Edible Finger Paint

 Making Edible Finger Paint

 Messy Play:

Edible finger paint

What you need:

1 can sweetened condensed milk

Food coloring

 We love the neon food color dyes for projects like these.

 Drop a few color drops in and let the kiddos mix away.

 And of course, it's edible.  Quite tasty too.

 Both the girls loved this activity.  Fluttershy was into drawing designs in the paint 

she had spread on the paper.  And Rarity loved dipping her hands in the 

paint and letting it drip on her fingertips.  Eventually she started mixing the 

pain on the paper after after watching how Fluttershy was mixing hers.

I loved the colors and how vibrant they were.  Very pretty

After the girls were done making their masterpieces I decided to try pouring the 

remaining pain onto a clear platter.  Of course this was a bit hit as a sensory activity. Mixing and swirling.  Then of course eventually smearing all over the counter top.  BIG Sticky mess.  It was worth it for the fun they had.

Today's inspiration came from playathomemom3.  I was so excited when I saw this done here and knew we had to try it.

Week 21: Day 1

Day 1

Read Books:  20 minutes

Read Words: Practice flash cards

Letters (and rhymes) - e
 

e - dash and a curve

Numbers (and rhymes) - Continue to write numbers 0-5 

Math - 5 Senses – Sight & Smell

Colors-  Orange

Sensory- Smell
 

Discuss: What part of our body do we use to smell? Talk about the nose and the job it performs. You may also wish to discuss how animals use their noses to find food.  (Idea from Tripod)

Activity:  Using different items in your refrigerator, pantry, and bathroom, discuss the smell using words like sour, sweet, etc.  Have your child close her eyes or use a blindfold and guess the item that she smells (lemon juice, milk, applesauce, rubbing alcohol, mouthwash, etc.).

Writing Skills-  A ,B worksheet

Letter characters- Lower case c

Art- Finger paint (Edible paint)

Play-  Dress up

Information-   

 12 Months of Year (Author unknown)
Tune of:  “Twelve Little Indians”
January, February, March, and April
May, June, July, and August
September, October, November, December
There are 12 months in a year

Print these worksheets for today:

http://www.abcjesuslovesme.com/documents/Lowercase%20C%20Characters   

http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/Letter_Sheet_A-D.PDF

http://www.first-school.ws/t/alpha1/e.htm

Week 20: Day 3 Stamping fun

Stamping Fun, Weekly lesson ideas, and worksheets.

Today we finished up this weeks lessons.  

The stamping wasn't part of our lesson but Fluttershy wanted to do it.  So we did.

 

 

Day 3:

Calendar Activity  

http://www.starfall.com/n/holiday/calendar/load.htm?f&n=main

Read Books: 20 minutes

Read Words-

Introduce Information

Color- Flash cards

Weather Bear activity

letter writing practice-  G

Number writing practice- Practice writing numbers 0-5

Review Shapes-  Follow directions

Character Education: Attentive Activities:
- Play Simon Says
- Play “I Spy” Spatial - Teach the child to pay attention to his/her surroundings.
“I spy something between the two lamps."
“I spy something that is in front of the blue chair.”

Hidden object worksheet

Block Activities -  Build with zoob

Play-  Dress up

Gross Motor Skills Activity

Play Twister - While the real game will probably be too hard now, have fun matching colors and body parts.

Print these worksheets for today's lesson:

http://www.tlsbooks.com/followdirectionsshapes.pdf  

http://www.kidslearningstation.com/colors/recognize-color-yellow.asp

http://www.tlsbooks.com/hiddenpictureshowmany.pdf 

Week 20: Day 1 Simple Works of Art

Simple works of Art

No two are alike

 

Step 1:

Shave at least 4 different colored crayons into 

separate bowls using a large pencil sharpener.

 Step 2:

Fold a paper in half and create a design using the crayon shavings.

 Step 3:

Fold paper in half and place between two towels and iron till the crayons are melted.

 Step 4:

Open and let cool.

Misc. Fun Picture of the Week

Making Pancakes with Daddy

Freestyle painting

This is Fluttershy's Snow man she made.  I think she did a nice job.  

