Welcome Spring!

We are so happy that Spring is finally here! It has been a cold winter and it is so nice to see all the flowers popping up and the grass and trees starting to turn green. We talked about March coming in like a lion and going out like a lamb. Although I am not sure if it quite went out like a lamb with how cold it was. I guess the last day was nice though so we will say it went out like a lamb. Here is a fun little art project we made to go with our theme for the day.

We also talked about all the animals being born this time of year and how lots of animals hatch from eggs. Although these look like chicks they were actually ducks but you can call them chicks too if you want. 

 This little guy made his into a turtle since turtles come from eggs too. He then asked me if we could learn about turtles next time at preschool which is the reason for our next activity. :) This is the brother of the little boy from last year that told me how excited he was for letter T day so that we could learn about turtles. Surprisingly they have never been to Sea World although they love all Sea Life. I think this should be there next family trip. :)

Turtles come from eggs too Miss Julie! 

We were able to make these turtles out of coffee filters. It was fun to see all the different ways the kids decorated the shells. 

We also made turtle bread. I made the dough the night before and then let it rise before preschool. We then shaped it as a turtle and then let it rise some more before baking it. I added green food coloring to the dough when mixing it so it would be really green inside. 

Here's the recipe if you are interested in making it. It was really easy to make and super yummy. I think I want to make it into a regular bread loaf. 

Turtle Bread

March is also the month of Dr. Suess's birthday so we watched a film of the book One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue FIsh. 

One Fish Two Fish book/movie

In the book he talks about his pet Yink who likes to drink Pink Ink. They loved saying this over and over again and finding the rhyming words in the book. We made some Pink Ink to drink. Just milk, strawberries, ice and some more red food coloring to make it extra pink. They loved having pink mustaches. 

Happy Birthday Dr. Suess!