June

          Baaaaa! June was all about farm animals! We started off the month with a field trip to good old Fort Edmonton Park. The little ones participated in an "I Spy" farm animal game. Each child was given a picture card of the animals we would expect to see on a farm, and present at this popular Edmonton attraction. From horse,to pig, to goat, to chickens, the children enjoyed watching these beautiful creatures, and learning what sounds each animal makes.

   

   

 

       Some of us also gathered at a local park to paint birdhouses, coincidentally, little barns. We gathered at another park to participate in arts and crafts, singing, splashing, and reading, titled "Farm Animals Round Up & Little Readers". The arts and crafts portion involved the children and us moms painting farm animals from reusable toilet paper rolls. Then add the essential googly eyes, and other cute bits, and the result was adorable little creatures, later to be used in singing "Old Macdonald". The little ones, ran,climbed,slid,tumbled in the park, and also enjoyed running around in the splash park, mine in particular,lol. After some playing and snacking, some of us gathered for circle time,while Chani read this month's children book club pick, "Baby Bear, Baby Bear, what do you see?", a new version from the Eric Carle series, with the focus being North American animals. We actually picked this book up soon after it was announced it would be this month's book, and I have to say,it is one of my little guy's favorites now. Afterwards, Chani led us through a few songs, including Old Macdonald.

      To end off this month's theme of farm animals, I hosted a "Milk and Cookies" party, with the focus being cows and their milk. A couple of us even had our own picture twists of the well known, "Got Milk?" campaign, with the help of our cute kids,sporting milk mustaches. Included was a milk and food coloring experiment, which I highly recommend, it was very neat! We all enjoyed this day, from playing outside in the water, to snacking on homemade desserts from our potluck,and washing everything down with milk. A big thank you to all our moms who helped with all the activities,so that we and our children,could learn, laugh, and play!