never did as a child. Making ice cream in Ziploc bags is one of those! We have been talking about ice this week so it was a great science project, snack, and movement activity all in one!</span></div><div style="color: #073763; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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1/2 teaspoon vanilla<br />
1 tablespoon sugar<br />
4 cups crushed ice<br />
4 tablespoons salt (just regular 'ol salt)<br />
2 quart size Zip-loc freezer bags<br />
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</span></div><div style="color: #073763; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">It may seem odd to make and eat ice cream when it's only 20 degrees outside, </span></div><div style="color: #073763; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">but we all loved it!</span></div><div style="color: #073763; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div>(V.Kerr) School Time Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13441638094188333405noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827319729741508063.post-12671123302949020032011-02-02T08:14:00.000-08:002011-02-02T08:14:21.141-08:00Brown, Bear what do you see outside activity<div style="color: #073763; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We read "Brown Bear, brown bear what do you see?"</span></div><div style="color: #073763; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="color: #073763; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">When we went outside to play I thought we could play a little, eye-spy game using the same repitition of brown bear, brown bear. </span></div><div style="color: #073763; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #073763; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It goes like this,"Ava Bear, Ava Bear, What do you see?"</span></div><div style="color: #073763; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ava: "I see a big tree looking at me."</span></div><div style="color: #073763; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Class: We all look for the tree she is talking about, "Is it this one?" Yes!</span></div><div style="color: #073763; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #073763; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I repeated this until everyone had a turn and they all wanted 2 or 3 turns! It was a big hit! </span></div><div style="color: #073763; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As I was attempting to strap them into the bike trailer, both crying, both not wanting to leave, I just started to laugh. Laughing during this moment not only released tension, but it also allowed me sing out in my best Spanish accent, “Esta bien ninos”. During this moment I was able to step away from the emotional chaos and see this scene like the spectators who were giving me both pity looks and encouraging smiles. The 4-year-old was melting down because he found a $1 bill in my wallet and wanted to play the crane game because he saw the blinking $1 bill insert. The 19-month-old didn't want her jacket on and was trying with all her might to escape her jacket and the harness strap of the bike trailer becoming quite the contortionist. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">During this approximate 5-10 minutes meltdown scene (time sort of just warps) I was able to keep my cool and laugh instead of scold. Since I was looking onto this scene as a spectator instead of the Mom, I realized how frustrating it would be for each of them to not be able to have what they wanted in that moment. A 19-month-old could care less if her jacket is on as she rides home in the bike trailer. A four-year-old doesn’t understand that his Mom is on a budget and can’t afford a crane game for $1 dollar, or the heartache she is saving him from once the prize is not won.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I wish I could say that I am always able to laugh during simultaneous meltdowns and see my children as individuals trying to understand the rules of their world. But the truth is I may scold, or become impatient, or have a really bad “Mama Meltdown”. However, if I can remember to laugh and try to act silly before getting tangled into the emotional chaos of the moment, the meltdowns seem to resolve smoother and we may all even have a smile on our face when it's over.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">You have been drawn out of the hat! You are the lucky-ducky winner of the 100th post celebration!</span></div><div style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Let me know what address you would like me to send your package to?</span></div>(V.Kerr) School Time Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13441638094188333405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827319729741508063.post-42198913898428557912010-12-13T10:17:00.000-08:002010-12-13T10:17:57.871-08:00100th post Giveaway<div style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have been really excited about sharing one of my most favorite books, "Simplicity Parenting" as my 100th post Celebration. I can't believe that I have already hit the mark of 100 posts and it has almost been a full year since I have embraced blogging! This past year has been full of a lot of growing and learning about myself and my children. "Simplicity Parenting" has been such a great turning point for me to start creating a rhythm in our home and to start simplifying the environment around us. </span></div><div style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The adventurers had a really fun time with this activity! I was even lucky enough to get a video clip of them running around playing in the snow with their snowmen. </span></div><div style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">What you need:</span></div><div style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">* 6 silver pipe cleaners cut in half</span></div><div style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">*clear tri-beads</span></div><div style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">*clear snowflake beads</span></div><div style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">*fish line</span></div><div style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">To make the snowflake cut the 6 pipe cleaners in half. Wrap 1 pipe cleaner around the 11 pieces directly in the middle. Once it is tight pull away each pipe cleaner piece to go in the direction that looks best. (Sounds a little weird but makes sense once you make one.) </span></div><div style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Tiny Snowflake by Arther Ginolfi</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A cute book about a snowflake trying to find out what makes her special. She finds out that she is a sparkly snowflake that makes the snow glisten.</span><br />
