Pi Day and St. Patrick's Day

I enjoy Pi Day and St. Patrick's Day, so was prepared for a lot of fun this week.  We enjoyed books about Ireland, math, rainbow and shamrock activities, and lots of other fun.

We read Celtic Myths by Sam McBratney and three books by Tomie dePaola - Fin M'coul, Jamie O'Rourke and the Pooka, and Patrick Patron Saint of Ireland.  We read a couple books on Ireland, enjoying especially one by Koponen.  We cut a bell pepper in half, and used it to stamp some shamrock shapes.  A friend came over and we decorated some ceramic pots, planting sunflowers inside to create our own pots of gold.  We also decorated some treasure chests to store our treasures.  We had fun playing with a prism, to create our own rainbows.  We decided to play with light a bit, so also used our camera on our phone to see the infrared light from our remote.  Our black light is sadly broken, so we weren't able to use that.  But Genevieve has been playing with flashlights to create shadows, and as such, was using The Game of Light.  Genevieve also created a rainbow windchime.

For Pi day and other math activities, we read Creature Numbers, Three Little Kittens, Triangle, I Knew Two Who Said Moo, Little Hands 123, Over in the Jungle, and Mouse Count.  We measured weight with our bear scale, comparing the sizes.  We practiced dividing pizza.  We reviewed our shapes, coloring a picture using simple shapes.  We practiced counting money and Genevieve was able to use money to buy some things in the store, noting how money works.  We also practiced measuring distance, using some unconventional means like blocks and books.  We also talked of measuring time, and Genevieve created her own clock.

Genevieve has continued her fun with dress up, dressing up as a witch and making fairy wings this week.  She's also been playing ice skating and dancing.  Genevieve has planned a family trip to the moon, so she made a map of our landing area.  We had fun with Play-Doh and balloons, experimenting with static.  We also read some silly books that didn't fit with our theme, but that Genevieve really enjoyed - The Mouse Who Ate the Moon and Spike the Mixed up Monster.