Wordless Wednesday - Who's That Peekin' In There?

Sticky Art

For Ladybug and Mister's first Christmas, they were given First Art : Art Experiences for Toddlers and Twos.  We love this book and have done many of the suggested activities.  Now that Mister and Ladybug are officially preschoolers (pass the tissues), I have passed the book down to the Wee One.  She is only 14 months, but some of the activities are appropriate for her age too. 

I gathered some collage materials and taped down a piece of contact paper.  We started by feeling the sticky contact paper and then I showed her how to stick something onto the paper.  I told her that the pom-pom was sparkly and green.  For each item on the tray I told her the color and another adjective. 

What I found was she really liked the cotton balls.  She liked the way they some of the cotton ball was left behind on the contact paper and the soft ripping sound it made when she pulled them up.  She also liked trying to draw on the contact paper. 

The pom-poms, yarn, foil were left untouched.  The feathers were used to tickle faces.

Sports Spectacular - Part 2

Literacy

The book is long, but the pictures are great. 

Miniatures Letter Match

Initial Sounds

Name writing practice

 Art



Pennants - I printed off common sports sayings to decorate and add to the pennants.

Math

Sports number match book.  The numbers are in a pouch attached to the back of the book.  The book is sealed,  so the stickers can't be removed (I get smarter every day).

Bump and Run - Color Mixing

It's probably a good thing we are doing sports this month because my son said, "Mommy I scored a touch down at soccer today!" 

We combined sports and art for this project when we mixed colors using a golf ball.

I had them pick 2 colors for their paper.  I didn't tell them what would happen when they mixed.

Ladybug rolled the golf ball around the tray and was shocked when the colors were mixing.  She said, "Look, it's turning orange!"

We did this three times using all the combinations of color.  Their favorite finished art piece is in the coffee shop. 

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Does it get any easier than this?  A paper towel roll covered in paper (because I think it looks better), tapped to a table, and party favor baseballs.  The Wee One doesn't sit for hours playing with this, but keeps coming back to it. 

As an extension, I gave her a basket of balls that fit and didn't fit.  We made a pile of balls that would fit and balls that wouldn't fit.  When I mixed up the piles, she didn't try to use any of the balls that didn't fit.

Wordless Wednesday - From That To This

Soccer Drop

Again I am amazed at all the money I have wasted on toys when I could have spent less a fraction for this toy.  It's a raisin container with a hole cut out of the top.  The balls are $.49 each from Party City or a Party Pack for $5.00 (footballs, basketballs, soccer balls, and baseballs), which I have used for 3 activities already.  I got a little cutesy with stickers, but it's part of a plan a larger plan.