I enjoy watching movies with my kids but I'm very selective about the movies I will allow my children to watch. I'm thankful for movie review websites so we can better decide which ones are appropriate for our children. I wanted to pass along a couple of sites that I've found helpful.
I recently found this movie review website. It's called Box Office Mom
Another great site that I often use for movie reviews is Plugged In which is by Focus on the Family.
This morning I surprised my kids with light up heart spinners and Valentine snow globes. They loved their surprises. My husband is working tonight but we're planning to go out for a nice lunch on a different day. Restaurants are too busy on Valentine's Day anyhow. Maybe I'll make heart shaped pancakes and strawberry banana fruit smoothies for dinner :) My kids will love that! Happy Valentine's Day!
Here is a cute and easy Valentine's Day craft to do with your preschoolers.
Items needed:
Toilet paper tube
Construction paper
Pipe Cleaner
Glue
Tape
Scissors
Crayon or marker
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| Valentine Butterfly! |
Earlier today I mentioned a preschool app being offered for free today in the Amazon Appstore
While the app has been getting mostly negative reviews (2 star average as of this writing) I actually thought better of it than that. I knew from reading the reviews that the main complaint was that the "connect-the-dot" pictures didn't start with the letter they were supposed to illustrate. (The letter E for instance uses a picture of a fire truck that incorporates the E structure into the connect-the-dot design.) Knowing this beforehand made it easier to deal with while exploring it. It's possible that it might be confusing for a preschooler but not as much as some reviewers seemed to think. Kids don't always think too deeply about the meanings that we adults assign to things.
Our seven year old daughters were very fascinated by the coloring of the pictures after they connected the dots. They blew through the whole alphabet and started over again with the numbers. They actually started arguing over whose turn it was to color. I would have assumed they were too old to have any interest in a game designed for preschool aged kids. I think in a similar way most preschoolers will easily overlook the fact that the pictures don't start with the letter being illustrated. This app will let them have some fun while gaining familiarity with letters and numbers.
Definitely get this game if only for the fact that it's free. You shouldn't be surprised though if your child ends up loving it and being fascinated by all the dot-connecting and coloring.
Amazon's Android app store has a free app every day. Today's free app is "Connect the Dots and Color". It's an app for preschoolers that helps with learning numbers and letters while letting them create art.
You can beat the price so I would head right over and pick it up before it goes back to $1.99!
Amazon Appstore
Last night my twins wanted to flush ice-cubes down the toilet and make a wish for a snow day. They have some new Lego's that arrived via UPS yesterday and they have big plans to play with them today. They went all out and flushed ice cubes down 2 of our toilets and made a double wish. Well, guess what.....it's a snow day! Yeah for snow! They will be so excited.
What silly snow day superstitions have you heard of? I've also heard of sleeping with a spoon under the pillow and wearing pj's inside out & backwards. I'm not at all a superstitious person but I am a fan of having fun and being silly. I think we'll make some snow ice cream today :)
One of our all-time favorite winter activities is making snow ice cream. We've not been very fortunate in the snow department of late but when it does come we are sure to make some. Rather than repeat the recipe you can click here to see an older post about this fun and delicious treat.
Do you have any other "cool" ideas for snow food? Leave a comment below!
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| The finished product! |
