Avi - 06/11/2021

Avilene ate oatmeal and dried cranberries (after saying she'd eat 1 cranberry, then she ate all) for breakfast. For lunch she ate tilapia, most of whole wheat elbow noodles, ate green beans, and applesauce.  

Avi and Atley doing some Art while waiting for Science with Lauralea to begin. :)

Science with Lauralea: today's theme is "Birds." Obviously this is a wide ranging subject, but we talked about some basic things most birds have in common. How are they different from us? The kids (with some prompting) came up with good answers; "wings, feathers, and skinny legs." Ha. We also talked a little about why some birds do not fly; including the subject of hollow bones and more dense bones.  In the first picture the kids are looking at a variety of feathers and examining some differences in feathers; some help them fly, some help keep them warm. Every feather has a purpose. Following picture: We talked a little bit about different beaks and feet and the usefulness of each one. 

Next two pictures; Making our own bird feeders using pine cones, peanut butter, and bird seed. We spread the peanut butter on the cones and the kids rolled the cones (trying to avoid getting poked) in the seed. Second picture; Here's what the bird feeder cone looks like completed.

Here's the primary reason I LOVE this last picture so much!! For me it basically epitomizes the personality of all 3 girls. This is how I've seen so many activities proceed with these three. There was leftover bird seed from the activity described above and we decided to scatter it on the grass in front of the big window. Lauralea had the girls line up so I could get a picture and then her instructions were pretty basic; "Ok, toss your bird seed." Starting from the left; Atley is literally tossing everything including her bird seed!! Haha. Middle; Avi is trying to carefully scatter the seed. On Right; Nora is holding her bird seed and watching the others first before she does anything!! This picture captures it all so perfectly.