Gather your materials. You will need an Oven set at 275, a muffin tin, with liners, and all those old broken crayons we all have laying about.  A good time to acquire them if you haven’t been saving them is at the end of a school year – see if your child’s teacher has […]
Chose the colored version or the black and white version of the game, and print the patterns. If you choose colored just simply print all the pages. If you choose the black and white, print and color in all the pages.  Cut out all the pieces  Mount the 26 lettered Suns onto an open file […]
 Read “Stone Soup†by Marcia Brown. It’s a picture book classic that has remained one of Marcia Brown’s most popular and enduring books. This story, about three hungry soldiers who outwit the greedy inhabitants of a village into providing them with a feast, is based on an old French tale.  Comprehension/Thinking Skills  […]
 The Inverse Power of Praise  According to a survey conducted by Columbia University, 85 percent of American parents think it’s important to tell their kids that they’re smart. But recent research conducted by psychologist Carol Dweck at Columbia University strongly suggests it might be the other way around. Giving kids the label of […]
Read Ten Little Fish by Audrey Wood. In this simple counting story, glossy computer-generated illustrations show a school of cute, expressive tropical fish that disappear, one per spread, providing a descending counting exercise that leaves one yellow fish. Then lonely yellow meets and falls in love with an attractive green that happens by, and the […]
 This project is blowing bubbles with a twist. We first made these foamerators last summer and they quickly became a big hit.  An empty soda or water bottle A washcloth A rubber band  Cut the bottom off of the bottle. Fold the washcloth in half and cover the bottom of the bottle […]
 A fun, eco-friendly activity that uses recycled goods from home to create shaker and string instruments that allow for the exploration of rhythm and sound.   • Use recycled materials to create a creative instrument. •  Learn about rhythm and sounds created by different instruments. • Work together to create unique sounds when […]
 Practice an ABAB pattern with your preschooler (useful for building pre-math skills) using a large circle and rectanglular strips (1 1/2 by 3 inchs). We alternated yellow and orange several times to fit around the “sun”. We will also be using it as a summer countdown calendar (there are twelve “rays”, perfect for the […]
