Plant seeds

It's that time of the year to plant seeds. The kids were given several packs of marigold seeds at Epcot and wanted to see them grow. Gabriel and Lane were excited to see flowers so we picked up some dirts and pots and had a little seed planting morning.
They both like to get into sand at the beach or at the playground so I was surprised how clean they kept their area when they planted and watered their little seeds. It has been two weeks and they are still interested in what they created Gabriel has been responsible about watering the plants too.
We have two more planting projects planned for a morning when we are home. We are going to plant carrot seeds in a two liter bottle so the kids can watch the carrots grow. We are also going to plant bean seeds in a cd case which will enable us to label the parts when it begins to grow.

PuZzLeS

Puzzles are important for critical thinking, hand-eye coordination, and fine motor skills. Alex has always loved puzzles. We do the huge floor puzzles together and he still enjoys the smaller shape puzzles. He would sit for hours putting them together when he was younger.
Lane is now following his lead and also enjoye puzzles. She is really good at puzzles too! Gabriel, on the other hand, doesn't like them as much as his siblings. I think they are difficult for him due to his fine motor issues.
We went to garage sales this morning and I saw a few preschool 24 piece puzzles for 25 cents. I bought a Diego puzzle and thought it would be good for him but didn't get more because I didn't know if he was interested in that type of puzzle yet.
He has quite the gift for even these puzzles! Andrew and I watched him put it together with few problems. It was neat to watch him thinking about the pieces ad where they go. His problem solving skills are amazing and have definitely developed over the past year.