Transportation Thematic Unit

With so much traveling lately, our learning activities have been sporadic, but we're currently enjoying transportation-themed activities and will be continuing to do so for a while longer. Here are a few things that we've done so far...

Trip has had lots of fun with cars in a tub of rice. He has come back to this simple activity almost every day.

We made some cars with milk jug lid wheels.

Trip LOVED his transportation bath!

He also liked painting with car tires,

 and had lots of fun washing the cars afterward.

Our stoplight beanbag toss has been fun and had a cute snack to go with it.

I'll be sharing about these and other activities for the next couple of weeks so be sure to check back often!

Farm Thematic Unit

We just finished this farm thematic unit and have had a blast with it! Check back for the next couple of weeks to find out more about each of these activities.

Trip enjoyed his water table being transformed into a farm.

We did several fun matching games,

worked with playdough mats,

and did some coloring.

We also made our farm books come alive by acting them out with Trip's farm animals.

Trip got some special meals too, which he always enjoys. He had a pig pancake,

a bunny sandwich,

a cow pancake,

and a lamb lunch.

Trip also got to help Daddy work on the chicken coop that he's building for us. He was a great "gofer" and liked hammering and pretending to use the drill.

For more farm ideas, you can check out my farm theme board on Pinterest.

Swimming Fun

The first two weeks of our summer were filled with lots of swimming fun. The first week, Trip and several of his friends took swimming lessons at the pool. The next week, we got to spend a day at the water park. Mixed in with all that fun, we enjoyed some swimming-themed activities at home too.

We had lots of fun creating ocean scenes to "swim" in during our great sidewalk chalk play date.

We enjoyed some homemade mac 'n cheese with hotdog octopuses.

We made a fun treat for Trip's swim teacher.

Trip loved this lunch of tomato fish.

But the highlight for Trip was definitely the ocean-themed water table. He played in it almost daily.

Check back all week to see more about these activities!