Archive for March 2009
Months ago I saw a similar project over at Teaching Tiny Tots and made a mental note to try it, my son’s fine motor skills were good but not quite ready yet, the other day he was making a clothes pin bite things and I knew it was time! Here is how we did it.
- Gather your materials. I used 2 of each color paint chip ( 8 in all) , 4 clothes pins, 1 strip of cardboard ( side of a cereal box) and some double stick tape. I am far too impatient for glue.
- Cut your paint chips to fit onto the cardboard.
- Tape them down well.
- Using the 2nd paint chip cut a small strips to go on the top of the clothes pins.
- Tape them down.
- Start playing !
Books
“Brown Bear Brown Bear” by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle is a classic, it is genius in it’s simplicity. So often we think things have to have fancy bells and whistles to keep toddlers and preschoolers interested and this book proves us wrong yet again. I haven’t met a child who hasn’t responded well to this book about colors and animals!
“Lemons Are Not Red” by Laura Vaccaro Seeger is a clever book each page offers a sneak peek at what it next, which my son thought was genius and I have to agree. Soon my son was making his own predictions about what object would be revealed when we turned the page. The book offered so many chances for me to step in and ask my son questions about what we were reading without stalling the momentum of the book.
This is a super easy St. Patrick’s Day craft that also reinforces colors and shapes. My son had the time of his life with the “gooey goop” ( glitter glue) and ran to the door with this is hand when my husband got him this evening. That is one of the best parts of making things with him, seeing how it develops pride and confidence!
- Gather your materials. You will need 2 pieces of construction paper, green crayons, glue, glitter glue , glue, and scissors.
- Start by drawing 4 hearts and one rectangle on one page of construction paper.
- Have your child color the shapes with the green crayons. We talked briefly about all the different shades of green he was using but we didn’t get too deep into it.
- When they are done coloring ,hand them the 2nd page of paper and let them decorate it with the glitter glue.
- While they do that cut out the shapes
- Hand them the regular glue , remind them to glue on the paper not their hands.
- Glue on the shapes and let dry. * My son needed help to make all the points of the hearts “kiss” the rectangle, but once I explained it like that he got it !
When I think of spring I think of the flowers and the grass peaking from the snow, for the letter of the week we are going green and celebrating spring !
- Gather your materials. You will need 2 pieces of construction paper, some green markers or crayons, green Easter grass , glue and scissors.
- Start by drawing a large upper case G
- Have your child color the G with the green markers.
- Next add the glue !
- Add the grass- I pulled some of the grass apart to make it easier for my son to glue it on.
- Keep going until it’s covered. Let dry
- Cut out the G and glue it onto the 2nd piece of paper.
Book!
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