October is Orange

So our colors for this month of October are orange and black, and our shape is the triangle. For the first art class I decided to focus on "orange", and so I made orange-scented, orange-colored homemade playdough for the lambies. I made little oranges out of the dough and added leaves from my orange tree and put them on a pretty serving plate to inspire them, along with a variety of orange colored "tools" for them to use.

My Elementary Moms are Awesome!

I had so many volunteers to help me with my sewing projects this semester and I really wanted to give them something special to say thank you. I found this terrific DIY online and tweaked it a bit to suit my tastes…

This is a mason jar filled with tons of preprinted questions you can ask your child to jump start a meaningful conversation (beyond the usual how was your day conversation). Questions like: "What was the first thing you thought about this morning when you woke up?" and "Who in your class is lonely?" The tags have a short instruction on how to use the jar and I printed up labels along with them and mod podged them on the front and sides. I used rainbow yarn to tie on the notes and add a little bright color.

The Key Jars ready to be wrapped