Winter’s grip has been firm this year. Just this week we were pelted with a heavy, wet snow – enough to snap a few soft spring branches from our trees. By day’s end, however, spring is back, the snow has melted, and the sun is out again. Where are my boys as winter turns to spring again? Huddled around [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘nature’
December 4, 2009
The Winter Games…..Outdoor Ideas for Preschoolers on a Snowy Day!
The best way to learn about winter is to get out and explore it! Here are some ideas for some fun in the snow! Fill spray bottles or squeeze top bottles (dish soap, Gatorade) with colored water and create designs in the snow. Make tracks in the snow using a variety of objects (cars, spoons, [...]
October 17, 2009
Old-School Leaf Rubbing
I once heard someone say that we have to be careful not to be in such a rush to give our children all the things we never had, that we forget to give them the things we did have. That saying comes to mind as I think about this old-school leaf rubbing activity. I don’t [...]
October 17, 2009
Leaf Pounding
This is one of my favorite activities! Help your child take a leaf and place it between two strips of muslin or other white, cotton fabric. Together, hammer the muslin with a rubber mallet. As the mallet strikes the leaf, the chlorophyll is released from the leaf and absorbed by the fabric. Colored leaves in [...]
October 10, 2009
A Camping We Will Go!
Kids love the adventure of camping! Particularly when it comes to camping in a dramatic play scenario, anything can happen! When I set up a camping theme dramatic play area this week, my own 3 year old asked, “And where is the bear?” I could guess he already had a storyline brewing. In the course of [...]
October 9, 2009
The Tall and Short Tree Sort
If you’re doing a study of trees, here’s a math activity to get your kids going. It could be used as an independent game, at your working tables for example, or you could easily use it as an extension [...]
