Differences

Rachel needed to do a Brownie project where she collected 5 weeds and did something nice with them. The girls collected these weeds a while back and they have been drying in my flower press.

Today was the day for making the cards. This was Ruth's creation. I should have taken a photo before I laminated it. :( Hopefully I will remember in the future.

Ruth was a great help today in sorting out Dad's work socks. For some reason I missed his weekly wash and so ended up with almost two weeks of socks in one load. At least I know he has enough for two weeks. :-) She did a great job in matching them up as some of them are very similar.

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.

Not just puzzles

Ruth has been wanting new and more challenging computer games so I got her started on Rachel's Jumpstart Grade 1. She did a couple of the things in the main game but then I remembered the Music cd. I registered her as a pre-schooler when I set it up. She sat and played and played until she had finished the entire game. I will have to set her up as a kindergarten student next time.
It's a great game that teaches rhythm, memory of notes, knowing what sounds different instruments make as well as the basics of music reading (where one note is wrong and you have to work out quick one).
And she continues to enjoy her collage work. She knows that when she sticks heavy things on she has to let it dry before she can do the other side.

This was the other side done a couple of days later.

She had been talking about making one for each of us and so we asked her what we should use them for. Eventually we came up with the idea of Rachel keeping bottle tops in it. Rachel needs to collect bottle tops for Brownies and has found a few sources over the last week. So they are no longer just being kept in a packet but have a special bottle - lovingly made by Ruth.

Creations and another 100 piece

Ruth has been busy making these baskets for Mum and Dad. You are such a kind girl Ruth - always wanting to do things for other people.

She went hunting for a bigger puzzle today and decided to give this one a try. A 100 piece puzzle of Rachel's.

And she now asks to take a photo herself every time she gets finished. A little skew - but she got it all in first time. :-)

The creating continues

Rachel was thrilled to join Ruth in her creative endeavours.

Rachel's two creations on the top and Ruth's on the bottom.

Collage started

Yesterday we watched the DVD the Correspondence school had sent on "Collage". Ruth was very excited to go around the house collecting "treasures".

Then she chose an egg carton to paint.

Today I made up some of the "paste" they had sent with and Ruth had a wonderful time sticking all different things onto her creation.

They also sent a pair of scissors and Ruth has learnt really quickly how to use them. They are nice and sharp (although rounded on the end) as apparently children cut themselves more on blunt scissors because they have to put so much more effort into the cutting.

And once the box was done Ruth was not. So she continued to do some cutting and pasting.
She has had so much fun and I can see that making Collages is going to be a very regular event now.