R Stuff

So, I'm a little behind in updating the blog. This is for a couple of reasons. One, I lost my scanner and need to get over to my mom's house to scan. The other reason is that round about U Week, Talmage lost enthusiasm for the project. I didn't want to push him into it--I wanted it to be fun and not a chore--and so I lost enthusiasm for updating the blog. But cute sister-in-law Sarah linked the blog to hers, so I feel the time has come to finish ABC Stuff. Also, Talmage was reading words last night (as long as they are composed of letter sounds that sound like what they are supposed to) and so his excitement for letters has been rekindled.

The real problem? While we did stuff for P through V Week, I've forgotten a lot of it. So I'll do my best to recreate it, but the books in particular are probably going to suffer.

Activities

Rooster.

I wanted to find a rooster that was distinct from a chicken and a turkey. This is where I got the vision for this project, and I tried to make a template to mimic these shapes, but it kind of exceded my photoshop abilities:



So in the end, I just eyeballed the shapes using the above picture as my guide, and ended up with the parts to make this rooster:

Insert picture here.

In the end, I think that this was one of the projects that involved more grown-up cutting and little toddler involvement.

Rainbows.

We took a pyrex plan and filled it with water. Then we used a small mirror and propped it up at an angle. We positioned the mirror so that the sunlight hit it and then observed the rainbows on the wall.

We talked briefly about how a rainbow is light shining on the rain, and then we used watercolors and painted "rainbows."

My rainbow:



Talmage's rainbow was a little more free:



Red painting.

I mixed three colors of red. We painted. Voila:



R treasure hunt. rake, rattle, recycling bin, roses. The treat was Rolos.