Little Pluto

I had planned to combine Pluto and Venus today but the Pluto activities were so fun that we pretty much did just those.

We played Space Lotto, which the kids seemed to really enjoy.  They took turns choosing a card, identifying it and practicing the /s/ sound if there was one.  We also worked on same/different and looking at details (Does this card have one star? How many stars are in this box? Are they the same?).  It felt like I was doing a language lesson as a speech-language pathologist again.

Another favorite activity was the sphere sequencing activity.  We have this fun nesting ball toy from my nephew that was just perfect.  I scattered them around the room and then we ordered them from biggest to smallest, talked about which one would be Pluto and then practicing spinning them and saying the /s/ sound.

For their craft, they did the astronaut frames.  For the most part they scribbled and drew circles but developmentally that's just fine.  They still enjoyed it.

At the end of class the kiddos were a little wound up so we turned on the Dance N Beats video and they danced to "Little Pluto" and "Spinning Earth".

Mother Goose Time is so awesome that they also provide materials for "bonus" days during the month.  This month they sent ideas for St. Patrick's Day and for the first day of spring (this Saturday).  I just love how I am provided will all this great little ways to interact with my littles because I confess that I've been guilty of just getting out the iPad when my brain was tired and I couldn't think of anything to keep her entertained.  This way I get to interact with her as much as I want but she's also able to do a lot of the things on her own after I get her started.  At the end of the day, I'm feeling pretty good about my mom time.