Windstock

                                                                          Windstocks

                                                    A wonderful gift for children to make.

                                                         Windstocks for Mother's Day
                                               Materials:  Resealable Plastic Bag, Yarn, Stickers, and Scissors
                                   Directions: Fringe-cut the bottom of the bag. Decorate the with stickers
                                   and tie a bow at the top of the bag.

Broom Sick Math                                                           
Recycled Products from Home

Reinforce number sequencing with this cool activity.  Cut toilet-tissue tube rings and label each tube with a number from one to ten.  Then grab a broom or mop from your house, and challenge your child to slide the tubes onto the handle in numerical order.

Pom-Pom Painting

                                                                     Pom-Pom Painting

            We collected several tops and found a bottle of paint to created a fun project with pom-poms.

Amazing Morning Bags

                                                          AMAZING MORNING BAGS
                                                                   
Help your children start their day with a bag of learning and fun.
Change the bags each day or once a week for continuous education or entertainment.
Great for at home, in the car, or at school.
                                         
Ideas: sight words, letter magnets, crayons, pocket book foldables or
journals, miniature toys for story telling, pipe cleaners for creating and stickers for fun.

Foam Sticker Painting

                      Materials:  Foam Stickers, Paint, a Recyclable Paper Towel or Tissue Roll, and Paper

                                                                    Finished Product

                                                                  Foam Sticker Painting

Source: A creative thought! Enjoy

Learning with Pipe Cleaners

                                                            Learning with Pipe Cleaners

Learning Fan

                                                                      Learning Fans

                                                 Use the fans for blending, and counting.
                    A numeral fan makes for a fast way for students to give answers involving numbers.

Tracing

                                                                       Drive 'N' Draw

Cloud Dough

                                                                    Cloud Dough
Materials and Directions 
8 Cups of Flour
1 Cup of Baby Oil
3 to 5 minutes of mixing 
                         
 I found this activity on a blog called Juggling With Kids and on Pre-School Play.
 My four year old loves this activity.           

Story Stickers

                                                   Tell a story by using craft sticks and stickers.

Counting Pom-Poms

                                                                  Counting Pom-Poms
             Children will love playing this counting game with their friends.  Provide each child  in a small group with an egg carton and a supply of pom-poms.  To play, a child rolls a number cube and then places the corresponding number of pom-poms into his or her carton.  The children will continue to play until a child has filled his or her egg carton with pom-poms.

Source Unknown

Letter Tracing with Itmes Found at Home

                      My four year old loves to trace his letters with his favorite car.  I have been doing this activity in my classroom for years and continued this activity with my son.  We like to use marbles, paint brushes, erasers and pipe cleaners.  

Painting With Pipe Cleaners

                                  Gather several pipe cleaners into a bundle; then bend them in half.
                                                   Bind them together to create a brush.

Source:  I saw this activity at a workshop years ago.

What Comes Next?

                                                                    What Comes Next?
                                                                            Song
                                                                              By
                                                                    Unknown Author
                                                 Sung to the tune of (ARE YOU SLEEPING?)
                                     
                                             Pattern pieces, pattern pieces,
                                             In a row, in a row.
                                             Show me what comes next.
                                             Show me what comes next.
                                             Do you know? Do you know?

Source:  Author Unknown
I learned this song early in my career.

 
                                          

Butterfly Fun

                                                                The Butterfly Color Song

                                 We made a butterfly sandwich with gummy worms for a snack today.