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How We Study the Weather and the Calendar (Giveaway!)

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What morning rituals does your family have these days? I’d like to show you one of ours that Darah (my almost 4 year old) is really enjoying and that creates great moments for learning. Check out the Funky Monkey Forecast!

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Learning Resources has this set of 60 magnetic pieces available on their website. It comes with a jumbo monkey and 28 different accessories to dress him in, depending on the day’s weather. There are also 6 weather icons and 3 weather words. Every morning Darah looks outside to see what the weather looks like at the moment (sunny, cloudy, etc.) and I also check the forecast online to get a sense for the daily temperatures and if any special weather conditions are headed our way.

After Darah dresses the monkey for the day, she has a better idea of how to dress herself, too! This helps tremendously once we head upstairs to pick out an outfit. She used to choose things that were seasonally inappropriate and not understand why she would be much too hot or much too cold in them. Now she gets it, and she edits her options accordingly. And as you likely know, drama over wardrobe is GREATLY reduced when the child gets to make her own choices. So the Funky Monkey is helping us not only with weather comprehension, but also with the practical life skill of dressing oneself.

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Darah dressed this moneky for a warm day at school. Note the backwards shoes and the lack of pants. Darah finds pants to be an annoying component of wardrobes, to be avoided if at all possible.

 

practical life: weather and dressing with funky monkey

Her clothing selection (a dress, which means no pants needed! )

Additionally, I’m starting to work with Darah on the calendar aspect of the Funky Monkey set. It comes with the 7 days of the week, as well as the 12 months of the year. Darah is starting to associate the days of the week with the different activities we do on those days (such a school on Monday and Wednesday during the summer, or Daddy being at home on Saturday and Sunday). She isn’t yet able to identify the words by sight, but the magnets are helping us practice and improve in that area.

I’m really pleased with this fun new tool that provides my child with a morning ritual to get her day started right. And I also LOVE that it comes in magnet form, which means it takes up very little space. Three cheers for that!!!

Buy it!: The Funky Monkey Forecast is available for $29.98 through the Learning Resources website, as well as through Amazon.

Win it!: One lucky Stuff Parents Need reader will win a Funky Monkey Forecast!

Be sure to enter my other current giveaways, found on the sidebar of my page.

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I received a complimentary product for review purposes. All thoughts and opinions expressed here are strictly my own. This post contains an affiliate link. 

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  7. I love winter the best. The weather down south is so much cooler and I love that so many of my favorite holidays are in this season.

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  9. My favorite season is fall. I love the changing leaves, sweaters, football, and back to school.

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  19. Fall is my favourite. I know summer is behind me and winter is ahead. Plus the leaves are all turning different shades of red.

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  25. The time where Fall begins to go into winter and the part where winter goes into spring. (That little time frames).

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  26. I love the Fall. Everything about it… the smell, the cooler weather.. I feel like things settledown in the Fall. 🙂

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  27. Spring is my favorite. I love when the weather starts getting warmer and the flowers start to bloom!

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  42. Fall–not too hot, not too cold. Apple picking, leaf collecting, pumpkin carving, trick or treating in costumes–what’s not to love?

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  49. My favorite season is the Fall. I love the cooler temperatures because my grandsons love playing outdoors and I don’t have to worry about them being too hot!

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  54. I love summer best! The warm weather, lighter schedule and beautiful shining sun! There are more things to do too! Thanks for the chance to win!

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