Sensory Fun Week!

~Bella is 30 months~

~Twins are 13 months~

So this was a paper free, worksheet free, all sensory play week :)  And the kids had a blast!!!

So for our first experience we played with those air packs that you get with packages from Amazon.

Then the box that they came in is also very interesting...

Bella enjoyed tearing them apart.

Caiden thought it was fun to fling them around...

And Ada like to stuff a bunch of them underneath her...

These are pictures of Bella trying to pop them :)

The next activity we did was using a muffin tin and cut up toilet paper rolls.  The kids really enjoyed squishing them, putting them in and out of the tins, Bella counted and would stuff them into a wipe box.  Caiden did try to eat a couple, so adult supervision is required with this activity :)

Next, Bella has a color with water book that I thought would be a great way to let the twin paint with their big sister.  So I wet sponge paint brushes for the twins and let them paint that way.  They all really enjoyed this.

Bella worked on the iPad a bit...

We did some reading together...

We got out her Tot Time Notebook.  She hasn't worked on this in a while.  When I first used it, she wasn't too into it.  But this time she was more interested.

So if you are my friend on Facebook, you will remember that picture I posted of those "beads."  Well here is that activity.  They are called water beads are supposed to be used for floral arrangements.  Well who says you have to use everything with the purpose it was initially set out for?  

So the beads start out really tiny (the hand in the pictures is Bella's).  Then you add 4.5 quarts of water and let them grow over 4-6 hours!

So after lunch we put the beads in the water....

Then after nap, we began to explore!!!

Daddy came home and insisted that was a silly investment on my part.  But after Bella convince him to play with her, he couldn't get enough of them :)

The last activity we did, was we had a bin filled with soapy water.  We took it outside and I let the kiddos go at it!

I provided all kinds of utensils, cups, balls, toys for them to explore with...

Caiden was apparently thirsty, because I could NOT get him to stop drinking the soapy water, YUCK!

And eventually he ended up in the bin :)

Get Wisdom- Obey

~Bella is 28 months~

For our Obedience lessons we used the memory verse Col 3:20.  We talked about obeying right away, with a happy heart. 

So I had her make a face of what it would look like to obey without a happy heart....

And with a happy heart....

Then we did an activity to help with the whole idea that you have to Listen first with your ears and then Obey right away with your heart.

To help her with the idea of being quick to obey, I had her walk in paint and make foot prints on a piece of paper.  Her foot prints would remind her to "run" quickly to obey!

She got to wash her feet off in the sink, which was very exciting!

 The first Bible story we focused on was Abraham and how God asked him to do something hard (Leave his home and go to an unknown land) and yet Abraham obeyed.  We focused on how God loves to reward us for our obedience (Abraham was given a son for his obedience and great land)


The next part of Obedience we talked about, was obeying only halfway.  I used an example of following directions on how to clean pennys.  I said the directions told me to use salt and vinegar, but I thought we didn't need to salt, so I didn't add it.

So I had her put the dirty pennys in just the vinegar and see if it would make them clean. She stirred them around, and it did not...

 So then after adding the salt and stirring them, we laid them out to see if they were clean...

 Once she made the connection that we needed to follow all the directions in order for it to work, we read the story of Moses and him striking the rock to get water for the Israelites.  We talked about how because he didn't obey all the way, they had to wander more in the dessert.

More Get Wisdom Work

Resources:

Ruth Younts "Get Wisdom"

http://kidsofintegrity.com/obedience