Solar System

In an effort to get a post up, this will be mostly pictorial.  You have seen some of this before but I have been a little better at rotating toys/ work and this Solar System theme has been up for a couple weeks.  I plan to change over to Halloween in the next day or two.

Ada's favorite by far has been the floor puzzle.  At first she needed help, then she just kept at it and now she can do it solo in only a couple of minutes.  I'm excited to rotate in a new puzzle and for Santa to bring her some more complicated puzzles in a couple months:)

Emma's favorite by far is the Solar System model.  It's just a plastic mobile I found at TJ Maxx and paired with a placemat that Gramma Deb got for Ada.  The mat is cool because it has little facts that I think will keep this type of thing interesting as Ada gets older and wants to learn more details.

There is also a matching work using some figures from a Space Tube.  The container is a heavy glass jar with a clasping lid.  Good fine motor work:)

Matching shadows in order.  There are numbers on the back to check our work.  Em is way into counting right now so this is fun to do with both girls. We had to weight down the strip with books because it wanted to roll up.  But you get the idea.

The art cabinet got a change up too....

I had a moon and starts stamp so I stamped it on a piece of paper and made 2 lines for writing the words.  Ada has been very excited to practice her letters lately so this was a big hit.  I laminated the example and left loads of blanks in the tray.  If you look at the bottom one you can see her pencil marks.  At her school they learn lowercase letters first so we try to be consistent at home.

Emma liked this work too!

Yes, she has a black eye in this picture.  This kid is a daredevil and this particular injury landed us in the ED one night- she's totally fine but I'm pretty sure Emma is training to be a gymnast at all times.  

Play doh.

Cutting work.  Mostly for Emma.  Once stars were cut Ada made a collage with the pieces (no pics.)

Stencils from the dollar store.  This was a 4 pack with some others like sea life which I plan to do a theme of around the time we go to Florida.

Ada inspired awesome.  She decided to make Mars.  Got the card and started drawing.  Not planned, spontaneous work is my favorite!

Books.  We happen to have a good collection (there are a couple more that didn't make the shot) of space related books, but for other themes I'll need to supplement from the library.

Emma is saying "Hi Mama" through the little windows of that book. It's a page about the phases of the Moon.

Reading with Poppa.  Good times!