This afternoon we ventured out into the rain to United Art and Education. That is probably one of my favorite stores. What is better than a store filled with all kinds of educational and artistic goodies? Not much - and the kids agree! We looked for over an hour and picked up several things that we were drawn to.
I picked up a few different activity books for Jude and Audrey: connect the dots, mazes, phonics (Jude), and numbers (Audrey). I also bought a blow up globe since we have friends in other countries and Adam will be traveling to Nigeria next month on a mission trip. Jude asks often where in the world different countries are and I thought it would be nice to show him on a globe rather than a flat map. I also got a 1 lb. bag of assorted plastic beads and some kind of plastic string to use to make necklaces and bracelets.
Jude and Audrey each picked out a dinosaur to dig out of plaster. They also wanted owl pellets (synthetic - thank goodness!).
After we got home they went right into trying to dig out their dinosaur bones. It really is hard work and they gave up after 15 minutes or so and moved on to dissecting the owl pellets. They both thought that was pretty neat. Jude had fun identifying which bones were what and trying to reconstruct the mole. Audrey lost interest before Jude did and she moved on to working on her connect-the-dots book.
Next up was stringing beads to make necklaces which lasted for almost an hour.
Then, of course, they had to watch Wild Kratts on PBS. I like that it's on right about when I need to start making dinner - it makes it easier to cook when I don't have to worry about how the kids might act during the "witching hour" that seems to come at that time of day!
Today was fun! It's always nice to get a few new things to explore and keep them busy on a rainy day and at the end of a long winter.
Side note: I really need to start taking pictures every day of the things we do! I think it would make my blog more interesting. :)
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