Jill loves bunnies and I've been wanting to read the Tales of Peter Rabbit for sometime so it seemed logical - R is for rabbits. 
But last week was quilts with a story about a little girl. And the week before was P is for party, as in Jason's birthday. I realized this week that I somehow lost sight of the big picture. I'm doing preschool so that I can focus on Adam a little bit each week. I want him to know I planned something just for him. So, although he actually liked the Tales of Peter Rabbit, he didn't want to do any crafts about cute little bunnies. And he didn't want to read books all about rabbits and their habitat and long ears. He spent the week playing on the computer or begging me to let Jason play with him. I'm not saying we should cater to our children. There are times they will have to do things that they don't like but in this situation, I decided R deserved a do-over...
But last week was quilts with a story about a little girl. And the week before was P is for party, as in Jason's birthday. I realized this week that I somehow lost sight of the big picture. I'm doing preschool so that I can focus on Adam a little bit each week. I want him to know I planned something just for him. So, although he actually liked the Tales of Peter Rabbit, he didn't want to do any crafts about cute little bunnies. And he didn't want to read books all about rabbits and their habitat and long ears. He spent the week playing on the computer or begging me to let Jason play with him. I'm not saying we should cater to our children. There are times they will have to do things that they don't like but in this situation, I decided R deserved a do-over...R is for Rockets! 
We learned about the history of space flight. Did you know the first living creature blasted into space was a Russian dog? We talked about the role of rockets in sending spacecraft beyond our atmosphere. 
We enjoyed the rocket exhibit at the Discovery Science Museum. Adam learned about thrust as he watched the rockets fill with water and then blast up when the pressure was released at the push of a button. 
I learned that he was actually paying attention when I asked him the next day whether airplanes could fly in space and he answered, "No because they don't have water pressing out of them." And to fulfill Adam's desire to play with his big brother, I gave them the assignment of building an International Space Station out of Lego. They rose to the challenge, and we learned about life as an astronaut living in space. 
Rockets definitely were a blast for us.
We learned about the history of space flight. Did you know the first living creature blasted into space was a Russian dog? We talked about the role of rockets in sending spacecraft beyond our atmosphere. We enjoyed the rocket exhibit at the Discovery Science Museum. Adam learned about thrust as he watched the rockets fill with water and then blast up when the pressure was released at the push of a button. I learned that he was actually paying attention when I asked him the next day whether airplanes could fly in space and he answered, "No because they don't have water pressing out of them." And to fulfill Adam's desire to play with his big brother, I gave them the assignment of building an International Space Station out of Lego. They rose to the challenge, and we learned about life as an astronaut living in space. Rockets definitely were a blast for us. And it turns out R is also for Rainbow. Years ago we bought an Elmo book about eating all the colors of the rainbow. We applied it to our life and tried to eat from every color. Rather than eating any R foods this week, I decided to bring back the rainbow. We posted the colors and kept track every day of the colors we're eating. It's great when your kids tell you - mom, we haven't had any green today, you better make broccoli for dinner.
Are you eating your rainbow?
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