During the week that Prince George was born, and my daughters acquired a new castle Lego set, I decided that we had been called to journey on a quest... A quest for knowledge... ...about Knights and Princesses. Here are some of the activities we found ourselves doing during that week... ************************************ Princess Graphing from 1+1+1=1's Princess Preschool Pack Instead of gluing together the die included for the game, I just cut them out and put them into my Education Cubes. We kept track of the Princesses the kiddos rolled by using a set of Disney Princess stamps I found at The Dollar Tree. (The stamping itself proved to be an excellent activity for the tot I watch- she will be 2 in September.) ********************************************** "Off on a Quest!" Game from Homeschool Creation's Knight Preschool Pack We used Playmobil Knights for our game pieces... **************************************** K is for Knight Tracer Page and Other Pre-Writing Pages from Homeschool Creation's Knight Preschool Pack ********************************************* Counting the Crown Jewels Activity After looking at the number written on the foam crown, the kiddos would added that certain number of jewels for counting practice. This counting activity was completed by the 3 year old Puppy Prince, with the help of the 7 year old Little Wild Man. ************************************************* Princess and Knight Patterns from 1+1+1=1's Princess Preschool Pack and Homeschool Creation's Knight Preschool Pack ************************************************* Royal Color Activities from 1+1+1=1's Princess Preschool Pack and Homeschool Creation's Knight Preschool Pack *************************************** Tracing Sheets and Opposite Pages from 1+1+1=1's Princess Preschool Pack and Homeschool Creation's Knight Preschool Pack *********************************************** Princess Poetry and Royal Puppets from 1+1+1=1's Princess Preschool Pack and Homeschool Creation's Knight Preschool Pack The Knight puppet set was included in the Homeschool Creation's Knight Preschool Pack... ...but I had to create my own Princess puppets, by copying some of the images in the 1+1+1=1's Princess Preschool Pack. *************************************************** Crown and Pretty Princess Crafts The foam crowns I found at The Dollar Tree... ...and the kiddos used stickers and markers to decorate them. (They are TOTALLY the Queen and King of the Prom, right?) ;0) These foam princess pieces I have had leftover since one of Baby Girl's birthday parties years ago... ************************************************ All of the kiddos made a Knight Collage, based on THIS idea I saw on Pinterest. Instead of using just aluminum foil, I also pre-cut the body parts out of a leftover Mylar balloon... I would recommend just using foil- the balloon material rolls up easily, making it harder to glue. ****************************************** In lieu of an Explorer Box for this unit... ...I just brought our Playmobil castle in from the garage, along with our giant Knight's horse and unicorn. Our castle set its similar to THIS one... ...but apparently the kiddos thought our king needed some of today's modern conveniences in his castle. I mean, what mid-evil castle DOESN'T have a speedboat parked next to the horse drawn carriage? ;0) ************************************************ During Science time, the kiddos were completing a kit called the Project Genius Light from EEME. (A review on this project will be coming up on my blog very soon...) Since electricity would certainly seem like magic back in the days of yore... ...I gave the kiddos all "magic wands" from The Dollar Tree (which I jazzed up with Washi tape) to add a little fun to the task at hand. Bibbity-bobbity-boo! ************************************ An outdoor activity from the week that my male kiddos especially enjoyed was... ...playing with these inflatable swords I found at Target's Dollar Spot. And amazingly enough, no one lost an eye during playtime... *************************************** Finally, foodie fun is a MUST for a week like this! We had a couple of different pizzas in honor of the royals... I must say, I LOVE it when themed learning just kinda drops into my lap and we choose to run with it- one of the many joys of homeschooling! ************************************** Linking up with Preschool and Kindergarten Corner...