Spring Has Finally Sprung!!!

     Hello beautiful people! Hope your week has been wonderful. Before I delve into ours I want to take a moment and say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to a very important guy in our lives. Today is my brother-in-law's birthday. He is also my son's Godfather. He is a hardworking, God-loving, very focused, determined, attentive, and so much more than that, Husband, father, brother, uncle, and Godfather. A great role model for our son and who we love very much. We hope you have a wonderful birthday if you happen to read this entry!!!

My brother-in-law is in the purple shirt

      
     This week started off on St. Patrick's Day with a nasty stomach bug for my kid that ended up with us in the ER by Sunday night. Thankfully, they were able to give him meds to help him stop throwing up so we could get him some saltine crackers in him and avoid more further procedures. My kid absolutely refuses to drink anything except water and his carnation milk shake (which with a stomach bug I was not going to give him). I have learned sensory kids sometimes have a much harder time with stomach bugs and that is what happened in our case. Needless to say our week early was kind of a mess with him recouperating. By the end of the week he is back to his normal active self.
     This week we focused on all things spring as this past Wednesday was the first day of Spring. Boy am I happy to say goodbye to my least favorite season of the year and hello to the beginning of long warmer days. We also focused on the letter Yy and color orange.
     Also, again with the early bit of the week with a recovering child I allowed him to be in his big boy underwear only, for easier cleanup, just in case. I did not really take photos of much of anything. I dropped the ball on that....my bad.


Books We Read
My XYZ Soundbox by Jane Belk Moncure
Snowmen All Year by Caralyn Buehner
Yyby Kelly Doudna
The Yak and The Python and The Frog by Hilaire Belloc
Who's Yawning? by David Bedford and Leonie Worthington
Seeing Orange All Around Us by Sarah L Schuette
Winnie the Pooh and the Dragonfly by
Orange by Nancy Harris
Spring Has Sprung by Kiki Thorpe
Seasons of the Circle by Joseph Bruchac
Clifford's Spring Cleanup by Norman Bridwell
A Book of Seasons by Alice and Martin Provensen
In the Spring by Craig Brown

Songs We Sung
Yesterday by the Beatles
Herman the Worm (playing with a yo yo is in the song)
YMCA
Yakkity yak (Don't Talk Back)
Yes Lord!
Rain Rain Go Away
Mr. Sun by Raffi
Springtime (tune of are you sleeping?)
I see rain clouds
I see bird's nests
Butterflies too!
Flowers too!
Everything is growing
The wind is gently blowing
Spring is here
Spring is here

Spring (tune of london bridge)
Now it's time to fly our kites
Fly our kites
Fly our kites
Now it's time to fly our kites
Hooray for springtime

See the birds build their nests
Build their nests
Build their nests
See the birds build their nests
Hooray for springtime

Watch the rain falling down
Falling down
Falling down
Watch the rain falling down
Hooray for springtime

Watch the worms twist and wiggle
Twist and wiggle
Twistand wiggle
Watch the worms twist and wiggle
Hooray for springtime

Yellow dandilions pop right up
Pop right up
Pop right up
Yellow dandilions pop right up
Hooray for springtime

Watch the lightning snap and crack
Snap and crack
Snap and crack
Watch the lightning snap and crack
Hooray for springtime

Five Pink Pigs
Five pink pigs rolling in the mud
Going squishy squashy
Squishy squashy
It sure felt good
Farmer (child's name) took one pig out
And cleaned it up
Now there are four pink pink pigs
Rolling in the mud
(Repeat till there are no more pigs)

Yy Activities
Intro uppercase Y coloring page
Intro/review of Yy vocab words
Intro lowercase y coloring page
Yy vocab review coloring page
Play with orange yarn
Yelling activity
Yogurt finger painting fun
Backyard fun

Orange Activities
Play with orange yarn
Orange paint collage to show how yellow and red make orange
Play with orange colored water in sink using food colors to make orange
Orange pom pom sorting
Play with orange playdough

Springtime Activities
Intro inyo spring and what happens in nature
Play with sidewalk chalk outside
Practice tornado drill/safety just in case..make it as fun as possible though in hopes of preventing a fear of storms...maybe musical turtles when you pause music make a turtle where you are at...something like that.
Spring sensory table. I used dry beans for dirt, honeycomb cereal for flowers, and plastic insects too.
Go on a nature walk in you neighborhood or on your land if you live out in the country to explore the changes spring brings.

What activities can you think of to explain spring or teach the letter Yy and color orange that I missed???