I Know a Rhino-Teddy Bear Picnic

Monday, for our lesson was to have a Teddy Bear Picnic.  We went to the park and had a picnic with Nonna during her lunch break!  The kids loved it!  Caden was talking about it all day.  He said, "Luv picnic Mommy"!  We brought ducky and rabbit instead of Teddy Bears because that is what Caden picked out from our stuffed animal collection.  He picked out one for himself and one for Hannah.  What a great day!:)  

I Kow a Rhino- Muddy Little Pigs and Furry Bear

In our lesson from The Itty-Bitty Bookworm we painted a pig.  The book talks about a little girl that plays in the mud with a pig.  We were supposed to paint with our fingers but Caden insisted on using a paint brush.   

In another part of the book the little girl goes for a picnic with a bear, so we also painted a bear.  In this lesson we were supposed to use a cotton ball attached to a clothes pin and paint the bear that way.  Again Caden insisted on using a paint brush.
I went to go and get something and I came back to this...Caden had cleaned up all of his mess and and put in in the container...even the paint plate.  I was so proud of him!!!!

I Know a Rhino-Tea Party

In the book I Know a Rhino the little girl has a tea party with a Rhino.  So our lesson from The Itty Bitty Bookworm was to have a tea party also.  I got the tea set from Target's dollar section.  I put a white pillow case on the kids picnic table.  I managed to get a hat on both of the kids! lol  Hannah's hat was given to her from her Mee-Maw and Caden's has was also given to him by Mee-Maw when he was 1 years old.  Both of the kids loved pouring the tea (water) on the table or in the cup.  They had a great time and looked sooooo cute playing.  (I really enjoyed the moment)!  

I Know a Rhino-White Mud

Grating the soap...I took a quick picture...he wasn't interested in this part.

Pouring the grated soap in.

Pouring the water...he poured too.

Fun playing in the White Mud!

We are now reading I Know a Rhino.  Our first lesson from The Itty-Bitty Bookworm was to make White Mud.  At first Caden wasn't interested...not even interested in grating the soap.  He was more interested in pouring the water into the mixture.  Once we got to that part in the directions he was hooked.

Caden loved for me to build the white mud up into a pile and being the boy he is he wanted to knock it down.  At first he was kind of weirded out by the texture, but after I showed him all the things he could do with it, he enjoyed himself.  The recipe came from familyfun.go.com.