6 different ways to explore Feelings with Preschoolers



The week before Mini Piwi did this unit, she had mastered the potty. While we were hanging out in the bathroom (while she did what she was there for) we had a lot of time to talk about how proud she was feeling. I remembered pinning a Feeling tot book from 1+1+1=1 and realized that this would be the perfect time to print it out.

The tot book is sooo cute and Mini Piwi really enjoyed adding the correct 'feelings' face to the characters as I read out the pretend scenarios.

While we waited for Big Sis to finish her math we made an impromptu paper plate face. The mouth was attached with a metal brad so it could be happy or sad. It seemed to bother Mini Piwi a bit and eventually she glued it so it could only look happy.

Mini Piwi loves making and supervising me making her snacks. Here is her smiley face yogurt....

...And a Heart smiley chocolate peanut butter bread....the mouth she decided should be made out of nori after we had  'sushi'' for lunch. Her version of sushi is seaweed wrappers and rice.

Mini Piwi praticised her cutting skills with this simple matching craft. The shapes are pre printed on the contruction paper we bought. I just drew some feelings faces and made some label to describe how the feelings they showed. Mini Piwi taped them to the different shapes and then added the correct labels.

We had great fun with this unit and it is something that we hope to expand on in the future! What are some of the ways you have explored feelings with your little ones?

Cooking with Mama

Today I was on a mission to use up some Pantry items before the move. We got this huge bottle of amazing maple syrup and I would hate for it to go to waste. The piwi's were just about in the kitchen before me when they realized I was about to bake. Mini Piwi was scraping her 'helping chair' along the lino and Miss K has a was in the cupboard looking for the flour. Nothing like good assistants!

So today I experimented a bit to use up stuff. We made Blueberry Oatmeal bread and Upside down apple crumble muffins. When clean up time came the Piwi's mysteriously disappeared until they heard the oven timer go off! The apple muffins were popular with the Piwis and Daddy really liked the blueberry bread.

I am still working on my cooking blog but once it goes live the recipes will be here!

Mini Piwi's Healthy piwi tot book



Hand tracing & gluing the steps to teeth brushing into a mini book



a mini coloring book of body parts we used when we sing Hokey Pokey and a flap book of all our body songs

Mini piwi shows off her work before moving onto her red links and cheese sandwiches

Learning the color red by gluing red foods (while trying out some scissors)