Letter m

So many things starting with m, it was hard to narrow it down!

This week we did 'm' for:

Marbles

I try to rotate through toys, so that the kids don't get use to the toys we have and thus bored of everything.  The marble track had been put in the closet for the past month or so, so it was new and special all over again for this week.  The kids loved watching their marbles go down.

Money

We talked about earning money and that we need to do work to get money to spend.  (The kids 'earned' money by cleaning up the playroom). I used these printables and we opened a pet shop.  The kids were able to match up their coins to the size circles that were on the cards to buy pets.  We played pet shop ALL morning.  It would have continued, but I needed them to put the money away before Ethan ate it all.

We also played this game where you have to fill up all the piggy banks with pennies by rolling the dice.  It was good number practice.

Letter M food we made/ate this week:

macaroni and cheese
mangos
muffins
marshmallow treats aka rice crispy treats

Mickey Mouse

Monday we went to Disneyland for a few hours and found lots of things that started with M.  Mickey Mouse, Monsters, Matterhorn etc.

Magnets/Music/Maps

Thursday was a free day at the Huntington Gardens. There was a plethora of 'm' activities for us there as well.

 We had fun playing with magnets

enjoyed listening to music made by putting rocks down the nail shoot

and learned about reading maps

 Mail

The kids had a great time writing letters and putting them in the mailbox.  We were able to talk about addresses and where they live.

Books we read:

Owney the Mailpouch Pooch

Dear Mrs. LaRue

Marshmallows and Movies

We ended the week roasting marshmallows over the fire

and having an outdoor movie night with some friends