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Writing Color Poems
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
We love to read poems and write them, too. Color poems are fun and easy – with Leprechauns and shamrocks on our minds, we found our Green Poems that we wrote last year. Grab a piece of paper, some green coloring tools, and your favorite little poet and join us!
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Sewing With Plastic Canvas
One of the favorite activities around our house lately is sewing bookmarks cut from plastic canvas using a plastic yarn needle and yarn. This is so easy and inexpensive – you can buy the plastic canvas at most craft stores. It comes in a variety of colors, and even in shapes like circles and [...]
Flashlight Fun
Flashlights are fun! Spend a few minutes before bedtime playing a flashlight game or two.
Flashlight Scavenger Hunt: Go on a night walk in a familiar area and see what you can find by the glow of a flashlight. Name one or two things at a time for your child to find, or pick [...]
Weather Charts for Preschoolers
My girls love to talk about the weather, and this time of year seems to have all kinds of weather to observe. Here are some of the weather charts we have made:
This paper plate weather chart is perfect for even the littlest weather watcher. We used die-cut shapes and a cotton ball for the [...]
Read and Play: It Looked Like Spilt Milk
We've been having some wonderful cloud-watching days lately. One of our favorite cloud stories is It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw. My kids love the predictable words:
Sometimes it looked like a Tree. But it wasn't a Tree.
Sometimes it looked like an Ice Cream Cone. But it [...]
Purr-fect Kitty Valentines
My four-year-old's preschool class loves to play kitties, so we thought a friendly kitty Valentine would be purr-fect!
Supplies:
construction paper or cardstock for the card (we used a cut-up painting my daughter made at preschool)
one large heart for the head (we cut ours from construction paper)
two medium hearts for ears (we used foam stickers)
one small heart [...]
Kitchen Gadget Painting
My girls and I love to explore painting with a variety of brushes and objects. One of our favorite explorations is with gadgets and tools from the kitchen. So, gather up some washable paint and an assortment of things from the kitchen. Here are some ideas to get you started:
potato masher
whisk
fork
honey dipper
spatula
sponges [...]
Watercolor Initials
Create simple and beautiful artwork for your child's room that features watercolor painting and your child's initial, too!
Supplies:
Contact Paper
watercolor paper
watercolors
Draw and cut-out your child's initial from the Contact Paper. I drew mine free-hand, but you could also print out a large letter to trace. Stick the initial onto the watercolor paper – I [...]
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