thanksgiving turkey

Thanks to my mom for making this very cute turkey with Zander last weekend!

pilgrim faces

This is an easy, quick, fun Thanksgiving activity!

Materials:

template of pilgrims

googly eyes

pom-poms

glitter glue

glue dots(if you want to make it really quick and easy) or glue

Print out the templates.  Let your child make a face on his or her pilgrim using materials provided.  They LOVE the google eyes and pom-poms.  You could also use markers,  crayons, paints or the medium of your choice.  We then made glitter mouths.  Once everything was dry, I taped their pilgrims to the wall....they have loved looking at them!

leafy art

I'm finally back to posting kid's projects. We've had a lot of fun doing Thanksgiving/Fall art lately!

Yesterday we enjoyed making leafy art. This is very messy.....We crunched up our leaves and decorated our paper out in the garage. That made the cleanup much easier. The kids LOVED doing this. This is an easy project you can do with all ages.

Materials needed:
Dried leaves
Bowl
Paper
Squeeze Glue

Directions:
Collect leaves and let completely dry if needed. Crumble up leaves over a bowl or container. Squirt a "glue design" on paper. Shake the dried leaves over the design (similar to shaking glitter). Shake off excess leaves and let dry.

be back later

Hi all!

I will post more lessons and activities in a month or so. I have decided I will take a break as I get ready for and recover from my surgery.

I can't wait to start planning activities again soon to share with you. I hope to feel great so the lesson should be even better.

green eggs and ham

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Suess is one of our favorite books in this house. The kids love it. We have read it so often that they can recite the words on almost every page.




So I decided to make a fun breakfast for us......green eggs and ham!

Materials:
-the book Green Eggs and Ham
-eggs
-ham
-green food coloring

I just dropped a couple of drops of food coloring in the eggs as I scrambled them and put a few on the ham as I warmed it up.



While the kids ate, I read the story to them. It was a hit!!!

apples and bananas song

This is such a fun song for preschoolers. The kids love singing it. I made some apples and bananas labeled with each of the vowels for Z and K to hold while singing. Just repeat each verse with a different vowel sound.

journaling

Lines, scribbles, and drawings are the first steps of the writing process. You can help young children develop these writing skills through journaling. I started it this week with my son and daughter even though they are not yet writing letters. But they feel they are "writing" stories through journaling. I let them draw and/or scribble and talk to them about what they are doing. This is great for communication skills also! My husband has come home from work the past two days and looked at their journals first thing. They are thrilled to share and he loves knowing what they were drawing at the time (since I have written out their "stories" below or beside the pictures).
This is an inexpensive but wonderful thing to do with your kids. I bet it will be a favorite learning/sharing activity in your house. It is in ours!

Materials:
3 ring binder
journaling paper, very easy to make or find templates on line. I used activity village.
crayons
pencil


I let them decorate the cover to get them excited about the journal.


Here is one of Z's first entries.

This is Lightning McQueen. He has black wheels.