Welcome to another week of Preschool and Kindergarten Community! I hope you all had a chance to visit several of the sites linking up.

Sprouting Tadpoles has some cute monster number card printables that she is sharing with everyone {perfect since there is a fun monster-related movie releasing soon!}.

A Family in the Land worked on a FUN looking unit based on the book The Story of Ping. There were origami ducks and fun boats to float – some great ideas to go along!

If you are working on the letters of the alphabet, be sure to check out the Raising Rock Stars Letter Ii post from Carisa at 1+1+1=1. She has been sharing all of their letter ideas each week and has some great ideas {and lesson plans}.

The little bee activity that Sorting Sprinkles worked on with her kids – so very cute! She also shares some other fun bug ideas, so be sure to visit and see the other Montessori inspired activities.

What fun things have you been doing this week together?

Ready to Link Up?

Share what you are doing with your kids! Please link your exact blog post to the Mr. Linky below and link back here too! Grab a button for your post below and be sure to take a minute to visit the person who linked up before you. You can read more in the updated guidelines for Preschool and Kindergarten Community. By linking up, you are granting permission for me to share your wonderful ideas and pictures with others in periodic show-and-tell posts.

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Police Officer Theme {ages 4-5}

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Before you go too far this week, can I ask you all a favor? You know how much you enjoy it when someone leaves a comment on your blog? Today would you try to visit three new people that link up using the linky and just say hi and encourage them?

You know it would mean the world to them!!

Here are a few ideas from moms linking up with us last week…

Invitation to Create put together a fun edible zoo so the kids can play and eat all at the same time – I love it!

This ladybug craft from The Magnolia Barn is so sparkly and cute. I happen to have some scrapbook paper that looks very similar to the wings…hmm…

Mama to 5 Blessings has some really neat castles that her kids built during a knights and castles unit.

The whale artwork that Little Bins for Little Hands worked on is so cute. {I’m wondering how I ever missed that great Usborne book on whales!!}

Ready to Link Up?

Share what you are doing with your kids! Please link your exact blog post to the Mr. Linky below and link back here too! Grab a button for your post below and be sure to take a minute to visit the person who linked up before you. You can read more in the updated guidelines for Preschool and Kindergarten Community. By linking up, you are granting permission for me to share your wonderful ideas and pictures with others in periodic show-and-tell posts.

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The first day of school is celebrated with a nutritional-lacking round of funnel cake for breakfast. Healthy, no – but fun and something to remember – oh, yes.

This year a certain mother didn’t make funnel cake for the first day of school. She broke tradition and then heard about it almost weekly for the entire school year. You’d think that would make a mother cave and fry some up, but…no.

Until this week. We celebrated the END of our school year, and I attempted to win back the coveted ‘Mother of the Year’ award at least for one day. {grins}

Should you decide to fry up some fun for your kids, here’s the recipe that we used.

Funnel Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 Tbsp baking powder
• 2 cups milk
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 4 Tbsp. sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• vegetable oil
• powdered sugar

Directions:

Note: While mixing batter, heat 1” of vegetable {or other} oil over medium high heat in a deep pan until a few drops of water or a small drop of batter begin to sizzle.

1. Mix the milk, sugar, vanilla and milk together
2. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together in a separate bowl and gently stir into the liquid mixture until smooth.
3. Once the oil is hot enough, use a funnel to add the batter to the oil for frying. I typically make a rough shape outline and then fill in the center to make it look like a web.
4. Turn over the batter using tongs after a few minutes or when it has tuned a nice golden brown. Continue cooking on the other side.
5. When funnel cake is ready, use tongs to remove it from the oil and place on a paper towel to let the oil absorb. Sprinkle {liberally – ahem} with powdered sugar and serve.

A pretty yummy way to celebrate the end of our school year – and it may just need to become a start AND finish tradition.

What special way does your family celebrate the end of the school year? Leave a comment and share your ideas!

Fun Ideas to Check Out

Looking for some more fun ideas to use with your preschooler or kindergarteners? Check out these ideas from some of the moms linking up last week.

