Hard Or Soft Sorting

A fun fast activity that asks your child to place hard items in the hard basket or soft items in the soft basket.
You can ask them why they think an item is hard or define what they think feels soft.
You could even put an item in there like I did, that is not hard nor fully soft.
Get the little wheels turning.

Baking Soda And Vinegar Fun

I had read the pinterest posts several times.
Finally, I got down to business and did it with Miss B.
We really enjoyed the fun sizzle of the interaction between the two.
I didn't get too heavy with explanations.
I told her that the two have a reaction together that causes the fizz and different chemicals do different things when combined.
Mostly we just giggled!

Easter Egg Hunt Lunch

Coming upon Easter is a special time for us. We are believers in Jesus so the resurrection or our Savior, is the biggest part of Easter.
We also enjoy some fun little "eggstra" activities.
Today we had our lunch from Easter Eggs.
Before we were ready to eat, I filled the eggs with food items and hid them for my kids to find.
Miss B and Mr C. had a blast hunting for their lunch.

"I'm eating Mom!"

Surprise!

Our Sense Of Touch

Right now both at preschool and home school Miss B is learning about the 5 senses.
Today at Home school we focused on the sense of touch.

Touching Tray Table

I created a tray of touch friendly items and had her feel each one.

I asked questions like 

Is it warm or cold?

Is it rough or smooth?

Is it wet or dry?

Here is a little snapshot of our tray

I put in 

Cotton

Beans

Leaves

Smooth heart stone

Puff balls

wet paper towel 

Think of all the possible items you could try with your little learners. 

This one was perfect for my gal, she LOVED talking and touching. 

Post Christmas Week

The Bug, Bat and Snake bucket.

The kids love getting this down and playing with all the creatures.
They are all from the dollar store.
We then discuss each of the creatures and what their jobs are and how they act in real life.

Pouring Pasta

After finishing our book-work the other day, I brought out a fun sensory activity.
I put about 3/4 of a box of pasta in a bowl and handed out two cups, and two spoons.
I told the kids to fill up the cups and then pour the pasta back into the bowl when they were done.

This was geared more toward Mr C's age but, his sister got into the activity as well.
They were reaching to fill up their cups, trying to balance the pasta on the spoons.
I sat with them and enjoyed the fun they were having.

You could do this with: 

Popcorn, 

     Beans,

         Rice,

                     Cornmeal