While learning about clouds, we read It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw and then did this “cloudy art” activity from the curriculum. Mixing white paint with water was a FANTASTIC combination so that the kids could suck it up with a pipette and drop it onto the thick blue paper to make a beautiful contrast. ☁️ We also had one cup filled with just white paint and another…
On Sunday, I started “growing” water beads and kept adding more as they expanded to make sure we’d be able to fill 2 trays worth. B has been asking EVERY SINGLE DAY since, if it’s time to play with them. My “not yet” has been met with some deep toddler disappointment, but it’s also been a lesson in patience (a lifelong skill). Finally, today was the day…
As a self-proclaimed lover or bright colors, 🌈 I think these are BEAUTIFUL! 🤩 They’re also functional, educational, and reusable, so there is absolutely no reason not to do this activity. First, write your child’s name in dot markers and see if they can identify their name as well as identify or name the letters in it. They’ll enjoy matching colored bears to the corresponding colored letters in…
Cc is a new letter for us and since you all already know paper 📝 and pencil aren’t my thing, here you go. 😉 Make the desired letter using tape and place a cotton ball on one end, which you could refer to as “the starting line.” The goal is to blow 💨 the cotton ball all the way to the other end, or “the finish line” 🏁 using the straw. Can you…
Yesterday we started our weather unit with talking and learning about the sun. These 3-year-olds can now tell you that when it’s daytime ☀️ on one side of the Earth 🌎, it’s nighttime 🌙 on the other side. It’s never too early to teach science to small children. They may not grasp everything, and you may need to simplify it, but they are far more capable than most…
So today we learned about “wind” to go along with this month’s weather unit. The materials and idea were simple, but it appears that the @melissaanddougtoys washable paint 🎨 we used may have been too thick. The adults in the room tried to use the straws to blow the paint, sequins, and flowers 🌸 across the paper to no avail. Finally, one of the children decided to use his straw as…