Archive for February 2010
Olympic Rings
We love the Olympics in our house and are gearing up to go cheer for 2 countries in Vancouver later this month. I meant to make this craft with paint but we were out of black and green and since there was a nice furnace repair man in my garage I couldn’t run out. So we decided to cover the rolls with tissue paper instead. As it turned out my son liked cutting and sorting the paper more than anything so it was perfect! This was a long craft with little guys I would skip the crayons, tissue paper and glue and simply paint.
- Gather your materials. You will need red, black, blue, green and yellow paint or crayons and tissue paper. A wrapping paper roll or 5 toilet paper rolls, glue, scissors, and some clothes pins.
- Start by cutting the roll into 5 if you are using a wrapping paper roll.
- Have your child color with roll with a crayons. If you are painting the rolls paint now. I used the crayons so that my son had a visual aid when it was time to glue the paper on to reinforce that we are only using one color for each roll.
- While they are coloring cut up some of the tissue paper, leave some for your child to cut as well if they are able to use scissors.
- Have your child cut and sort some too. This was my far my son’s favorite part. Normally he loves glue and he was like ” I’ll cut and sort more mama, you do the glue today!”
- Time to add glue- add lots!
- Add paper.
- Repeat for each ring.
- Stack and glue rings together.
- Secure with the clothes pins.
- Let dry.
More Olympic Themed Activities
I am chilling with my little man. I am waiting for the furnace repair man today after a weekend with wonderful women in Nashville and filling my head and heart with new information and friendships. I didn’t want to leave anyone hanging so I have found wonderful letter activities from a number of great blogs around the web. Most are geared towards older preschoolers and young school age kids but are all worth bookmarking for later even if your little one isn’t ready for them quite yet.
This is a fun way to use flash cards – see I don’t think they are inherently evil, they just need to be played with ! Muffin Tin Mom makes a fun game to help teach letters and promote early literacy.
This is from my other blog Craftivity Corner on FamilyEducation.com . We loved matching up the letters and stickers, and my 3 year old was adamant about doing it all by himself. The activity wasn’t too daunting or long but still offered a challenge.
This phonic flip chart from Quirky Momma is a fantastic way to play with letters with children who have started to show interest in spelling . When I went to the next blog I noticed they had linked this exact activity today as well. Hey when an idea is good it deserves recognition! 
I had booked marked this word family activity from Preschool Playbook a while back . What a wonderful way to learn dynamically!
I love this idea from Hey, I’m just the nanny. For children who are past the basics and ready to play with sentences using a well loved book ( we all know which ones our kids know so so well) is a great way to scaffold this activity!
I had to include something for the little ones too. This Caterpillar C from Ramblings of a Crazy Woman is so cute I couldn’t resist!
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When you go to conferences you find a bunch of new sites to dive into and explore but sometimes it also reminds you of a site you have loved forever that you want to share . Because Babies Grow Up is awesome! Amber Passey and I have enjoyed each other’s blogs for ages, we have a similar mission about early education , motherhood and play. She shares songs, crafts , books and more! Check her out!
I am presently in Nashville, well I am on my chair watching SuperWhy with my sick 3 year old but when you read this I will be in Nashville at Blissdom. Although I will have my trusty laptop I won’t have my trusty helper, glue or paper to make anything fun. So I am sending you to all these other awesome blogs ( who are all at Blissdom too!) that have shared wonderful ideas that you might have missed! Enjoy.
I love these self portraits from She Wears Many Hats. Check out the easy steps that make your child’s art a true masterpiece!
I love how easy this awesome puppetfrom Impress Your Kids is, pretend play and art all in one project!
Look at these awesome SuperBowl Cupcakes from Hoosier Homemade!
I saw this make your own construction site on Mom Tried It a while back and have been meaning to make it for my little man, who would love it!
I can’t help but link to these Mini-Peanut Butter Cups, from Eclectic Whatnot because if I don’t I may make a batch and gain 30 pounds.
I love these free printable Valentine Bookmarks from Living Locurto!
I can’t leave Make and Takes out of this post! Check out this simple recipe for A Valentine’s Popcorn Treat!
