penne pasta

Stringing penne pasta on yarn. I had a plastic yarn needle tied to the end.  After we got some strung on we decided to paint them differnt colors and add some glue and glitter!  Great for small motor skills

Stars

Painting both sides of some stars I cut from a dollar store board to hang from his cieling!  He loves all things space right now so were hand decorating a theme throughout his room!  We also watched the magic school bus episode on star formation so we can talk about what makes up a star and the different types.  Lots of fun!

Color combining and science

Color combining and a science experiment all in one!!  Filled 3 cups with vinegar and added red, yellow, and blue to the cups.  Ely used the eye dropper to squirt some in a tub of baking soda and watch the colored bubbles form!!.  We used the three colors and combined them in different combos to form orange, purple, and green bubbles! Lots of fun!

butterfly art

We were working on a Butterfly theme so we had read a couple of butterfly books and then on to the artwork!!  I incorporated the concept of symmetry by having Ely paint half a butterfly and then folding it to squish the paint onto the otherside making a perfect symmetrical butterfly!

cinco de mayo!

Made look a like Mexico flags to hang around the house for our Cinco De Mayo celebration.  We also did some art and signs by gluing different types of beans.  We got a book about Mexico from the library and a spanish english kids dictionary to talk about the culture.  We also made Maracas from our beans by placing them inside an empty water bottle.  the next day we put a wet paper towel in there and placed the maraca outside a few days later we're able to watch the beans sprout and talk about the different plant parts and how seeds sprout!

Mothers Day!

We made coffee filter flowers for Mothers Day!  They came out great and it was a lot of different skills used and lots of fun!!  Take coffee filters and let them color whatever they want on it wither markers.  Then we used an eye dropper to practice small motor skills and he dropped water on them and watched the colors run.  We used this opportunity to talk about absorbtion.  While there drying Ely put on a couple beads on to the pipecleaner (another great small motor skill)  We talked about patterns and he tried to make different patterns out of the beads he put on.  Then I just twisted the part with the beads to make a leaf shape and then attached the coffee filter by twisting it around a pinch in the center. Voila! beautiful forever flowers!!

rock art

A fun outside activity when you want to enjoy the sunshiny day!!  You can make bugs or letters or numbers or whatever out of the rocks then display anywhere you want!!