{"id":3237,"date":"2012-04-08T00:30:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-08T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/2012\/04\/08\/toddler-schooleaster-edition\/"},"modified":"2012-04-08T00:30:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-08T05:30:00","slug":"toddler-schooleaster-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/2012\/04\/08\/toddler-schooleaster-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Toddler School&ndash;Easter Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had a pretty rough week at Toddler school last <a href=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/2012\/04\/02\/toddler-schoolletter-j\/\" target=\"_blank\">week<\/a>, so I decided to take it easy this week.&#160; We finished up a couple of our J activities and through in some Easter activities for fun.&#160; Here are a couple of highlights from our week.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Easter school 004\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Easter school 004\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Easter-school-004.jpg\" width=\"444\" height=\"297\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Painting an Easter bunny with a marshmallow.&#160; She thought it was pretty silly to paint with a marshmallow!<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Easter school 010\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Easter school 010\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Easter-school-010.jpg\" width=\"444\" height=\"297\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Matching jar lids to the correct jar and screwing them on.&#160; She did amazing at this!&#160; Her fine motor skills have definitely improved since we started this journey in September!<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Easter school 012\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Easter school 012\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Easter-school-012.jpg\" width=\"444\" height=\"297\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Easter Egg Memory.&#160; I made six matching Easter egg cards and she played memory trying to find the correct match.&#160; When she found the right match she placed them in her bunny basket we made (sorry, didn&#8217;t get a good picture of that one).<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Easter school 011\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Easter school 011\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Easter-school-011.jpg\" width=\"444\" height=\"297\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Then she decided that she wanted to use the eggs to go on an Easter egg hunt.&#160; Sometimes her impromptu games end up better than my planned ones!&#160; She hid the eggs herself and then found them all over and over again!<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Easter school 013\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Easter school 013\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Easter-school-013.jpg\" width=\"444\" height=\"297\" \/>&#160;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>I taped some popsicle sticks in the shape of a cross on a piece of cardstock and then let her paint around them with sponges.&#160; When we took the popsicle sticks off it revealed a special cross.&#160; We spent some time during this craft talking about the Easter story and why it is so important!<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">We did some more activities this week, but can&#8217;t remember them at the moment!&#160; Ben was home on Friday so we had another short week of school!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a pretty rough week at Toddler school last week, so I decided to take it easy this week.&#160; We finished up a couple of our J activities and through in some Easter activities for fun.&#160; Here are a couple of highlights from our week. 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