ABC Classes!

Since September, the twins have been enrolled in an ABC class with my beloved park district. Our friend Miss Christina teaches the class.  Each week they focus on different letters, sing songs, and make crafts based on the letter.  Every week, you bring an item from home that starts with those letters.  The class takes place on Mondays and since my mom watches my kids on Mondays, it's perfect.  I have actually got to go a couple of times and have been meaning to post about it. There are a lot of pictures here because it's 3 different classes. 

The first class I went too, the letter was D.  Presley packed some dinosaurs in his bag to show everyone.

 

They got to decorate a D with dot dabbers and make it into a dinosaur.

 

Those dot dabbers are so much fun.  My kids love them.  We have them at home but they are expensive.  My advice is to use a Michael's coupon to get them for cheaper.

 

They also got to make and paint more dinos.

 

My kids love the painting.  If only it wasn't so darn messy.  But that's what they like.

 

My mom went with us that day.  It's always easier. 1 kid per adult is always ideal.

 

This was fun too.  We got to dip dinos in paint and have them leave dino prints on paper.  This is one we will have to try at home.

 

Presley wanted to color some dino pictures at the easel.

 

Stamping is always a hit too.

 

But playing with the dinos is always way cooler.  We actually don't have a lot of dinos at home.

 

Maybe Santa will bring us some more.

 

Prelsey also decided to cook up some hot dogs while we were there at the kitchen center.

 

And Evie whipped up some lunch for the baby.

 

The next class I got to go to, the letter was S.  We made squirrels and glued coffee grounds to its tail to give it texture.  It was messy but it smelled good.

 

They were cute but I had to throw these away and normally I keep everthing they make.  The coffee just kind of fell off everywhere.

 

But we had fun making them anyways.

 

We also got to make scarecrows. Here is Presley's.

 

And little Miss Evie's.

 

Miss Christina took their handprints to make into spiders.

 

They should be used to doing this.  We make handprint crafts all the time at home.

 

But they turned out really cute. I love handprint crafts!

 

This time we got to play with playdough.

The best part was making a spider web though. We dipped marbles in paint and rolled them around in a box.  Pretty neat.

 

I love that this class teaches them good motor skills.

 

We stamped our S's.

 

And then even had time to play with this cool fire truck.

 

Here are the kiddos with Miss Christina.

Today's class, the letters were S,A, and L.  (It's a repeat of S, because it's a new session)  We packed our bags and bought some really cool stuff to show everyone.  Presley brought Spiderman, an apple, and a lemon.  Evie brought Strawberry Shortcake, Abbey Kadabe, and Leo (from Caillou). 

 

We listened to a quick story and Evie just made herself right at home on the rug and laid down to listen.  She was so cute though yelling out the letters and singing her ABC's.

 

We decorated some A's with apples and acorns.

 

We also got to paint some sunflowers today too.

 

And make and paint some S's.

 

We brought some leaves and made it into a nice fall wreath.  

 

We turned L's into lions.

 

And crumpled and glued brown tissue paper on a squirrel's tail.

 

But then we found the rice table.  They love this. I made my own colored rice and bought a big container to keep it in.  We have this at home and it's a hit. They knew we are only allowed to play with it in the kitchen.

 

But we did squeeze in one last craft and stamped some leaves on trees.

I am very lucky that I have been able to attend some of these classes.  I remember taking Gracie to the very same class when I was on maternity leave after having the twins.  And now they are in it! I can't believe that they will be in preschool next year already!  Yikes!  Time flies.  I'm glad they like it though and am glad they are learning.  I love my little scholars.