Five Senses

Everything we did is not pictured because I get so busy working with the kids on something that I don’t get pictures and then we are done. Oh well:)

Sight!

Colors with scratchers from the Target Party spot! 1 dollar for 4! The kids loved them!

Make your own Kaleidoscope! Grandpa got this for the kids and they love putting different things in it!

Touch

Squishy Balloons! Fill two balloons with the same material(sand, water, hair gel, gravel, beans, air) and have the children feel and match and also guess what is inside! The pink ribbon identifies one set so that you know the match is one without a ribbon.

We had two of these needle acticities out. One was plastic and one was metal. Very cool sensory experience!

During Circle time we would put on a blind fold(or put a blanket over our head or close their eyes if they want), then we would put a ball in their hand and they would describe how it felt and then guess which ball it was:)

Feeling for shapes

Smell

Lavender Scented Playdoh. Smelled so yummy!

Shaving Cream. So fun to run their hands in it and also smells yummy! Like a Daddy;)

Fun to write in too! LOL Jack is saying CHEESE!

Smelling bottles. Dollar store salt shakers. there are 3 different scents with so each one has a match.

Hearing

Listen to pennies inside of eggs. This was a great activity for listening and counting and logical thinking. One egg had zero pennies, one hand 1 penny, another had five and then 10! I would shake one egg and the kids would all guess how many were in it. Once we had made our guess we would open them one at a time and count the pennies together to see if we were right!

Another blind fold game. This time guessing the instrument I would play. With some of the older kids I would play 2 instruments at the same time and the would guess both. Great activity!

Listening to egg shakers. 12 eggs 6 matches. Inside: dice, marbles, pennies, sand, gravel, and bells)

Taste

We did a taste test of different foods but I didn’t get pictures:)

Ocean

We are back to school! I am done with my Maternity leave and my students are back in my home! We are focusing on our five senses but I did a little mini unit on the ocean:)

Sensory Tub

Huge Hit! Aquarium Rocks, clear stones, various ocean animals, jars, scoops and cups.

We have out our Britanica books that talk to you:) Caden was working on the Ocean book

And an Ocean puzzle! I like to put puzzles like this out with a basket full of the pieces.

Welcome

Sorry I have been MIA!

I have been busy with

my newest little guy!

Welcome to life

Brandon James Packer:)

Science with Daddy!

For Christmas I made My husband and our boys a “Science with Daddy kit”!

The inspiration for this idea was these cute little science stands that the boys made at a Lowes Building Clinic. They also got a free pair of goggles each!

It came with experiment idea cards and I had more of my own to add(No idea where to get them, they were left behind here when we bought our house). We stuck all of the cards into a page protector on the front of the lid.

Anyway, I went through all of the cards with my husband and he picked out ones that sounded fun to him. Then I went to work making a list of every material and then filled the bucket!

I plan to share the activities they do and the first one they chose was the volcano! Not surprised!

So cute in the goggles and the little play-doh cans were perfect for holding the test tubes!

That super red color is thanks to half a packet of dollar store cool aid

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They absolutely loved this time with Daddy and can’t wait to do more! I have some plans to add to this with a dry erase sheet where they can write predictions and out comes and “Why it works”. For now they are just having fun with their Daddy!

Merry Christmas!

From Nathan, Samantha, Caden, Drake, Jack, Ally, and baby Brandon(coming soon January 12th)

Balance the Marble

This is how the activity looks on the shelf.

First the child dumps the marble out of the cup and turns the cup upside down.

Next they use the 2 spoons(pampered chef) to grab the marble.

Then balance the marble on top of the cup

Once that is accomplished they use the spoons to move the marble back to the tray and turn the cup over and use the spoons to get the marble back in the cup.

Return it to the shelf. Very tricky work but the kids enjoy the challenge!

What’s Out Wednesday

Last week I gave Ally this magnetic wand along with the jumbo jingle bells from the dollar store. She loved it, so…

I decided to add all of the bells and ornaments from the trays we were done with to the sensory bin along with two magnetic wands! The kids really liked seeing what would stick and what wouldn’t.

Our nativity figures continue to come out! ( I plan on using this as our props for our Christmas book during circle time)

Shocking how popular these cookie cutters as stencils were! The kids love them and use them every day so I added the other shapes and they loved them too!

My Caden was especially in love with this activity!

Roll a Christmas tree adapted from Confessions of a Homeschooler. Roll a number, put that color “ornament” on the tree, and let a friend roll till the tree is full and colorful! You could easily make this game by drawing a tree(or cut it from green construction paper), find some colored buttons or beads or candies, and have fun! (The “tray” is a puzzle board)

I helped each child make a dot Christmas tree! I made a printable for this last year and this year we just used plain paper to place on top! Worked great and the kids love it!

Christmas color patterns!