What are the things that help us get from place to place

            This has been a fabulous week.  All of us finished up " In the Orchard" and we had a blast with "Halloween". Everyone is enjoying "On the Go" so far. Washington, Illinois has been up and down in temperature all week. I am determined to work in more outside time for Mother Goose lessons and my daughter's homeschooling lessons. It rained most of the day on "Halloween". The rain cleared out around 4:00PM and I was so happy and excited. I enjoy Halloween so much with my family and with all the kids that come to the door. They are all so creative with their costumes.I was a Sock Monkey. My daughter Caitlyn was a nurse and my daughter Makayla was a evil mermaid. We did get to make the "Ladybug Pizza". We all had fun and the kids learned some math and they learned sequences. We got some effective practice with patterns with October calendar.

        We are still working with what we see on roads. The" Number 5 and Triangle Concept Intro"  I did at the same time . It went pretty well. The kids were able to find the triangle signs and they were able to count to five. I even asked them how many sides does a triangle have and we counted the sides on the triangle. 

   The manipulatives for "On the Go" are awesome. Every loves the traffic signs , car, and the transportation counters. I even got out the bus counters from September too.

   We worked on our " Build a Road Art". We still need to finish the signs. This activity gave the kids plenty of practice cutting. They also got to work on sequencing as well. The "Traffic Jam" went well. It made the kids really think about what they needed to do. 

"Stop Light Prop" was excellent. I thought this activity was set up very well. This activity was one the kids could do on their own. They got some more independence,self esteem, and confidence.

        The big stickers were a hit with the kids. Once they saw them they were ready to get them on there right away.

    The "Ladybug Pizza" also showed the kids they are able to make their food. They learned how to use a spoon, put tomato sauce on the English muffin, and they got to put cheese on the English muffin too. There are so many more fantastic adventures waiting for us with Mother Goose Time Curriculum so we have to but we will be back very soon.

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Over a river and get to work

   We are still recovering from "Halloween". We passed out 6 bowls of candy and 2 bowls of toys. In my town of Washington, IL the weather in last part of this week has been colder but it has not been raining. We leaped into " Where do you find bridges?" I was told you find bridges when you go to work. This made me speechless because it was completely true. I just went on to talk about how we find bridges over rivers.

                  Concept Review : Number 5 went on for awhile because everyone was learning so much from it and all of us were having fun playing with the "Transportation Counters". We counted to five several times and the kids made up their own games with the counters. I put the number 5 card on the table because the kids were having trouble seeing what 5 items look like. After I did this they did much better.

            This was our candy and toy supply for "Halloween".  We only have 1 bowl of candy left now.

Build A Bridge Art is a fabulous project for fine motor skills. They are are able to pick up the craft stick and hold on to it while they are doing their bridge. Also they get to pick up the Cornstarch Noodles too. I used glue for the Cornstarch Noodles because they stick together better with glue. They made their own bridge designs. The bridges came out great. The kids want to do them again so we will have more bridges this coming week.

 The Bridge Design and Bridge Experiment part of the lesson got done all at once . I stepped back and let kids use their imagination. We have been remodeling our bathroom so I had some pieces of wood left over . I put the pieces of wood with the transportation counters and the bus counters. All the kids were excited that they could design their own bridge. Every single bridge design was different. They had so much fun.  I also got out my train table as well because the kids wanted to play with it.  It worked very well with the lesson. It definitely goes with the "On the Go" Curriculum so I am going to keep it out till we get done with "On the Go". We have tons of great adventures waiting for us with Mother Goose Time Curriculum.  All of us will be back very soon to share everything we have been doing and learning.

The train table has given me another way to teach the children about things that are "On the Go".  This is one of bridge designs the children came up with.

This me and my daughters Caitlyn and Makayla on Halloween.

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