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green cut string licorice into pieces of hair i use red licorice because no one in my house likes black let your child put hair on the witch put her pointy hat on add her candy corn nose eat her photo posted by valerie plowman at 2 40 pm 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels baking cooking halloween holidays math sugar cookies okay here is the truth i really don t enjoy making sugar cookies by the time they are made my back is just killing me and my stress level is peaked when i am eating them i think to myself chocolate chip cookies taste a lot better than these and they are way easier however the kids love to make them they are a lot of fun to make around holidays so i make them a few times a year one day this month while i was grocery shopping i found these cute halloween cookie cutters and in a moment of thinking like a child instead of a mom i bought them so now add october to the list of months i must make sugar cookies some day i will miss it i will be like my grandma who made tons of sugar cookies every christmas in anticipation of our arrival age range one and up my kids love to help cook i let them start as soon as they are interested and i allow them to help skills developed cooking baking math fine motor skills colors if you do frosting prep if you let your child help make the dough you don t need to do anything more than put on your apron and wash your hands one more thing put your patient hat on activity make dough recipe below chill dough if needed roll out dough let your child help cut out shapes let your child help at first i let them put the cookie cutters wherever they wanted to but i soon realized we would be there all night that way since they were not spaced close together i then placed it on the dough and let them cut it out bake the cookies make frosting recipe below frost cookies once cooled eat cookies note note that the cookies are not going to be perfect they are going to be mis shaped they will have large finger imprints in them they will still taste the same this is for the kids photos note the imperfect cookies recipe sugar cookies i got this recipe from better homes and gardens cook book 2 3 cup butter softened 3 4 cup granulated sugar 1 tsp baking powder 1 4 tsp salt 1 egg 1 tablespoon milk 1 tsp vanilla i sometimes change this to another flavoring like almond i love almond 2 cups all purpose flour beat butter on medium speed for about 30 seconds add sugar baking powder and salt beat until combined scraping sides occasionally add flour finish by hand if it gets too thick for mixer cover and chill dough for 30 minutes or until it is easy to handle divide in half on a lightly floured surface roll half of the dough at a time until 1 8 inch thick cut using cookie cutters place on cookie sheet one inch apart bake at 375 degrees for 7 8 minutes until edges are firm cool ice if desired recipe frosting i got this recipe from a neighbor it is delicious i half the recipe when i use it with the sugar cookie recipe above take note that this is a frosting recipe not a icing or glaze i use this because i love it if you want an icing or glaze do not use this recipe 1 cube margarine or butter softened 4 cups powdered sugar 2 caps full of flavoring of your choice if you put a flavor in the cookies other than vanilla you might want to just do vanilla in the frosting i find vanilla might need a bit more than two caps full coloring if desired mix together ingredients with beaters if too dry add milk or water i add water note on colors if you add coloring to the frosting it helps your child with colors for the older child you can mix two colors together to make a new color like red and yellow to make orange extensions you can do this with any holiday you can also cut out letters for teaching letters or shapes for teaching shapes posted by valerie plowman at 1 00 am 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels baking cooking colors halloween holidays letters math recipes shapes tuesday october 27 2009 pumpkin faces it s funny to me the reactions you ll get from certain activities often times i think charis will love something and she either has no interest or she thinks it s okay which can be frustrating when you put time and effort into getting an activity together then i ll throw together a last minute idea and she loves it this was one of those moments for this reason i ll try anything at least once if she s not interested now my efforts aren t wasted perhaps in a few months she ll be interested either way she s getting introduced to lots of new skills presented many different ways this is a good way to work on fine motor skills shapes oval half moon triangle circle square concentration and focus ages 18 months with help my 28 month old did this almost unassisted once i showed her what to do materials sheets of foam or construction paper in black and orange scissors for you glue cotton swabs container to put glue in i used a clean babyfood jar lid plastic sandwich bags 3 magnetic tape optional prep put small amount of glue in lid cut out large and small pumpkins from orange foam cut out lots of different eye nose and mouth shapes sort eyes noses and mouths into sandwich bags activity do the first pumpkin without using glue show them how to choose 2 eyes i asked her how many eyes should our pumpkin have two is normally the answer unless your child wants to make a cyclops or another creative idea i also tried to involve shapes asking are you going to choose the square or triangle nose do you want the oval or half moon shaped mouth i put the eyes down on the pumpkin and showed her how to dip the cotton swab and put glue on the back of the eyes i then explained that the white part the part with the glue has to touch the orange pumpkin repeat with nose and mouth once we did one together i let her do it on her own we put magnets on the back and put them up on the refrigerator she liked this so much we ran out of pumpkins before she was ready to quit the unassisted finished product posted by raegan at 1 00 am 1 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels art fall fine motor skills halloween math shapes toddler monday october 26 2009 yarn spider this activity is not one that a child can do much of but the kids love to play with it age range all kids can have fun playing with it but only an older child can create it i would say probably 4 and up some 3 year olds might be able to do it skills taught science if you talk about spiders fine motor for the child who helps supplies yarn square piece of cardboard scissors pipe cleaner activity cut out a small square of cardboard wrap yarn around it tie a piece of yarn around it horizontally don t knot it because you will tighten it when you remove the cardboard use the scissors to cut the yarn wrapped around the cardboard remove the cardboard tighten the horizontal piece of yarn cut one side of the horizontal piece of yarn to be as long as the rest of the yard for the spider leave the other one long insert pipe cleaner add eyes if desired photos here are some photos of the process we did grey because we are learning about the color grey this week the kids have had fun playing with them but it really wasn t something my two year old could do at all credit i got this idea from preschooler s busy book posted by valerie plowman at 11 01 am 