Day 1

Read Books for 20 minutes

Practice new and old words on flash cards

Letters (and rhymes) -g, q

g - curve with a hook
q - curve and hook back

Math - 4 Seasons – Spring & Summer

Colors- Yellow

Writing Skills-             Join the dots

Review Shapes- Use blocks (have them identify)

Letter characters- Lowercase c

Art- Free painting

Information-   12 Months of Year (Author unknown)
Tune of:  “Twelve Little Indians”
January, February, March, and April
May, June, July, and August
September, October, November, December
There are 12 months in a year

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5enDRrWyXaw

Visual Perception Activitiy-

2-3 Worksheet

Print these worksheets for today:

http://www.kidzone.ws/prek_wrksht/cutpaste-seasons1.htm

http://www.abcjesuslovesme.com/documents/Lowercase%20C%20Characters   

http://preschoollearners.com/New_Worksheets/Pre-Writing/Patterns/aja00014.htm   

Printable Lesson:

Week 20

Week 19: Day 3 Fluffy White Stuff

Sensory bin fun:

Winter fluffy fun

Here is a link to where you can find this product.

Sensory Bin Idea:  

Shaving cream

So here is where we started.  The girls were very eager to give this a try.

I put them in their play dresses because I knew it was going to be a messy one.

It took Rarity a little bit to get into it.  She was just so happy to have a tiny bit on her hands. 

Fluttershy on the other hand was totally into this.  As soon as 

I saw her heading this direction we (I) decide that we needed to switch locations. 

Who says bathtubs are only for washing.  

This was the perfect location to just let them have at it.

It ended up on their arms, cloths, hair, and the tile on the wall.  

It was a super mess, yet clean play.  Afterward I just pulled their cloths 

off and sprayed them off. 

Gross Motor Skills

And then oddly the balloon decided to static cling to the ceiling.

Day 3:
Calendar Activity 

 http://www.starfall.com/n/holiday/calendar/load.htm?f&n=main

Read Books:

Read Words-

Introduce Information( Write of 1 ½” tracing paper):

Dial 911
Continue to have your child practice dialing 911, tell the "dispatcher" their name, the emergency, and his/her address.

Story-  http://www.storylineonline.net/

letter writing practice-  Q

Number writing practice- 1

Review Shapes-  flash cards

Character Education: Self-Control, Gentleness, Kindness, Love - Review Meaning

Craft-   Real Crystal Snowflake Make an amazing snowflake from real crystal (borax). This is a beautiful project (and also demonstrates some basic principles of chemistry).

Supplies needed:

Wide mouthed jar 3 white pipe cleaners String Scissors Pencil Boiling water (have an adult do this part) Spoon Borax (called 20 Mule Team Borax Laundry Booster - the product called Boraxo will NOT work) Optional: blue food coloring Make a giant snowflake frame from 3 white pipe cleaners and string. Twist the 3 pipe cleaners together in the center to make a 6-sided, spiky figure. Make sure this figure fits inside the wide-mouthed jar. Tie the string around the pipe cleaners to look like a snowflake shape. Trim the excess string. Tie a few inches of string to one of the pipe cleaners. Tie the other end of the string to a pencil, so that the snowflake will hang from the pencil and dangle inside the jar. Take the snowflake out of the jar. Pour boiling water into the jar (have an adult do this part). Add the 20 Mule Team Borax Laundry Booster to the hot water in the jar. Keep adding the Borax until you have a supersaturated solution (you will see undissolved Borax at the bottom of the jar). You'll have to add about 3 tablespoonfuls of the 20 Mule Team Borax Laundry Booster to each cup of hot water in the jar. Optional: Add a few drops of blue food coloring for a bluish snowflake. Hang the snowflake in the jar and wait at least overnight. In the morning, your snowflake will be covered with beautiful crystals. As the supersaturated solution cools, the borax comes out of solution (less of the borax can dissolve in cool water) and forms crystals on the pipe cleaners and string. You can do the same type of project using supersaturated sugar-water and a string, making edible rock candy (but the crystals take longer to form).

Play-  Play the “Opposites Game”
“I am going to say a word and I want you to say the opposite.”
Day/Night
Off/On
Over/Under

Gross Motor Skills Activity

Balloon Fun - keep it afloat, bat it with both hands clasped together in one large "fist", bounce and catch the balloon - always use both hands together