Monthly Archives: March 2009
Colored Glue Art!
For a simple spin on a classic medium, try colored glue! Children love glue, in fact, more than once I’ve prepared a collage type activity, only to have some of the children spend the entire time playing with the glue, and never … Continue reading
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Caramel Popcorn….It’s in the bag!
Photo by bgraphic. Cooking is a great activity to do with kids! There are plenty of ways children can help with almost any recipe, but some recipes just lend themselves to increased interest and participation from your little culinary artists. This … Continue reading
Caramel Popcorn….It's in the bag!
Photo by bgraphic. Cooking is a great activity to do with kids! There are plenty of ways children can help with almost any recipe, but some recipes just lend themselves to increased interest and participation from your little culinary artists. This … Continue reading
Crayon Melting, Dino Style
If you work with preschoolers, you have them. Those partially unwrapped, broken crayons piled up in a box or ice cream bucket. Well here’s a way to use those nubbins up! Get an old cheese grater (it’s a pain to … Continue reading
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Dinosaur Erosion
After seeing an erosion table at a nearby museum, I decided to implement the same concept on a much smaller scale in my sensory table. There are three vital ingredients here: sand (you can buy a large bag for a … Continue reading
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Leave Your Mark! Making Fossil Imprints with Preschoolers!
A unit on dinosaurs hardly seems complete without talking a bit about fossils! The common way of using plaster of Paris to make hardened imprints seemed a bit daunting to me, particularly when I read through the warning label, not … Continue reading
Make Your Sensory Table Pop: Using Popcorn as a Sensory Medium
The sensory table is an area of the preschool room that children go to because, as the name implies, they are drawn in by the many appeals to the senses. Few activities I have done in the sensory table have … Continue reading
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Make Those Shaky Eggs
Shaky eggs have to be one of the simplest instruments for children to play. Even toddlers participate with ease when egg shakers are involved! In fact, as soon as infants can grasp with their hands, they can play shaky eggs! I’ve seen … Continue reading
