Archive for January 2009
Moose Head !
Let me explain the title, over the weekend we went on a family road trip and went into a little small town diner for lunch. Immediately we were met with various stuffed animal heads mounted pretty low on the wall. It terrified my son who began screaming “No Animal head !” and grabbing at me to leave. We eventually found a restaurant sans elk but I suggested we make this moose head in part to get over the fear .Even if there was no trauma involving an elk or moose head at your house, this is a cute activity to do.
- Gather your materials. You will need 3 pieces of construction paper , some scrap black paper, 2 googley eyes, brown paint, a pencil, scissors, glue and some crayons.
- Have your child draw the background with crayons. My son drew clouds , the sun and “og” (fog).
- While they do that, draw antlers on the first piece of paper.
- Draw the outline of the moose head on the other piece of paper. I drew an uneven keyhole shape.
- Have your child paint the head with the brown paint.
Using a big brush will help get all the head painted with little guys, our dauber didn’t do such a great job, so we took turns. - Paint the antlers. Let dry.
- Cut out the antlers and head.
- Glue the antlers to the scenery.
- Glue the head on top of the antlers.
- While your child is gluing , cut out 2 ovals from the black paper for the moose’s nostrils.
- Glue the nostrils on.
- Add the glue for the eyes.
- Add the googly eyes. Let dry.
Books!
“If You Give A Moose A Muffin” by Laura Numeroff is a silly, engaging and darling story about demanding moose! If you are not familiar with the “If You Give A” series you are missing out. They are all great books that show cause and effect and are great when you are teaching about predicting, kids can make a prediction about what the moose will want next! My favorite part of this book is the puppet show!
“Moosetache” by Margie Palatini is a absurd book about a moose with an out of control mustache! Kids love this book, they laugh at the poor moose who is quite anxious about his unusual facial hair. The book has a valuable message about accepting yourself and the quirks that make you you.
Play-dough Sculptures !
On Tuesday I was watching ( well mostly listening to) the Presidential Inauguration and that meant my little man was house bound , so I needed a lot of fun things up my sleeve. We made crafts, we played with water , built a city with blocks and our piece de resistance these super cool play-dough sculptures!
- Gather your materials. You will need some play-dough and something fun to stick in it. We used popsicle sticks and toilet paper rolls.
- Start creating.
- My son made the same thing over and over, birthday cakes! We sung happy birthday to many things including the new president, it was a fun day.
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Street Signs !
I am always looking for interesting ways to teach shapes, here is a fun way to get your little ones who love cars, trucks and such interested. While this craft requires a fair bit of prep it’s results will be worth it. We talked about the shapes as I cut them out and the letters as I wrote them, older children can do this craft independently or at the very least write their own name!
- Gather your materials. You will need 5 pieces of construction paper ( 2 red, 2 black and 1 green), 2 pieces of white paper, a red marker, a black marker, scissors and glue.
- Start by drawing the outline of the signs on the paper – you can stack the red, black and white paper for the octagon( stop sign), as well as the red and black for the triangle (yield) , the green street sign can just be cut into a rectangle. Cut the signs out.
- Trim the 2 inner layers of the stop sign ( the white a little and the red a little more). Repeat for the red layer of the yield sign.
- Write out the words for the street signs. It’s not pictured but the inner layer of the yield sign is white with red writing.
- Cut the stop sign letters out individually.
- Invite your child to the table- if they haven’t been helping. For really little guys I would do this before including them, if not the whole project will drag too much and they will want to move onto something else before they even get a chance to do anything.
- Start by gluing the stop sign together
,first the white on the black , then the red.
- I wrote the word stop in glue and had my son match the letters to the glue, it worked perfectly to give him a chance to do it independently and he recognized each letter. Let dry.
- Glue together the yield sign.
Ask your child what shape that it, and how many different triangles are you gluing together? Is one smaller than the other? Let dry. - Time to glue your personalized name street sign ! Add lots of glue!
- Voila!( side note: I love these new place mats, glue wipes right off! $1 at The Dollar Store! )
Song!
Vroom! Vroom ! Went the little red car one day,
Vroom! Vroom! Went the little red car!
Vroom! Vroom! Went the little red car one day ,
and they all went Vroom! Vroom! Skreeeeeech! But we all know cars go ,
beep beep beep beep beep,
beep beep beep beep beep,
beep beep beep beep beep We all know cars go ,
beep beep beep beep beep
They don’t go , Vroom! Vroom! Skreeeeeech!
Vroom! Vroom! Went the little red car!
Vroom! Vroom! Went the little red car one day ,
and they all went Vroom! Vroom! Skreeeeeech! But we all know cars go ,
beep beep beep beep beep,
beep beep beep beep beep,
beep beep beep beep beep We all know cars go ,
beep beep beep beep beep
They don’t go , Vroom! Vroom! Skreeeeeech!
Books !
“Trucks Roll” by George Ella Lyon got a huge compliment from my son today when we read it. When he really really wants more of something not only does he ask for it with words but the sign language he learned so long ago comes out. This book got the “More Trucks!” out loud and the frantic more signs! The book is the perfect length for 2-4 year olds who like my son love anything you can drive. It also explains well what trucks drivers do and how so many things make it from one place to the next. Cute book, worth a read for sure!
” Alphabeep! A Zipping Zooming ABC” by Debora Pearson is a great book for older toddlers and preschoolers. The transportation themed book uses rhymes and colorful illustrations to go from A to Z. The text was a bit long for my young toddler but I shortened it and he was able to enjoy the book , children 2 and up will love it just the way it is! This is on my must buy list.
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Box Puzzles !
I love these, you can make them as simple or challenging as needed and it uses recycled materials to make a free toy! How cool is that? Check out the easy peasy how to over at
Frills Fluff and Trucks!
I love these, you can make them as simple or challenging as needed and it uses recycled materials to make a free toy! How cool is that? Check out the easy peasy how to over at
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