What Faith Can Do: Angel

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Fun With Blocks

I keep certain toys in the preschool room, to only be used there. Needless to say, these toys become very special and the kids love playing with them! I think it's because they don't always get to play with them, just once in a while.

This week in preschool, I brought out some new alphabet blocks we received.

My original plan was to work on their recognition of letters and colors but then realized that building towers was way more fun!

After all, we are working on fine motor skills so it's totally educational!

We built....

And we lined up.

For not really wanting to ever be a preschool teacher, I have come to really love it. We have such fun!

Friday, July 19, 2013

Party Time!

I just love parties.... especially birthday parties. One of my favorite things at the foster home is celebrating each child's birthday. I love making them feel special and loved. And, it's an excellent excuse to eat cake. When I lived in China in 2010 I didn't really like Chinese cake but now I LOVE it. I think it gets better each time. Maybe southern China cake is better than northern China cake? Or maybe it has grown on me? Or maybe, China as improved their cake baking abilities in the last 3 years.

Not to mention that they are absolutely beautiful! Cakes in the states don't look like this (that I know of). I especially love all the fruit on them. Makes it feel a bit "healthier" right? ;-) Ok, not really...