Fourth of July Sensory Box!

Our July sensory box theme is the Fourth of July! So all the items in the box fit in or red, white and blue theme.

Here is what we have included:

Red, White and Blue stones (Hobby Lobby)

Red, White and Blue star straws (Christmas Tree Store)

American Flags (I can't remember where these came from)

Star Ice Cube Tray (Dollar Store)

Red, White and Blue Pinwheels (Dollar Store)

Uncle Sam and his wife (Christmas Tree Store)

Snikiddy Review and Giveaway

We were lucky to have the opportunity to try two varieties of snacks from the Snikiddy Company! Snikiddy makes snacks for kids from wholesome and real ingredients. Snikiddy was started by a mother (Janet) and daughter (Mary). They were both very passionate about children's health and wanted to create healthy foods for children.

Snikiddy snacks come in several different varieties including: Barbeque Baked Fries, Sea Salt Baked Fries, Southest Cheddar Bakes Fries, Bold Buffalo Baked Fries, Cheddar Cheese Fries, Classic Ketchup Fries, Original Seasoning Baked Fries, Grilled Cheese Puffs, and Mac n' Cheese Puffs. Their snacks are gluten free, corn syrup free, preservative free, and are low in saturated fats. The Barbeque Baked Fries and Sea Salt Baked Fries are also vegan and peanut and tree nut free, which is exciting for those with food allergies!

We were sent a coupon for two packages of Snikiddy snacks. I found Snikiddy snacks at my local Whole Foods store and picked-up the Original Seasoning Baked Fries and Grilled Cheese Puffs. I wanted to try one of the allergy friendly flavors, but unfortunately my Whole Foods did not carry either of the two vegan flavors. My two kids (that can eat milk) and I tried both flavors. We enjoyed both but the Grilled Cheese Puffs were our favorite. My son and daughter had actually never had a cheese puff before and my son was very leary to try it (as usual!) But once they tried them they loved them! I really enjoyed them as well, plus I was happy that they were healthier than the typical cheese puff! We would definately recommend Snikiddy snacks!

Buy It! You can buy Snikiddy snacks online through their site, Amazon and Peapod and other local grocers listed on their site.

Win It! Snikiddy is giving away a prize pack including three bags of Snikiddy Snacks (which may vary), an art pack and a chip clip! The giveaway is open to U.S. Residents and followers of this blog. The giveaway will close Thursday, July 7th at 11:59 pm. Winner will be selected via the Random Number Generator and once notified will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be selected. Please leave a seperate comment for each entry or you will not receive credit for additional entries.

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Angry Bird Cupcake Picks

My son is crazy about Angry Birds and told me he wanted an Angry Bird Cake. I always decorate my kids cakes myself but with everything going on I did not feel like I had 5-6 hours to devote to cake decorating, plus we had his party at a sprinkler park and I felt like cupcakes would be a better solution. All of the birds are made from scrapbook paper and glue and I attached a lollipop stick to the back of each. I made all the patterns up myself and I think that they turned out really well and of course my son loved them. I will admit that they took a couple of hours to make them, but I was not standing up at the counter doing it, there was not a huge mess afterwards and I was able to do them at my leisure instead of the night before and they were much easier to transport!!

Yellow Bird, White Bird (sorry he is washed out on the paper) and Green Bird

Black Bird, Blue Bird, Piggie and Red Bird

Saffery Moore Giveaway Winner!

The winner of the Saffery Moore $15 gc is:

Shiree Thielbar who said....

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Shiree has 48 hours to contact me with her email address or a new winner will be selected.

Thanks to everyone who entered!

June Week Three

Bible: We will be studying Noah's Ark and will be using our final magnet set from So Simple So Sweet.

Verse of the week: John 14:15 If you love me you will do what I command

Letter of the Week: C

We will be doing our worksheet with the paint dots as well as our alphabet bags.

Since the word cut starts with the letter C I am going to start her with cutting practice.

I am also going to make a color caterpillar and reinforce the colors (which she is pretty solid on, but we will practice cutting them and talk to our little guy about them).

Number: 1

Craft: I am planning on having the kids make a doll house and car garage out of milk containers and fabric, ribbons and other craft items, once they are finished I will be posting pictures!

Alphabet Bags

My sister informed me of this idea for reinforcing the alphabet with young children. It is super easy to do and does not cost much money. All you need is the alphabet letter (I printed out both upper and lower case letters and then laminated them), random things you can find around your house- I did not purchase anything except for foam, and a large zipper bag to store all the items. There were some letters I had a harder time finding items for so I am making items out of foam (for the letter A I made an alligator, anchor and an acorn). My kids love this activity and I think that it a great way to reinforce the letters with hands-on learners. So far I have completed letters A, B and C. Here are my bags:

The letter A:

Angel
Acorn
Ambulance
Airplane
Anchor
Alligator
Ant
Alf

The letter B contains:

Bow
Book
Boxing glove
Book
Button
Bunnies
Bell
Bag
Ballet Shoe
Bears
Bottle
Bib
Bottle

The letter C:

Candy Cane
Chess pieces
Cross
Crown
Cat
Cake
Candy
Clown
Cactus
Coat

June Week 2 School Lessons

We made it through week one, but we never finished our letter bags for A. We are still working on it since we spent a couple of days away from home this past week and we really slacked off last week since I had a party to throw for J's 5th birthday. Here are the plans for this week:

Bible Lesson- Adam and Eve, Bible verse: Psalms 34:13 Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies.

We will be using our Adam and Eve foam magnet set I purchased from So Simple So Sweet.

We are still continuing with the beach/ocean theme this month and will be reading our books and I found some great printables at 2 Teaching Mommies as well as a girly ocean preschool pack from 1+1+1=1.

Preschool:

Letter B- my daughter loves to use the dot a paint to create her letters. We are also using our letter B themed bag. All the items are stored in a large zip-top bag and are begin with the same letter.

Number 0

Kindergarden:

Continue reading and math