Jello Exploration - We did an activity today using jello. Maybe its been done or thought of before but we had great sucess with it that I thought I would share it. I made three different color containers of jello, places the three colors in our water table and the children played with it. They played with it for hours.
Textured Shamrocks - 1.Make a large shamrock pattern
2.Mix salt and food coloring in a ziplock bag
3.Spread glue on entire shamrock
4.Sprinkle green salt on the shamrock and then let dry
5.Hang up and enjoy
The kids love to feel the textured surface of the shamrock!
Birthday Card Placemat - Don't thow away your childrens birthday cards. Here's a great idea. Cut a heavy piece of cardboard to the size of a placemat. Make a collage on the cardboard from the cards. Take your placemat to any office outlet that will laminate and your child will have a beautiful placemat for the year. Repeat ...
Pumpkin Patch Game - Start the game with 3-5 pumpkins of various sizes or textures. Give 5 coins(pennies) to 5 different students. Chant the following-
"5 orange pumpkins in a pumpkin patch
You know, the kind that are big, and round, and fat
Along came (child's name) with a penny to pay
He bought his pumpkin and took ...
Using paper (maybe cut into an apple shape!) or a piece of fabric (burlap works well) make apple prints. Cut apples in half, pour the paint onto paper plates and get stampin'.
Everyone knows that a young child's very first day of school can be traumatic for both the child and parent! Make and wear these apple photo pins to keep that very special person "close by" ...
Give each child a slice of apple, have the children spread peanut butter on one side of apple. children will add mini marshmallows to apple (mini marshmallows are the upper & lower teeth, re ...
At circle time, place apple shapes on flannel board. For very young children, put one of each color, have children close their eyes and take one apple away. See if children can spot which ...
I like to eat, eat, eat apples and bananas I like to eat, eat, eat apples and bananas
I like to ate, ate, ate ay-ples and ba-nay-nays I like to ate, ate, ate ay-ples and ba-nay-nays
I ...
To begin this project I read the book Rainbow Fish. While reading, I pointed out the beautiful colors of the illustrations. After the book we went to the art table and I told the kids to d ...
My son is not a big sandwich eater. To help him "wet" his appetite, I gave him some "paints" to paint his bread. All you need is some food coloring mixed with milk. Let your child "paint" pi ...
Open the binder and glue the batting to the outside cover and spine. Lay material over the batting leaving about 2 inches all the way around. Turn the binder over and fold the material ove ...
To neatly display kids art work on the refrigerator slip it into a plastic page protector sheet.(Found in the office supply section.)This gives it a laminated appearance. When space for new ...
To neatly display and preserve kids artwork, use plastic page protectors. You can diplay them on the refrigerator for awhile, then place them in a three ring binder creating a portfolio that ...
Take a piece of string or 'clothes line' and secure it into the wall at each end with a small nail or screw (make sure to leave a little slack). Then have the children use clothespins to han ...