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</span></div>(V.Kerr) School Time Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13441638094188333405noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827319729741508063.post-62298753163230985382010-12-05T14:53:00.000-08:002010-12-05T15:00:04.446-08:00Random acts of Christmas kindness<div style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I enjoy following Katherine Marie Photography's blog. She shared a really inspiring post of counting down the days to Christmas by doing random acts of kindness advent style. To see the full post <a href="http://katherinemariephotography.com/blog/archives/7437">read it here</a>.</span></div><div style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So instead of RACK (Random Acts of Christmas Kindness) as a count down to Christmas, I want to have about 4-6 presents with the service idea wrapped up inside. This way it will be completely random as to which service we will do that day as a family. (except shoveling snow)</span></div><div style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">These are some of Random Acts of Christmas Kindness that I am excited about:</span></div><div style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">*Tape candy canes and happy holiday notes to ATMS, vending machines, on cars, etc. </span></div><div style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">*Take a card and treat to hard working post office employees.</span></div><div style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">*Buy a hot cocoa for Salvation Army bell ringers. </span></div><div style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">*Ask a checkout clerk at grocery store what their favorite gum or candy bar is and purchase it for them.</span></div><div style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">*Hurry and shovel a neighbor's driveway of snow before they do it.</span></div><div style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">*Make a street pretty for Christmas (pick up roadside trash-Santa Style!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The next few weeks will be a little busy for us, but I feel that these little service ideas won't take too much time and we will all have fun doing it. Plus this way we can focus our attention on the real reason for the season.</span></div><div style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">I love this time of year when the white snow blankets the trees and houses and there is a peaceful stillness outside. It's great to cuddle up indoors under warm quilts, drink hot cocoa and listen to your favorite Holiday album. But this peaceful stillness and warm cozy moments turns into a frenzy once the advertisements begin to fill your mailbox and email inbox with the best Black Friday deals. One step into the store and you see the giant sign stating of how many shopping days are left until Christmas. All of this advertising makes you feel that you MUST buy, buy, buy and soon because time is running out! Every toy catalog features the newest, greatest toys of this past year and the special awards earned. You begin thinking that you MUST buy these items or else your child will be disappointed and wish they had different parents. Parents who purchased every single toy featured in the best toys of 2010 catalog.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">I will admit that I love good deals and it <i>is fun</i> to shop for new things your children will enjoy but the real question is, "Does my child need more stuff?"</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">In Simplicity Parenting, pg. 22, "Too much stuff leads to too little time and too little depth in the way kids see and explore their world."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">So what stuff do we want to give to our children during this Holiday Season? What is going to help them explore their world? What is going to enhance their imagination? This is a personal question that deems discussion with your partner/family. Some families are committed to only homemade gifts, some ban all toys that need batteries, or some say no to anything plastic. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">A <a href="http://rachelswandesign.blogspot.com/">good friend</a> told me that they just focus on 4 gifts for their children: something they want, something they need, something to wear and something to read. This framework of 4 gifts I think really helps to eliminate potential stuff that isn't needed. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Last week my husband and I were at Lowe's (our local hardware store) and I found a child-sized hammer and tool set. I was so excited! "This is the perfect gift for River, he can have his own tools and be a little wood worker just like his Papa," I thought. I quickly hid the tool set as I saw my husband, Eli, come around the corner with the kids. I took Eli aside and showed him the gift I was going to buy strategically so River wouldn't see. To my shock Eli said, "Why don't we just a wait until we know exactly what we are planning on buying." "But Eli CHRISTMAS is COMING! And what if this is not here next week!!" Then it hit me. I was totally engrossed in the "how many shopping days left until Christmas" coma. It took me a few minutes to wake up and realize that Eli and I haven't discussed together what 4 gifts we should purchase for River. Even if the tool set is one of the gifts we decide on I didn't HAVE TO BUY it right then.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">So my advice to escape the shopping frenzy is to sit down and make a list together of the items you both think would be best for your children. Once you both have discussed what gifts you will be giving than hopefully you will be buffered from any future I-must-buy-this-now-because- it's-a-good-deal purchases. This way you can avoid buying gifts that are really... just more stuff.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><br />
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</span></div>(V.Kerr) School Time Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13441638094188333405noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827319729741508063.post-44478010224115186172010-11-22T17:15:00.000-08:002010-11-22T17:22:43.593-08:00Free photo cards from shutterfly<div style="color: #073763; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Free, yes my friends I said <a href="http://blog.shutterfly.com/5358/holiday2010-blog-submission-form/">free photocards for bloggers</a> from Shutterfly. I think a lot of us probably think of shutterfly picturebooks but they also make fabulous <a href="http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/5x7-folded-greeting-cards%20%20">greeting cards</a> and I'm most excited about the photo <a href="http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery">christmas cards</a>. This whole special comes at a great time because this weekend my husband and I were trying to decide if we want to send a photo christmas card or a card with a 4x6 print. We probably spent over an hour looking at photocards on-line from costco, walgreens, and vista print wondering if we really want to use those templates for our annual Christmas card (mind you we have never sent out a photo christmas card)....so I'm excited to be able to get some nice looking ones for FREE!</span></div><div style="color: #073763; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div>(V.Kerr) School Time Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13441638094188333405noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827319729741508063.post-65183621079910282572010-11-16T22:31:00.000-08:002010-11-16T22:31:50.047-08:00Leaf sensory tub<div style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This was a last minute "let's throw everything into the tub" kind of activity. We had used the acorns, pumpkins, foam leaves, and plastic acorns in other tubs.</span></div><div style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">We read <i>Mouse's First Fall</i> by Lauren Thompson which was perfect because we also wanted to jump and hide in the leaves just like Mouse and Minka!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>(V.Kerr) School Time Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13441638094188333405noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2827319729741508063.post-51524808126108633762010-11-11T13:20:00.000-08:002010-11-11T13:22:12.593-08:00Happy Halloween<div style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">During school time we planned a trick-or-treat so we could all go together as a class!</span></div><div style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We gathered a lot of leaves from around the neighborhood and put them inside the phone book. </span></div><div style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I put about 5 heavy books on top to make sure the leaves would be nice and flat.</span></div><div style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The lovely L on the back side of the 1-4 number squares paper.</span></div><div style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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