Print out caterpillars with differing numbers of circles in the body; if desired, write the number of the circles on each card. Provide circle stickers (such as the kind sold in the office supply section for garage sale stickers) to be placed in each circle. Encourage counting, work on number recognition.
National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day celebrates and enjoys sweet, tasty chocolate chips. Chocolate chips are a great invention, and certainly deserve a little recognition. After all, where would chocolate chip cookies, cakes and muffins be without the chocolate chip!? Chocolate chips are popular in cooking and baking, for a wide variety of breads, cakes, and […]
 The first week in August is National Clown Week! This wonderful learning activity: Fun with Clowns at Chateau Meddybemps addresses emotions/feelings, anticipation, counting and matching.  Clown Ruffle Collar Need: coffee filters and food coloring  Have children color the coffee filters by dipping them into colored water. Lay flat to dry. When dry […]
2 cups Indian Corn 1 Sewing Needle Thread (various colors) School Glue   Necklace: Soak Indian Corn overnight in water to soften. Thread individual kernels on thread to make a necklace.  Earring / headband: You can also make accessorize other jewelry using corn. Glue pieces of corn to old earrings or plain headbands to […]
  This craft is not only cute, it is yummy too. You can eat on the extra popcorn while you craft. This really is a cute and easy craft to do.  You will need: Popcorn (popped), a paper grocery bag, scissors, glue, Ziplock baggies and paint red, yellow and orange (acrylic or tempera). […]
I’m not much of a baker. It’s generally too much work and requires too much preciseness for me to really enjoy it, ESPECIALLY with the kidlet.  Getting exactly one cup of this and 25g of that and 2 teaspoons of this other thing is hard enough for me. Add the kidlet in — some ingredient […]
This project is a sure fire winner with kids, and a perfect companion craft to Eric Carle’s The Hungry Caterpillar. This craft is so easy and has a lot of reward for very little effort! Be sure to grab these essentials before you begin: Â Â Construction paper in various colors Glue Stick (or other […]
A page for an alphabet book   Hole punch Green, black, yellow, and white construction paper Scissors Glue Thin black marker 8 1/2 x 11 piece of paper   Draw some leave shapes and have your child cut them out. Cut out a ‘stem’ for your milkweed plant and some grass for the […]
