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Edible Christmas Trees 🎄 Turn an ice cream cone 🍦 upside down, cover it with green frosting 🧁 and m&ms for ornaments 🙌🏻 The kiddos will love this 🥰

Get outside! I know we are getting a ton of rain ☔️ but it’s no reason to stay indoors. Dress 🧥 for the weather and go play. The girls loved jumping in puddles 💦, collecting all of the berries, twigs and leaves 🍁 that had fallen in the rains 🌧 and following where the streams of water was going. So much learning going on in nature 🌳

Rainy day fun ☔️ We have lots of rain in our forecast which means lots of indoor creativity. Magnatiles plus windows equals beautiful sun catchers ☀️ on a dreary day.

My little made her own book 📖 📚 Just staple some pages together and provide markers and pens 🖊 and watch their creativity soar!

100’s chart puzzle 🧩 I cut up a 100’s chart 💯 into some fun Tetris inspired shapes 😜 and laminated them (not necessary but makes them more durable). I gave a complete chart as a reference as she put the puzzle together again. 🙌🏻 It’s a fun way to start seeing some numerical patterns, number recognition and the importance of numerical order. So much learning going on over here 🙌🏻

My favorite way to sneak kale 🥬 into their diets 😉 Mix together olive oil, Parmesan cheese, basil 🌿, kale 🥬 and pine nuts to form the sauce. Poor over your pasta and garnish with pine nuts (& more cheese if your kiddos are Parmesan obsessed 🧀). 🙌🏻 Dinner is served 😋

✨ Word Work ✨ Focusing on the word ‘make’ today. Write the word, create some sentences and then build the word. We use scrabble tiles and rocks 😉 because she collects SO many rocks that I have to put them to good use 🙌🏻 She loves using her white board and building words so this puts a fun spin on learning new words.

Number work using a 10 frame. I couldn’t find our unified cubes so I made our own abacus 🧮 using string and beads. I wrote numbers up to 50 on cards and she had to create them using the beads. Then she wrote her own numbers and tried to trick me. She then started to create different algorithms for each number 😳 🙌🏻 Number work at its finest ✨

Having some fun with our 100’s chart 💯 and paint dots. We each get a color and the other person calls out a number and we have to color in the corresponding dot. First to get 4 colors in a row wins! 🙌🏻

Ready for a simple yet satisfying Fall soup? 🥣 Peel and chop one butternut squash and one large onion (white or yellow). Add some olive oil to a large pot and sauté veggies until soft and golden brown. Add 8 cups of water after and 3Tbsp of bouillon (Or you can use 8 cups of your favorite broth). Let boil for around half an hour until all veggies are super tender. Mix with an immersion blender, and salt and pepper to taste and serve with a dollop of sour cream (totally optional). Embrace the season!! 😋

Too early? What do you guys celebrate and when do you start decorating/preparing?

Sidewalk chalk, water 💦 and brushes for the win! 🙌🏻 Even though it’s mid-November, we are lucky enough to still have warm weather. Lazy day of bike riding 🚲, creating with side walk chalk & morning Monopoly.

Collaborative murals are a fun way to get creative together. I often roll out some butcher paper straight into the kitchen island and secure it down with painters tape. We decide on a theme and each draw some large elements with a sharpie. We then have fun coloring, painting, glueing, cutting and taping all different elements down. To the joy of my husband, 😉, this normally stays for about a week while we gradually add to it. This is an incredible way to calm down their little bodies and minds throughout the week. ✨

Making & bottling their own ‘perfume’. They used pomegranates, flowers 🌸 & essential oils 😉

Shoelace practice 👟 I found these on amazon for my little to practice on. When they are first learning, longer laces make it much easier for them not to pull the bunny 🐰 loops out so we tied the bows on the first rung. Everyday life skills in the making 🙌🏻

We had so much fun today making little people for our new doll house 🏡 I just bought a bag of the wooden people and the girls went to work. We gathered up googley eyes 👀, buttons, yarn 🧶, fabric, markers, elastic, lace & beads to create our sweet little people. They literally spent hours, & quiet hours 🤫 😉, creating!

Quick play date craft. We found these puzzles at our local craft store. The girls had so much fun creating their own and then trying to put together each other’s. Also another great activity for eye patching!

✨ Hide & Seek ✨ Such a simple set up but will keep your kiddos occupied for a long time. Have your child help you find small items around the house 🏡. Think small erasers, beads, scrabble tiles, buttons and gems. Write down each item. This is great for children learning or practicing their reading & writing skills 📖). Add the items to a small jar and fill with salt 🧂 Tighten securely (for younger kids you can glue shut but we like being able to add and change our items). Have them turn the jar around and find each object until they have found them all. You can also time ⏰ them each time to see if they can beat their previous time or see which items are the easiest/hardest to find. The kids seem to come up with endless games and creative ways to play. Enjoy some quiet 🤫 time 🕰

My youngest is back to having to wear an eye patch for an hour a day. To get the most benefit from it, she needs to be focusing on something up close. Today’s project occupied her for a solid hour 🙌🏻 She’s older than last time we patched which helps a lot. Every 20 minutes or so I would add in some more materials to keep her attention. Anyone else has a child who needs patching or has he patching before?

👻 Boo bags 👻 We didn’t have this tradition growing up but I simply LOVE it 💕 Pack some little goodie bags with some fun items and treats. Think Halloween rings, candy 🍬, scary fingers and vampire teeth 🧛🏻‍♂️ Now here’s the fun part!!! Sneak up to your friends house, ring the doorbell, leave the bag and run 🏃🏼‍♀️ They have officially been ‘booed’ 👻 Now it’s their turn to Boo someone! Happy Halloween 🎃

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