We had a bit of a windy night the other day, and our hammock swing had got caught up around a branch in the tree. I looked out of the window today, and this is what I saw… There she sat, thinking about life, having moved the slide, climbed up on to it (and knocked [...]
Archive for September, 2010
My Lovely Daughter
Posted in Everyday things.. on September 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Tasty Treats For The Birds
Posted in Arts and Crafts, In The Kitchen, Nature, Seasonal on September 29, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Our final activity on sunflowers with the preschool kids – making bird food (using sunflower seeds as one of the ingredients). We melted some cheap fat (vegetable shortening in the U.S, lard in the U.K), and poured it in to muffin moulds, then the kids helped to spoon in the bird seed. After this we [...]
A Super ‘Super Mario’ Party!
Posted in Celebrations, In The Kitchen, The art of media and technology on September 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
When Leon said he wanted a ‘Super Mario’ themed birthday party, a small voice inside me shouted “help”! Not being one who is overly keen on computer games, and who tries to keep them to a minimum, it was a tricky theme for me. However, ‘Super Mario’ is really a very sweet game, about a couple [...]
Fun With ‘There’s An Alligator Under My Bed’
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Books, Building and discovery, Role play, Sensory on September 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This week we looked at ‘There’s an alligator under my bed’ by Mercer Mayer. The reason I chose this book was partly because of Alfie’s love of animals, and partly because he had a friend to play, who I thought would also love this book – it’s quite a ‘boyish’ book – and seemed to [...]
Yummy Sunflower Seed Bread Rolls!
Posted in In The Kitchen on September 21, 2010 | 3 Comments »
That’s what we made today! And here is the recipe we used – but we also added our own touch – we put half a sausage in the middle of each roll! What a delicious lunch it turned out to be…. …. with a little salad, and a little tomato ketchup to dip the bread [...]
Buckets Full Of Gold
Posted in Green Areas Around Stockholm, Nature, Seasonal on September 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Leon and Maya enjoyed rowing the boat over to an island with their auntie….. On reaching the island they started looking…. But for what? For GOLD! And look – Leon has found some… And soon they had buckets full…! Yes, that’s right – buckets full of ‘gold’ coloured mushrooms… ‘Kanterella’ we call them in sweden [...]
Dolls Win Sweden’s Election 2010
Posted in Everyday things.. on September 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
So my pedagogic husband took it upon himself to teach the kids all about the importance of voting today! With Sweden’s election happening , he was quick to put up some pictures of the members of the main Swedish political parties, and to give the kids a briefing… Will it be any of the left [...]
HOW many mushrooms?!
Posted in Nature, Seasonal on September 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »
In a land such as Sweden, where the seasons are so apparent, and the nature is so untouched, there is usually an abundance of wild food to forage. This year, due to the very long dry summer the blueberries are scarce, but having rained massively for the last two weeks (and though it may be [...]
Watercolour Project 3 : A Sunset
Posted in Arts and Crafts on September 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I saw this project on ‘Let’s Explore’ and I knew immediately it was the one for us! Why? Because firstly, it would look fantastic , and secondly, it would be easy to do – even for different ages. Simply by painting the sunset using our watercolours (and this time on real watercolour paper – Wow! [...]
Multi-Coloured Cookie Dough!
Posted in In The Kitchen, Sensory on September 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I had a lovely activity planned for Alfie this morning, but he got trapped in play-dough heaven, and there he remained for most of the morning. After making cakes, rolling balls, mixing colours and learning how to use the rolling pin and the cutter, I noticed how he became incredibly involved in ‘piling the colours’. [...]
