Giant Paper Poppy

Ruth did a really good job of cutting out.

She enjoyed helping me use the glue gun.

We are all very happy with the end result.
For instructions on how to make them go here.

Bubble paper

One of the activities in the "decorating paper" kit that we received from the Correspondence School was to use bubbles to decorate.

Rachel enjoyed joining in and they had a great time.

The results were really good too. Click here for full instructions on how to do it.

Tissue Paper Flowers

Ruth really enjoyed making these tissue paper flowers today. She worked very carefully with the folding and then unfolding. I was especially glad she was willing to accept a little bit of direction and help from me without saying "I want to do it on my OWN". At one point she even said "I am not going to get upset when you help me". I am so pleased to hear that. I think she finally realizes that when I want to show her how to do something (if she is not doing it quite right) that I will just demonstrate and then she will be able to continue on her own. I only needed to show her once how to unfold and create the flower and she did the rest "all on her own".

Good job Ruth.

If you want all the directions on how to make these flowers then click here.

Look at me I'm moving Again

Some more favorites from "Look at me I'm moving" vol 3. This one is with rhythm sticks. Great to get the rhythm as well as solidifying right and left. I love the way Hannah got the rhythm as soon as she got to them too.
And this is a mirror song. They each take turns to be the person or the mirror. Loads of fun with this one.

Returning the school bag

It's time for us to return Ruth's school bag with the puzzle, game and books that were lent us. So I quickly took a couple of photos of this "puzzle". She has had fun seeing which shapes can be exchanged and enjoys seeing if she can make different patterns. I have loved watching Hannah enjoy this so much - I think she played with it more than Ruth did. It was a challenge for Hannah to get the pieces to fit. She stuck to the same colours and it was lovely to watch her learn how to try turning the piece as well as flipping them over if it did not fit the first time.

Puzzles - new and sisters

Yesterday Ruth got started on this puzzle. I just loved the way she picked up a piece and then had a look at the picture to find where it went.

I then had to help Rachel with something upstairs and she called and said "Mum - come and look at the pieces I have put in". She was so pleased to show me that all 200 and something were done.

Today she pulled out Rachel's Fairytale book which as 7 48 piece puzzles in it. The have quite subtle colour changes and areas of similar colour (like the sky on the cover) but she found them much easier to do today then the last time she did them and she flew through all 7 in one day - almost 350 pieces. When will she stop? :-)

Look at me I'm moving

Ruth got this DVD in her last Correspondence School posting and has so enjoyed it. "Look at me I'm moving - volume 3."

This is quite a tricky one but focus on crossing the mid-line.

Wiggle and a waggle your body. :-)

A real needle

Last week Ruth started on another felt puppet. The first one was a set that I had with the puppet already cut out and the wholes made for them to stitch with a plastic "needle". I don't have a punch that can make holes in felt though - so I decided to just let her learn to use a real needle. She was thrilled to be sewing properly and did a really good job. I just drew some dots for her to follow.

Today she finished up the decoration on her fish. She is getting much better at using glue on her own and just loves her "creative art". I had copied the idea of the shape of the fish from the other puppet's instructions and Ruth wanted to just copy the design they had done (thinking that was the right way to do it). It was good to get her to do her own thing and not feel it had to be a certain way.

It looks great Ruth.

Pretty box

This is the pretty box Ruth made today in her "Collage" time. She struggled with using the stamps so she asked me to make a few yellow and purple flowers and teddies which she then stuck on. I also helped her punch the holes as the single punch we have is really hard to use. I then left her though and she put the ribbon on all by herself. I was really impressed with the knot she made.
Well done Ruth.