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t about bats book for my 2 year old i printed off pictures of the bats one hanging upside down one eating fruit a moon for nighttime and others then we reviewed the letter b i used capital b s to make the wings and let them glue and create i also printed out a few pictures of a bat flying used contact paper to laminate it and cut in into increasingly more difficult puzzles for the girls to solve then for my 4 year old we worked on drawing bats she loved it it fit in well with reviewing at words too posted by raegan at 12 00 am 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels animals halloween thursday october 27 2011 5 great halloween ideas you know how you start to look around the internet and find tons upon tons upon tons of great ideas out there for insert item here since this is a learning blog i am thinking about learning activities available i have fallen into love of pinterest like many of you a great thing for me and pinterest is putting ideas i love for learning ideas all in one place i don t want to keep these ideas to myself i thought i would share my top 5 ideas i have seen for fun fall ideas you know because you probably can t find enough wink wink don t eat frank game prepared not scared yummy treats design vagabond more yum explore dream discover halloween party planned i never grew up banana ghosts family fun posted by valerie plowman at 12 07 pm 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels halloween wednesday october 26 2011 candy corn tissue art here is a fun and simple halloween activity that is also benign meaning it is not scary in the least another bonus for those of you who don t like halloween it is a seasonal activity that is about candy not halloween kaitlyn did this in her preschool class this year you can see it is rather simple white triangle and tissue paper squares the tissue paper was not glued hence the missing square but rather was dipped in water and put on the paper wet when it dried it stuck here is the cool possible bonus kaitlyn s teacher has done this in the past but the tissue paper bled onto the paper so the color transferred that is what she was going for she didn t know what happened apparently the tissue paper brand or type might be of importance if yours does bleed you would want to remove the tissue paper before it dried so it didn t stick to the white paper i am going to try this out with different tissue papers and see if i can figure out which papers work for bleeding my guess is the waxy feeling paper will not bleed while the rougher feeling paper will i am starting with cheap dollar store paper i will keep you updated when i have answers but until then i wanted you to have the chance to do this if you wanted posted by valerie plowman at 6 59 am 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels candy colors fall halloween science tuesday october 25 2011 halloween recipes image dearlydomestic com has some great halloween recipes posted including this one for candy corn pudding looks like i need to add cool whip to my shopping list for this weekend this may be perfect for our trick or treat get together for all the kiddos to snack on it also looks easy enough for the kids to help put together too candy corn pudding 2 large boxes of vanilla instant pudding yellow and orange food coloring cool whip candy corn make pudding according to directions on box separate finished pudding into 2 separate bowls evenly color w food coloring top w a layer of cool whip and candy corn enjoy posted by raegan at 12 00 am 1 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels baking cooking halloween monday october 24 2011 paper plate ghost paper plates are amazing i think you can turn a paper plate into just about anything here we have a paper plate ghost supplies paper plate white paper if arms are desired white crepe paper black paper scissors glue or stapler method this is a simple paper plate activity because the end product is white if hands are desired draw and cut out the arms hands either you do this or have your child do it if scissor skills are up to it cut out black eyes and mouth you can draw and cut out or you can draw and have your child cut out or have your child draw and cut out you will know what is appropriate for your child cut several pieces of crepe paper glue or staple all pieces on i like glue because the child can do it but a staple has the potential to hold better posted by valerie plowman at 1 00 am 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels child crafts halloween preschooler toddler thursday october 20 2011 candy corn puzzles i thought this would be a good activity to work on sizes i prepped the activity by precutting the pieces creating small medium and large pieces similar to candy corn if you can tell in the picture i also drew the outline of the candy corn on the black paper this step probably wasn t needed though j glued the pieces in order small medium large to create the candy corn i did have examples of candy corn out since he d never seen them before this was simple to prep and good practice for j we also used this same concept to create door knob hangars for j s cousins i precut the black paper including the circle for the door knob and j decorated it with a smaller version of the candy corn puzzles and adding their name later i covered them with clear contact paper for durability you could also use foam or cardstock if you didn t want to laminate them becca also blogs at fun and engaging activities for toddlers posted by becca at 5 55 am 1 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels fall wednesday october 19 2011 halloween fun face painting i remember one time as a child standing in line for over an hour to get my face painted that is dedication children seem to love to get their faces painted now i am no artist you can however easily paint fun holiday themes if you break down the picture into simple shapes take the jack o lantern pictured above a simple orange blob some black eyes nose and mouth and a green stem and you are done i didn t make that though my sister in law did and she is an artist here we have a spider web you have a white web made from drawing various lines you then have black spider which is made from drawing a couple of circles and some legs finally we have a simple ghost a white oval ish with some black eyes and nose there are a few different types of paints that people often use for doing face paints the first is a simple crayon or pencil i haven t tried these but a youth group at my church does face paints every year at the halloween party and they seemed to think they were not as easy as paint which makes sense to me you then have actual face paint my sister in law just uses normal old acrylic paint try this out with your children you can do it for any holiday sporting event or even just something fun to do along with your weekly theme 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 monday october 17 2011 science book little books are a great way to reinforce what a child has learned about a particular subject kaitlyn made this bat book at preschool they learned all about bats at the end of the unit they each choose four things they knew about bats and colored a