Month: January 2013
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Crayon Resist Snowman
I do this project every year in kindergarten. I wanted to try it, knowing it would be a bit of a stretch developmentally for Landon. His independent drawing is still in the scribble and call it a dolphin phase. So I decided to try some directed drawing with him to help him make a snowman for this…
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Changes
When trying to think of the many creative ways to announce the news we finally settled on this, a video of Landon. The plan was to have each set of parents and close family over and show them the “cute” video of Landon. Landon had different plans. Even though we really didn’t talk much about…
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Paper Plate Snowman
I absolutely love these snowmen. I love anything that involves the hands of my kiddos, and they love it to – Riley especially, he loves having his hands traced. He’d be happy doing that all day long. Seriously. Paper Plate Snowman Paper Plate Black, orange, and scarf colored construction paper (let your child pick!) Googly eyes Crayons…
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Raegan Grace
Meet Raegan Grace: Before we moved from Yuba City I was part of a wonderful mom’s group. While I was only a member there for a short time before we had to move, I got to meet some wonderful ladies and kiddos. One of them was Raegan. More about her in a few – since…
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Activity Quilt
Aunt Susie. She’s one of those aunts that is the kid favorite. She is the master at everything crafty, and not the kind of crafty where you copy pins from other’s ideas. She’s the crafty type that comes up with these awesome ideas all on her own and makes them. This Christmas she made the…
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Simple Catapult
A few days after the Christmas craziness Brad and the boys created a simple catapult that created hours of endless fun. When I say simple – I mean simple. We took some of the wooden spoons from the kitchen and laid them on the edge of the table with a small ball in the scoop…
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Name writing with bingo dobbers
When your young child is learning how to write their name small pencils are not the best option to start with. Their small hands lack the fine motor control to manipulate the tiny pencil. Fat pencils, markers and the fat crayons are good for helping them grip and have better control. One medium I love…
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Name matching game
This is a great game to play that reinforces and teaches so many skills: the concept of letters and words, letter ID and sounds, matching, and upper and lower case arrangement for names. It’s something I always did the first few weeks of school, not only to help get every one acquainted but to also…