A paper animal jungle

 K got  book last year for Christmas, which was full of cute little paper folding activities.   The book is done now & I haven't been able to find a different one, so I've been searching the internet for some.  I came across this site: paper folding activities  It is full of adorable little animals to fold.  I printed off a set for each of my 2 younger girls.  We will probably do one a day with K, to make the last a while, but KJ had a great time this afternoon, creating a whole menagerie!

 

This is a similar book to the one that K got for Christmas last year.

These animals will keep us going for a couple of weeks, but after that we will need to find more, so if you know of any other similar sites, please let me know by leaving a comment:)

31 for 21 - Check out these blogs

Tonight is Awards Night at school for my oldest 3 daughters. It is always a wonderful evening  Each child in our small school is honored for several of their accomplishments during the past year.  Some are measured goals, like the track & field record one of my daughter's was recognized for breaking the year before, while some are things like being the most compassionate, friendly or helpful student.  It is always a wonderful evening with lots of home baking & visiting afterwards. Our kids also have their class pictures this afternoon & thanks to a broken down water system which likely won't be fixed until later today, & a brand new washing machine that was broken down the week before, it looks like I'll be heading to the laundry mat to wash the clothes they will need.  Therefore, since I have very little time today, I'm sending you to read a couple of blogs that I have been honored to be featured on during the 31 for 21 challenge.  The links are to the posts about my blog, but make sure you check out the other posts too!

Four Blessings of Mine 

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No Time to Be Bored

Make sure you check out the free printable quote on No Time to Be Bored which was inspired by K!

Today's Art Project

I'm not sure where I got this idea from. Maybe my friend Emily who does such neat projects with her kids, or perhaps the No Time for Flashcards website?  Sorry, I'd love to give credit, but I just don't remember.

And........for those of you who know me and are aware of my artistic limitations - I think I cut out a pretty fine dinosaur - free handed!  Not that it is an outstanding piece of art by many people's standards, but I was pleasantly surprised at how it turned out. Maybe helping K with her neurodevelopmental exercises has been organizing my brain too!

I bought the clothes pegs to help with fine motor skills and this was a fun way to try them out. All of the other supplies that we used are pretty common in most people's craft drawers.

K was so proud of her dinosaur & showed it off to her Daddy & sisters as soon as they got home!

My Brand New Author!

K's speech therapist gave us some ideas the other day to get K to tell stories about pictures & sent us  home with some examples of action pictures.  Later, I was talking with a dear friend who is a kindergarten teacher & she logically suggested using pictures of family or familiar items & writing the story down for K to read.  Later that day, K was playing with 2 toy buses. It was a very imaginative game about one of the buses crashing over a cliff.  I happened to have my camera nearby & thought this might be a fun idea for a story .  I asked K what was happening with her buses & wrote down the story that she told me.   I did help her a little with her sentances of course, for example when she said " Bus go fast", I wrote " The bus was going too fast."

I pasted the pictures onto cardstock, put them in the page protectors & fastened them into a book.

I'm planning to do this again soon & will probably use duotangs instead.

Speech & reading practised accomplished - along with a lot of fun!

K loves her new book!