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels halloween insects preschooler spiders egg carton spiders this is a fun little activity to do with your child around halloween age range i got this idea from preschooler s busy book the book is written for ages 3 6 i did this with my 4 year old and 2 5 year old so i know it can be done with a 2 5 year old i would say if your child enjoys painting or coloring she will enjoy this activity skills developed science if you talk about spiders art fine motor skills supplies cardboard egg carton scissors pipe cleaners paint markers or crayons construction paper for eyes or a marker glue if you used construction paper thread or yarn optional prep cut out the cup sections of the egg carton get out supplies if you are painting and you are like me prep the area art smock t shirt down to underwear and a vinyl tablecloth activity have your child color paint the egg cup after the egg cup dries insert pipe cleaner into the cup to be legs i poked holes in the cup so the kids could insert it themselves and work on their fine motor skills bend the pipe cleaner so it looks like legs draw eyes or attach eyes out of construction paper optional attach string to the top so you can hang it somewhere photos this is kind of cheesy and they don t look a lot like spiders but it is a fun thing to do posted by valerie plowman at 1 00 am 1 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels art halloween holidays insects preschooler spiders toddler sunday october 25 2009 halloween books looking for a few halloween books to check out or buy check out these titles the night before halloween by natasha wing there was an old lady who swallowed a bat by lucille colandro room on the broom by julia donaldson hoodwinked by arthur howard the hallo wiener by dav pilkey trick or treat smell my feet by diane de groat the little old lady who wasn t afraid of anything by linda williams knock knock it s halloween by betty schwartz this is a book of halloween knock knock jokes great for the preschooler with a budding sense of humor today is halloween by p k hallinan say boo by lynda graham barber the halloween play by felicia bond wee witches halloween by jerry smath t rex trick or treats by lois g grambling spooky night by tish rabe and don t forget halloween books of your child s favorite characters like clifford the big red dog posted by raegan at 11 28 am 1 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels book lists halloween literature reading saturday october 24 2009 baby ghost preparation take a scrap of white fabric and ball it up take a second scrap of white fabric and wrap it around the balled fabric securing it at the bottom of the ball with a piece of yarn or a hair tie draw eyes and an open mouth on the ghost feel free to make it as scary or friendly looking as fits your child s age and maturity level activity sing this song while waving the ghost puppet around to touch each body part this is a great way to distract a squirmy baby or toddler during diaper changes baby ghost baby ghost baby ghost flying through the air baby ghost baby ghost touching your hair move puppet back and forth in front of toddler have ghost touch toddlers hair baby ghost baby ghost flying down low baby ghost baby ghost touches your toe bring hand with puppet down low bend down and touch ghost to toddlers toe baby ghost baby ghost flying up high baby ghost baby ghost touches your eye raise ghost puppet up high toddler shuts eye while ghost touches eye lid skills body parts rhyming credit i found this activity at a neat site i just discovered http www preschoolexpress com this activity is in the toddlers section posted by amanda at 1 21 am 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels baby fall halloween holidays music science toddler friday october 23 2009 sweet treats fall one of my favorite things to do with my toddler is cook it s a great way to teach her self control with her hands following step by step instructions practice scooping measuring and pouring and spending some quality time together it also helps her learn hands on kitchen safety the names of the cooking tools we use and proper clean up after and during cooking she then gets to enjoy the fruits of her labor literally we ve been cooking together since she was one it can get messy but it s worth every second of it in my opinion here s a fun one for you and your little one s to try together pumpkin pie popsicles ingredients 1 can of 100 pure pumpkin not pumpkin pie filling 1 4 1 2 cup of maple syrup 2 3 cup of light cream 1 tsp cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice popsicle molds directions put pumpkin and cream in a bowl and mix add maple syrup to desired sweetness you may not need as much as 1 2 a cup add cinnamon pour into popsicle molds let it freeze this makes 6 8 large popsicles you can also freeze it in an ice cube tray put plastic wrap over it and stick the popsicle sticks through to keep the sticks in place while it freezes most importantly don t be afraid to make a mess posted by raegan at 7 17 am 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels baking cooking math recipes toddler thursday october 22 2009 sorting dinosaur hunt materials large plastic container dry rice beans or lentils small toys we used dinosaurs small bowl spoons measuring cups optional preparation fill large container with rice hide toys in the rice leave some barely covered to make it easier for little kids activity show child how to uncover a dinosaur and put it in a bowl let child collect all the dinosaurs in the bowl after all the toys have been found in the rice your child can practice scooping the rice with spoons or measuring cups skills sorting scooping extensions read a book about dinosaurs or watch dinosaur train on pbs to learn more about dinosaurs talk with your child about how archeologists dig for dinosaur skeletons so we can learn about dinosaurs that lived a long time ago posted by amanda at 11 55 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels dinosaur fine motor skills montessori preschooler toddler wednesday october 21 2009 teaching emotions when brayden was about two we started this game i call i am going to look he absolutely loved it we started the same game with kaitlyn around two and at 2 5 it is still a favorite game for her age range two and up skills taught this is a great activity to help your child identify feelings this really helps cut down on tantrums due to communication issues when your child is upset you can talk to your child about how he is feeling because he will have a vocabulary for it it also is a great one on one activity for a parent and child supplies parent child activity sit down and face your child i have found this to be effective in the child s room on the bed if it is big enough for both of you wherever you do it just be sure it is somewhere the child is comfortable mentally tell your child i am going to look pause happy smile and look happy tell your child i am going to look pause sad look sad repeat this alternating through emotions at some point your child will likely want to do it too if not ask if he wants to try another way to involve your child is ask him how he wants you to look as your child gets used to this game you can alternate expect that in the beginning he won t remember how to look for 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