picture of each item on a page for this book so kaitlyn had that they slept in the day had wings is not a bird and likes to eat nectar the great thing is that she loves to look through it and tell me what each page is a picture of so it helped reinforce as she made the book and then helps over and over and over at home as she tells me about it again you could do this for any unit you are learning about bugs animals plants machines vehicles space it is endless this is a great way to work science into your week posted by valerie plowman at 1 00 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels animals science thursday october 13 2011 baked apples with cranberries this is cooking project we did after apple picking last year i found the recipe in the mail from my grocery store and knew it was something j could do with me i had all the ingredients so we could do it right away baked apples with cranberries 1 preheat oven to 375 f core the apples leaving the bottom closed creating a small bowl in the apple peel the top half of the apple 2 fill the apple with dried cranberries i used frozen and it was fine 3 top with a spoon of brown sugar 1 2 tsp of butter and sprinkle with cinammon 4 bake for 35 45 minutes until the apples are soft j helped with steps 2 and 3 and then of course helped with eating this was a simple cooking project for him you can make just one or a dozen i really decided to do this last minute because i had all the ingredients no planning required i forgot to take end result pictures of my own this is from nicola s blog ours did not look so pretty anyway this would be a good recipe for any age toddler even the youngest could manage this preschoolers could accomplish it mostly on their own you could create a picture list for them to follow on their own all ingredients are safe for taste sampling if they get distracted while cooking and if they were to add more than the actual recipe called for no harm done use a spoon or tongs for adding the cranberries and you ve included some fine motor skill practice becca also blogs at fun and engaging activities for toddlers posted by becca at 6 47 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels apple baking cooking fall wednesday october 12 2011 fabulous fall fun playing in leaves if your children are like mine you already know that leaves fall fun did you ever think about the learning value to playing in leaves we have little child sized rakes for our children they work on their gross motor skills as they rake leaves jump in the piles and toss the leaves in the air they also get some great sensory input as they touch the leaves with their hands and feel them crackle it is also a great time to learn scientifically about the changing leaves why do they fall from the trees why do they change colors why do they only do this in the autumn so as you enjoy your fall weather be sure to include a fun leaf jumping activity and have fun while learning posted by valerie plowman at 1 00 am 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels fabulous fall fall leaves monday october 10 2011 halloween books 2011 here are 5 new recommendations for halloween books for you this year there was an old lady who swallowed a bat by lucille colandro my children enjoy these old lady books so much that we own almost all of them this is the halloween version goodnight goon by michael rex this book is a parody on the classic book goodnight moon fancy nancy halloween or bust by jane o conner the fancy nancy books are an absolute favorite in our home the kids love fancy nancy the books bring in extensive vocabulary this is our new halloween book for this year 10 trick or treaters by janet schulman count down backwards with this fun halloween book pick a perfect pumpkin by robin koontz this is a book that is heavily science oriented designed to teach about pumpkins posted by valerie plowman at 1 00 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels book lists halloween friday october 7 2011 halloween round up 2011 looking for some halloween fun activities to do this year at home or in your child s classroom here is a fun list halloween round up 2010 halloween books 2009 halloween books 2010 baby ghosts egg carton spiders fall scenery family outings halloween traditions jack o lantern pancakes mummy m paper cup spider peanut butter pumpkins pumpkin faces sugar cookies sweet treats fall yarn spider witch cupcakes posted by valerie plowman at 1 00 am 1 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels halloween round up thursday october 6 2011 spaghetti spider web and handprint spider this is another activity we did last year perfect for october it accompanied one of his favorite books at the time eric carle s the very busy spider creating the web i decided to do this last minute since i had all the materials on hand anyway anyone notice a trend here we do a lot of last minute activities all you need is cooked spaghetti glue and wax paper dip the spaghetti into the glue and then lay it onto the wax paper when finished let the glue dry completely and then peel it off the wax paper it s possible we used too much glue since after j was finished i went back and drop some glue on the spots where the spaghetti overlapped the extra glue did help the web stick together but made it hard to remove from the wax paper obviously j s web is quite sporadic and not at all symmetrical but boy did he have fun creating the spider we traced j s handprints on black paper and then i helped him cut them out removing the thumbs j glued the palm portion of the handprints on top of each other creating the spider s body and legs next j glued black sponge curlers onto the spider body you could use black pompoms the last step was adding the googly eyes j loved this activity especially making the web it was really easy but quite unique becca also blogs at fun and engaging activities for toddlers posted by becca at 6 26 am 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels crafts fall spiders wednesday october 5 2011 fall books 2011 here are five more book recommendations for your reading this fall colors of fall by laura purdie salas this is a new book that talks about the colors you can see in fall and uses photos autumn is for apples by michelle knudsen it can be hard to find apple books that hold the interest of younger readers this one is simple and rhyming which really holds the interest of the young amelia bedelia s first apple pie by herman parish this is another new book this fall we were lucky enough to stumble across it at the library but quickly had it snatched away by a requestor anyway if anyone can make apples fun it is amelia bedelia it is a great introduction to amelia bedelia to get your child interested in her character young before moving on to the pre chapter books later in preschool years who loves the fall by bob raczka this is a fun rhyming book about the wonders of fall this is fun for preschoolers and younger duck goose find a pumpkin by tad hills these characters might be familiar to your child this is a funny book your child will love posted by valerie plowman at 1 00 am 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels book lists fall monday october 3 2011 fall 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