1. Make Practicing Fun Offer your child a special pencil or a rainbow of colored ones. Don’t just give her words to copy. Try simple word puzzles, anagrams, a game of hangman, or ask her to brainstorm lists around a theme to give writing practice a purpose. Â 2. Encourage Drawing and Puzzle Games In […]
Grow a snowflake in a jar!  string wide mouth jar white pipe cleaners blue food coloring (optional) boiling water (with adult help) borax (available at grocery stores in the laundry soap section) pencil  With a little kitchen science you can create long lasting snowflakes as sparkly as the real ones. Cut a white […]
Black and white glossy acrylic paint Plastic soda or water bottles (we used 12-ounce, 1-liter, and 2-liter bottles) Styrofoam balls (2- to 3-inch diameter) Black and yellow craft foam sheets Tacky glue Masking tape (optional) Butter knife Googly eyes (we used 3/4- to 1-inch diameter) Funnel Sand Small doll accessories (optional) Child’s socks (optional) Permanent […]
On a piece of wax paper squeeze a dot of glue about the size of a quarter. I give each child 8 or 9 Q-Tips, and they lay one end of the Q-tip into the glue. Continue placing Q-Tips around the circle of glue. Completely dry (day or two) and peel off wax paper. (Some […]
Old MacDonald Had a Woodshop, by Lisa Shulman. Old MacDonald is building a surprise for the young animals on the farm. With a zztt zztt here, and a tap tap there, the other animals join Old MacDonald in using the many tools in her woodshop. At the end, they surprise the little ones with a […]
Magical Snowmen  1 white candlestick 1 piece of watercolor white paper Watercolor paints Paint brushes  Begin by drawing a picture of a snowman using the bottom of the candlestick (not the top with the wick). The picture of the snowman will not be seen until you paint over it with the watercolor paints. […]
1 C. salt 1/2 C. flour 3/4 C. water Large bowl Mixing spoon Crayons Light-blue construction paper Paintbrushes  Make “snow” by mixing salt, flour, and water in a large bowl. Invite student to use crayons to draw a winter scene on light-blue construction paper. Have students paint “snow” over their pictures using long brush […]
You need unbaked tube biscuits, bird seed and yarn. I gave each child one biscuit. They took a straw and put a hole through the top of the biscuit(for the hanger). They took the bird seed and pushed it into the biscuit on each side. The cooks at our school baked them for us. They […]
