A creative book by Peter Reynolds. It’s the story about Vashti who think she is not good at art and his teacher asks her to do something simple. She angrily puts a dot on the paper and for her surprise next day she will see it hung on teacher’s wall all framed up. That inspires …
A simple matching activity to go with wild animals theme. We have done three different type of matching with the animals that we have. 1. Animal picture match Before matching the animals I presented the pictures covered and taped under a sheet of paper. Since she like hide and seek and tearing off paper she …
How about some practical life skills with the jungle animals? The soapy foamy water is a great sensory experience for the little hands all the while learning about wild animals. Materials needed 1 tbsp Bubble bath 2 cup water Large wild animals Small brush Washcloth Mix the bubble bath in water and blend using a …
How fun it is to jump in the vines and leaves in a jungle. It’s an experience that only the jungle animals can have. What happens if they end up tangled in those vines? Who will save them? Or do they have the natural instincts to escape from these scenarios. These thoughts inspired me to …
This is one of the must read books for your little ones. It talks about friendship and how to be a friend in need. It’s also a great book to learn about different farm animals. I also live the pretty realistic images of the animals and vehicles in the book Materials needed: Corn kernels Black …
One of our favorite author is Eric Carle. We have been reading his books from the time R was little. His books has some kind of magic that both of my kids were naturally drawn to them. We found this book in M’s playgroup and checked it out to go with our farm theme Materials …
One of the many beautiful books by Nancy Tafuri. Such a simple text and colorful pictures. It’s also good to introduce counting concepts to toddlers. The story is about a mama hen and her five little chicks who stagger off and find various inedible things to eat. Mama hen brings all of them back to …
We always like Eric Carle books. From the time R was little it was a favorite in this home. At library if I want something quick his books were my go to. Today we read the very quiet cricket which we have never taken so far. Eric Carle have always celebrated the weakest and smallest. …
I really love the idea of centering activities around a theme. Apple theme is going strong but I am doing in a very slow pace not just to overwhelm M. Today set up this sorting sensory bin. Things needed Red and green pom poms TP rolls Velcro dots Brown construction paper Green foam sheet Split …
A gross motor fun activity to go with the apple theme. It was also reiterating the apple picking at our local orchard. For this activity I cut out tree trunk from one of the many amazon boxes we have. Recently I got this green poster paper from dollar tree and I cut a tree top …
