Cows

We finished up our first week of Mother Goose Time's down on the farm theme by learning about cows.  The girls colored their cow pictures to add to our farm mural.

I read the monthly rhyme time poster to the girls.  We talked about the letter C and the girls put rubber cows, one of this months manipulatives, on all the C's they could find on the poster.  I was surprised that Elli found a few all by herself and was even able to come up with some of her own words that started with C.

We also read the book of the month, which has a matching song on the monthly CD.  The girls thought it was great being able to sing the words in a book.

They got more literacy work by completing the letter C page in their my little journals.  They stamped the letter C on their pages using half of a cardboard tube.

The girls made their own cow masks using the included materials.  

We talked about how cows can walk upstairs but not downstairs.  The girls built fences for the rubber cows from this months box.  They added ramps for them to get in and out, since they can't use stairs.

The girls loved "milking" a rubber glove.  I poked holes in the fingers and filled it with water and this provided lots of entertainment for them.  It was suggested to try filling the glove with paint, but the water was messy enough.