Category: By Age Group
-
Extra large maraca
Landon loves music. He’ll turn anything into a drum, loves to listen to and participate in any music opportunities. He’s broken several drum sticks and about as many maracas that were turned into drum sticks. Materials Balloon (smaller sized) Dried beans Newspaper (or any scrap paper) White Glue Water We took several days to make…
-
Flubber (or Oobleck or Gak…)
Landon is turning 3 next month! I can’t believe how fast time has gone by. He’s pretty much obsessed with Curious George (or Monkey George as he calls it) so we are going to have a Curious George Party. This is the first party where he’ll have friends and other kids that can play games…
-
Sock Puppets
Landon has been full fledged into imaginary play (remember the cardboard car that he’s STILL playing with?). So yesterday we made some sock puppets for us to have a puppet show with and fuel his imagination. This is a SUPER easy and potentially free sock puppet. Nothing fancy here, just literally a sock that sort…
-
Homemade Puffy Paint
I asked Landon if he wanted to do a project this morning, already having something in mind. He enthusiasticly said “Yes, I want to make a cloud!” I’m all for doing the things he wants to do. I’ve done a project in the classroom before with a mixture of shaving cream and glue to make…
-
Cardboard Car
Want to know what a few hours of time, some paper plates and paint, a cardboard box and some duct tape can create? We spent Monday morning painting gluing and cutting to make Landon a car out of a cardboard box. It was really all his idea. We still had a few boxes laying around…
-
Hallway Bowling
A few weeks ago Landon tried out bowling at a bowling ally with a new friend we made. They had a blast – for about 6 frames. We didn’t even finish a game – their attention span was just too short – but they really had fun for the time they were there! Landon keeps…
-
Car Painting
I got this idea to do marble painting. I’ve done tons of marble painting in the classroom with my kindergartners it’s a fun different way to paint. Then it dawned on me – all my marbles that I used for painting I left behind in my classroom. So I thought of another way I’ve painted before,…
-
4th of July Craft
Earlier I was talking about doing some finger painting flag craft, well here it is! I kind of made it up as I went, and Landon had fun making it. Materials: White and blue construction paper Red and white paint Masking tape (painters tape) Q-tip Scissors First I took a large sheet of construction paper…
-
Happy Summer!
In honor of the first day of summer, Landon and I made a sun. I drew lines on the construction paper for the triangles, and yes, this 2 year old (ok, 2 year 10 month old) cut all the triangles by him self. He’s had lots of exposure to using scissors. Not only through his…
-
Math Mats
Math mats are a wonderful way to scaffold and expose children to number sense concepts, like one-to-one correspondence, counting, and number recognition. The idea originated with an old program – Math Their Way (I think). I used math mats as a kindergarten student teacher with Mrs. Kliefoth in Thermalito back in “the day”, and was…