fawell friends...

Hubs and I getting the heck out of dodge and driving to Oregon! Yee haw! One of my dearest friends from my junior high days is getting married. I would be slightly more excited if I hadn't tried to give my hair a little trim last night... oh well, it's livable-ish. :)

Here are a few more photos of some fun P.L. lessons taken on the last few days of school. See ya next week!

The child uses her pincer grip
to hang felt fruit from a mini-clothesline.

I'm not sure where the clothesline came from,
but I think it would be easy to make something similar
-right?!

This child is using tongs
to transfer berries (fake) into an ice cube tray.

Wouldn't this be fun with REAL berries?
you could pour o.j. on top
and stick them in the freezer...
yum...
makes me think of the popsicles Lisa from
5 Orange Potatoes made with her daughters.
Check them out here.

dog crush

I have a new friend,
and this is her dog.
His name is Brody.



Rosie thinks she's died and gone to heaven.
Sigh...

slotted spooning

The child uses a slotted spoon
to separate tiny ants (plastic!)
from a bowl of rice...

How satisfying!
(AND good fine motor control & problem solving practice)

Whoa, Nelly! Has she gone back to work?! Fakeout! Tee hee...
No, I was going through some pictures, and I found these from the end of the school year. This activity is sort of a twist on transferring with a spoon - and it was a huge hit with the children. I think I got this idea from The Wonder Years, but that would have been many moons ago.

I'm totally inspired to set up some variations of this activity for next school year!

hello garden,

I just wanted to let you know,

I really appreciate the hard work you've been doing lately...

It's not easy being a flower - especially in Montana.
It's hot and dry during the day, and it's cold at night.
Sometimes it gets so windy your tall stems break,
and I find you wilted on the ground.

And then there's me, your "keeper" - aka your "gardener."
(I've never claimed to be perfect.)
I don't water you as often as I should...

I don't pull the weeds competing for your dry, rocky chunk of earth.

And yet you continue to grow - at least until it snows again.

Thanks :)

brown bear, brown bear

what do you see?

I see a bear across
the creek from me!

(just far enough away
to appreciate his
handsomeness)