Archive for October 2010
Need ideas for your letter of the week curriculum ? Look no further. Not only do we have letter crafts we have crafts and activities that start with all the letters too! This week it’s the letter C . Cactus, Cats, Caterpillars, Comets and more! Also don’t miss the alphabet books, it’s important not to only focus on the letter, but teach it in a meaningful and holistic way, alphabet books are a great way to do that.
{Letter Crafts}
Candy C - Carrot C - Caterpillar C - Comet C- Cookie C
{Activities and Crafts That Start With C}
Cactus- Candy Cane- Car Wash- Carrot- Cars-Castle- Cat- Caterpillar- Cloud
Coffee Grinds Sensory Tub- Coffee Shop- Cookies- Corn- Crab- Cupcakes
{Alphabet Books }
Sleepy ABC
The Graphic Alphabet by David Pelletier is a fun book to share with a child who has already mastered the alphabet, because this book is challenging. Each letter is shown in it’s own illustration, but you aren’t sure exactly what the picture is of, this is the challenge. As you can see on the cover it has an avalanche, the hardest one for me was N no matter how I looked at the picture I thought it was of magnets! Turns out it was noodles! Very fun book for kids that already know their letters and are up for a challenge.
A Is for Zebra
Did you write a post you were particularly proud of this week? Did a post really hit a chord with your readers and you want it share it with mine too? Come on link up your very best and then visit other links as well. It’s sorta a weekly cheat sheet for busy blog readers ! I was super proud of two posts I wrote for Parentella and Muffin Tin Mom this week so don’t miss them either Haunted House Craft and Giving Up Nap Time .
At my local library ( where I get 90% of the books I review) I know where a handful of authors books are and Harriet Ziefert is one author I never forget to check when I am looking for new books. Her books are well written, sensitive to a child’s perspective and I feel good recommending her as an author not to miss to parents. Here are just a few of her many books for you to check out.
Beach Party!
Hanukkah Haiku 
Hats off for the Fourth of July 
One Red Apple
Snow Party
Are you trying to get your kids outside as much as possible before the rain, snow and cold weather sets in? Or maybe you live somewhere warm that has just now burned off the heat of the summer and you are ready to enjoy the fall weather! I brought together some of our favorite outside activities for kids for you to try and enjoy while the weather co-operates!
To tell you the truth I didn’t plan this activity, I saw the fishing net , wanted to do something with it and didn’t have much for my son to catch so instead I made some ice. To make it more fun we colored the ice, then to make it more educational we made them red and yellow to create orange ! It was a big hit and not as big a mess as I feared .
- Gather your materials. You will need a bin or tub, a ice cube tray , food coloring , a fish net ( or soup ladle) and water. You will also need plain ice for the second part.
- Start by putting a few drops of food coloring in your ice tray – half one color, half the other.
- Add water and freeze.
- Fill your tub with water – ours was too warm, the ice melted so quickly the color mixing was fast. When I do it again I will use cold water so it’s a slower mix.
- When ice firm
, show it to your child and tell them you are going to put it in the water. Ask them to make a prediction about what will happen to the ice when it is in the water, what will happen to the water ? Pop it in!
- Mix and catch with net.
- Pop in more plain ice to “fish” – my son had fun with the color mixing but the extension of the activity was the real fun.
