L is for Learning

If you happen to have a preschooler and you happen to do Letter of the Week with him/her, then you probably have noticed that we are on letter L and you are probably on X or Y or Z, or perhaps you have started on the Hebrew alphabet. Yes, we are behind. We do more like letter of the month-ish, but we have SO much fun doing it!

Today we learned about lilies (very fun for Lily, but Evie wanted to know when we would learn about Evie flowers)and made these lilies out of our handprints.

Since we were on the topic of flowers, we planted some seeds so we could watch them grow. When we came home from church tonight Evie seemed a little disappointed that they hadn't grown any yet. We are going to keep a picture diary of their progress so she can see the growth over time. Here is what they look like today. :) Evie took this picture herself!

We also embarked on a scavenger hunt for pictures of words that begin with L. I had 7 pictures that I showed them first and then I sent them away with their baskets so I could "hide" the pictures. This turned out to be a hit. The teacher in me isn't so sure what objective, standard or benchmark this really satisfied, but they LOVED it. We played this over and over again. The best part was when they "hid" them for me. Evie gave me the BIG basket and then walked me right up to each L picture so I could "find" it.

We also did a worksheet where Evie was supposed to practice identifying and tracing the letter L. She skipped the identifying (circling) completely and turned every L into an E. I didn't take a picture of that - not exactly something that will boost her portfolio. :)

Mad Money

Evie calls everything pennies so we are working on identifying coins. The fun part is that the "big pennies", aka quarters, make the carousel go so we get pretty excited to find those! Lily, as usual, redefined the objective and worked steadily at dismantling the carton piece by piece and then pushing all her coins off the table into her cupped hand, which lacked both the surface area and the position to prevent all but 1 coin from being redistributed to the dining room floor.

J is for Jellyfish

J is for Japan

We are learning about letter J this week so we are learning a little about Japan and some missionaries we know there. So, it only seemed fitting that we dig our hands into some rice!

No Name Steak - $2 after rebate

Store: Menards
Item: No Name Sirloin Steak, 12 oz pkg (2- 6oz steaks)
Price: $6.99
Rebate: $5 Mail-In Rebate (Merchandise Voucher only good at Menards)
Final Cost: $1.99

Conditions: Limit 10 pkgs per household, Limit 1 rebate submission per household

Cheep Talk: We had these for lunch on Tuesday and they were really tender.We are going to use the leftovers for fajitas. Very much worth the $1/steak - if you shop at Menards and will use the merchandise . Not worth it if you think you can take the voucher (which looks a little like a check) to the bank where your husband is employed and try to cash it and have them look at you like you are crazy and really embarrass said husband. Not that I know from experience...

Hy-Vee Two Day Sale (3/10 & 3/11)

Red Grapes - .99/lb
Skippy Peanut Butter (not the recalled kind) - .99
Colgate Toothpaste - .88 (It seems like there are always coupons for this out there for .75/1 so this could be very cheap)
Tostitos Tortilla Chips - 1.99 (Ad says select varieties - hope that means the black bean and garlic)

Find more items on sale here