Hey everyone, on Tuesday with Mother Goose Time  we talked about winter nights.  The first activity the girls did was “Bedtime Stories” with the concept cards.
 
Then the girls did “Night Sight.”
 
Later on they worked on the “Winter Solstice.” The girls put the strips in order from shortest to longest.
 
The last activity was “Snowy Night” and instead of making the snow, I scooped up some snow from outside for them to play in.
 
Stay tune for Going on a Safari next month.
Hello everyone, on Monday with Mother Goose Time we talked about “Winter Days,” and that was perfect timing since we had our first winter storm for the season today.
The first activity the girls did was decorate their “Winter Postcards.”
Then the girls played “Winter Bingo”
Later on they played “Shorter Days.”
After that the girls dressed up to play in the snow.
 
On Wednesday with Mother Goose Time the girls learned about the “stars.” First they made a “Star Wand” with the provided MGT materials.
 
 
Counting Stars
Then the sang “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.”
After that the girls put the stars into groups and hopped and twirled over the stars.
 
Hi everyone, on Monday with Mother Goose Time the girls learned about different types of fireplaces. First the girls did “Sewing a Stocking” with the provided MGT materials.
 
Then the Girls retold “The Mississippi Musicians”story with the story pieces.
Later on the girls collected sticks and built a fire pit out of  blocks and pretended to sit by the fire.
 
 
Hi everyone, on Friday with Mother Goose Time  we talked about the Mouse and the places they live and hide.
So the first activity the girls did was “Adding Mice.” The girls flipped over an equation and placed the mice on the cheese.
 
 
Then the girls read “Rat-a-Tat-Tat”
 
Later on they played “Cat and Mouse Game” and used a blanket as a mouse house.
 
 
Hi everyone, on Tuesday with Mother Goose Time we discussed cookies. We talked about different types of cookies and their favorite cookies are Chocolate Chip cookies and Vanilla Birthday Oreo cookies. Then the  girls did “Cookie Plate  Art” with the provided MGT materials.
 
 
The next activity the girls did was “Cookie Shapes”
 
Later on they did “Cookie Jar.” I set out strips of paper for them to create a V and X.
 
Patterns, Sorting and Sequencing.
What MGT project or activity did you do that encouraged your child to build patterns, sorting or matching skills?
Describe how your child entered the activity, engaged, dealt with a challenge and extended or adapted the activity.
The MGT activity that encouraged my children to build patterns was the cookie shapes. They looked at the pattern on the plate, then picked out the shapes and put them the pattern was in. The girls were also talking about how different their patterns were.
Hello everyone, Friday with Mother Goose Time  we talked about bells  and how the sound a large and small bells sound different.
The first girls made a “Bell Shaker” with the provided  MGT materials.
 
 
The they did another really fun activity called “Water Bells”
  
Later on the girls played “Counting Bells.” They rolled the die and group the bells into the number the die landed on.
 
 
Hi everyone, on Monday with Mother Goose Time we discussed the piano.  First the girls played a piano matching game.
 
Then the girls played “Octave Jumping.”
 
After awhile I read “The Mississippi Musician.” Then I asked the girls to name the characters and their instruments.
 
Hi everyone on Tuesday we started Sights and Sounds of Winter with Mother Goose Time, and the girls learned about drums.
First the girls did  “Name Beats.” Clapping the syllables in their names.
Then the girls did “Drum Design.”
 
Later on they played “Rhythm Patterns.” The girls created patterns with the provided MGT cards.
 
Then I took out two different drums so the girls can play “Drum Communication.” They really had fun playing the drums.
 
