S is for Space and Sun and Solar System! I purchased these styrofoam balls of varying sizes. We talked about what color each planet is and why, and then I had the children paint the planets the color they would most likely be. The sun is made by cutting out a circle from cardstock, putting on a dollop of red, yellow and orange paint, and then covering it all with saran wrap. The children then have fun smashing the color with their hands--it does not splatter too badly because of the saran wrap. Then the kids take paint brushes and make the rays of the sun. I also wrote beside each planet a little factual information about each.
A fun food snack rocket ship! a cheese slice cut in half to form a triangle and some cheese-its
This is a dinosaur puzzle we worked on one day--the kids enjoyed working all together to get it together.
U is for Unicorn and Umbrella--short u sound and long u sound.
This is a little purse we made for our Bible lesson. We inserted our Bible verse.
Name Trains: I suggested we write a letter of our first name on each train car, but the kids had other ideas, of course! So I went with it. They suggested we write the letter of their full names, including middle names, on each car. Then we laid our each train to see how long each was! They loved this! This activity was in conjunction with V is for Vehicle
Getting ready to take our food outdoors for a nice outdoor lunch
V is for Vehicle: Four wheeling with paint!
I brought up the alphabet bean bags, and the kids decided to find the letters to make their names!
W is for Weather: Making sun and clouds!
Experiment: Making Crystals!
I set out markers to which I attached a number. Then I took index cards and wrote a number on each index card. The children chose a card, looked at the number on the card, then chose the corresponding marker. Ex: If the child chose the card with the number 6 on it, then they were to pick up the marker with the number 6 on it. They then colored a bit of their hard-boiled egg with that marker. When their turn came around again, they chose another card; thus, the egg becomes multicolored!
Painting paper eggs with various mediums: we used sponges, Q-tips, paint brushes, etc. to paint the eggs, then made them into a wreath.
