Art

Christmas Play Dough

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To celebrate the beginning of the holiday season we are going to make some Christmas play dough! I plan to make a huge batch so that I can give some to all of the kids in my program. We can decorate it together. 🙂

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Critter Painting!

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Are you ready to have some serious fun?

I hope so because we are going to critter paint!

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Creating Summer Hats

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This spring we have had a delightful time making hats. The kind of hat we made depended on the child. There were pirate hats, Gilligan hats, sun bonnets, and hats for tea. I saw this activity at a conference I attended and it is in the School Discount Supply online catalog.

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Watercolor Spray Paint

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We have been spray painting with liquid watercolor. It has been fun and fabulous. First, we make a literacy connection by reading “Mouse Paint” by Ellen Stoll Walsh. It is great little book about three little mice mixing and stirring primary colors.

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Love One Another

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Valentines Day is just around the corner. Often this is a day of romance, flowers, and candlelit dinners for those in love. However, this is wonderful time to teach your child to have thoughtfulness, compassion, and kindness toward others.

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The Mitten – Let’s cut!

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Here’s a super simple cutting and literacy activity that maks a great literacy connection to “The Mitten” by Jan Brett.

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