The frozen paint recipe from 123 Homeschool 4 Me would be a HUGE hit in the middle of a hot day.

Maureen from Spell Outloud shares a recipe for Cloud Dough that looks like a lot of fun.

With thunderstorms more likely to happen in the summer, your kids might enjoy this hands-on idea to help explain what happends from Life with Moore Babies.

Thanks ladies for sharing your ideas with us!

Ready to Link Up?

Share what you are doing with your kids! Please link your exact blog post to the Mr. Linky below and link back here too! Grab a button for your post below and be sure to take a minute to visit the person who linked up before you. You can read more in the updated guidelines for Preschool and Kindergarten Community. By linking up, you are granting permission for me to share your wonderful ideas and pictures with others in periodic show-and-tell posts.

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In some ways, it is hard to believe that we have wrapped up another year of school {yikes}. Technically there are still a few loose ends to tie up overall, so we have plans to continue on with a few things over the months of June and July before we start back up again in August.

Kaleb finished up the bulk of his school work, so the summer plans are to continue on with our Simple Machines from LEGO Education, have geography fun with Little Passports, work more with All About Reading Level 1, and read a lot of other books using our Reading Challenge Charts. We’ll also be squeezing in lots and lots of swimming at the pool and in the creek {since the weather already believes that it is late summer}.

What about you? Will you be working some through the summer or are you taking a well-deserved break?

Ideas from Moms Linking Up

Every week you all share some wonderful ideas, and I am so happy to share a few of them here with others.

The Princess, The Pirate, and the Dinosaur shares a simple block print art project that uses foam trays from your local grocery store.

Lalymom shares a multitude of ideas to use with helicopter seeds – you’ll want to click over and check them out!

If you are studying world geography, Teach Beside Me has a great flannel board tutorial that would be a fun project this summer.

What fun projects do you have lined up for this summer?

Ready to Link Up?

Share what you are doing with your kids! Please link your exact blog post to the Mr. Linky below and link back here too! Grab a button for your post below and be sure to take a minute to visit the person who linked up before you. You can read more in the updated guidelines for Preschool and Kindergarten Community. By linking up, you are granting permission for me to share your wonderful ideas and pictures with others in periodic show-and-tell posts.

Be specific in your ‘link title’. Leave either your blog name or theme and provide an age range for your activities. Something a little like this:

Police Officer Theme {ages 4-5}

Were you featured?

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Last week there were some FUN ideas linked up to the Preschool and Kindergarten Community – definitely ones that you all need to bookmark and try with your kids. A few would be great for the summer or to stay cool indoors if the heat gets too crazy in the upcoming months.

Teach Beside Me made some plaster puzzle blocks with toy animals, plaster of Paris, and baby food containers. Definitely a fun summer activity and you could use so many different toys for these puzzles. 

Playdough is practically a staple in homes, but maybe you need a few additional ideas for playing with it. Check out this list of 50 ways to play with it from Mums Make Lists.

If you are traveling at all this summer, car games are always something needed to help keep the kids occupied. Visit The View from the Pew to see some quick and easy ideas to pack before heading out the door.

Playing with your food is typically a no-no, but why not have a little fun with Jello? Lalymom shares a fun Kandinsky Jello Art project that will be yummy and fun!

Those are just a few of the great ideas shared in the link-up last week. Be sure to check the links this week as well and stop by to leave a comment to say hi to someone sharing. Thanks to all for linking up and being generous with your ideas!

Ready to Link Up?

Share what you are doing with your kids! Please link your exact blog post to the Mr. Linky below and link back here too! Grab a button for your post below and be sure to take a minute to visit the person who linked up before you. You can read more in the updated guidelines for Preschool and Kindergarten Community. By linking up, you are granting permission for me to share your wonderful ideas and pictures with others in periodic show-and-tell posts.

Be specific in your ‘link title’. Leave either your blog name or theme and provide an age range for your activities. Something a little like this:

Police Officer Theme {ages 4-5}

Were you featured?

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