Paper Plate Rainbow

This wasn't my idea at all, but I just wanted to show you the cute craft that my 2-year-old did with her homeschool co-op teacher.  Isn't this a cheery thing for all of this month's April showers?  She found the idea over at Delightfully Learning, (a wonderful site, by the way!)

Oyster Craft

I wanted to show you this cute and easy craft M brought home yesterday from her preschool.  It's a small paper plate, folded in half, painted gray on the outside and pink on the inside.  Inside they glued a small white pompom to be the pearl.

The girls like making it "talk." :-)

Ice Cube Game

I really must say that Laura from My Montessori Journey knew what she was doing when she created this simple little game for preschoolers.  It's a dice rolling game to see who can melt their ice cube the fastest.  M and G thoroughly enjoyed it- laughed and laughed and didn't want to stop playing. The level of glee was especially high when my dice roll had me put the ice cube down my shirt!   

You'll find the link for the game at the link above .   All you need to play is a couple of ice cubes, a little cup of water, some dice, and a salt shaker.  Good for a hot day!

Keeping Track of our Backyard Birds

I love activities that help us see the excitement in every day life.  Lately, keeping track of our backyard bird varieties has helped us do that. Every time we spot a new one, I pull out the bird identification books, and we all start thumbing through them until somebody finds it.  Then we hop onto the internet and print off a picture of that kind of bird and mod podge it to the eaves of our back patio.