Big Energy-Little Learners...Can I do it all?

There has been more awareness about food allergies the last few years in schools and on Facebook.  Class parties are trying to keep food allergies in mind by doing activities not based around treats.  I think it is great so many people are trying to be sensitive to all kid needs and not leaving a child out due to allergies.  This year I kept this in mind when planning the dragons Valentine's.  I am all for involving everyone but I am also all for keeping things cheap.  My dragons love glow sticks so when I found this idea on Pintrest it was an easy pick.  Materials  Glow sticks (I found them 5 for a dollar at Walmart)  Valentine heart template Hole punch (I only have a three hole punch but either works)  scissors  I created a Valentine Heart Template for the dragons to cut out and write their names on.  While they cut I opened all of the glow stick packages.  Once they...

The kids and I had such a fun time doing this project together!    Valentine Photo Booth Materials Streamers Hearts Streamer Hearts Rose Petals Empty wall space Balloons Chair Nice outfits Cooperative Children Doll Dragon helped me set up the photo booth the day before our planned shoot.  I informed both of the dragons about the shoot, what it was, what we would be doing, and my expectations from them a few days prior.  I told them we were going to have fun and be goofy together and take pictures of us while playing around.  I think this helped their overall attitudes of the shoot the day off. I covered a decent part of the wall with the streamers to make sure we had plenty of space. I used the flower petals and some glitter hearts on the floor to make it a bit more festive.  I also didn't want it to look like we took the pictures at home.  I could have put a red blanket down but I thought it would be too much red and i...

I was not planning on making a Valentines bath this year, I haven't done a sensory bath in a while, but Doll Dragon requested that I make one for her and Little Dragon this year. How could I say no? Valentine's Bath I gathered supplies at Target.  Nothing huge just small dollar items.  I used the soap pens to draw 'tattoos' on the dragons         They each had a mini mailbox to store their items in Inside the mailbox was their soap pen and little stretchy hearts they could play pretend with.  They were in the bath for a couple hours but they had a blast together!            Thanks for checking out my blog! If you enjoyed it please                                             +1, comment, or like.                      ...

Sugar isn't good for just tasting but also touching!  Sugar Sensory Tray To make this tray I used regular sugar and some extra pink sprinkles I had on hand to make it bit more fitting for the current season.  Our main use for this tray was letter practice  but once we were done with that it was all hands in! And of course some toys in too! Little Dragon liked mixing the pink and white to make pretty pictures He also enjoyed feeling the grains between is fingers This tray will be out  for the week for fun and some learning.  The great thing about sugar trays is they can be used to practice shapes, letters, numbers, and sight words.           Thanks for checking out my blog! If you enjoyed it please                                   ...

Names.  What is a name?  That is an interesting question for a preschooler.  After I asked I had a couple minutes of silence.  They really had to think about it. A name is what we call someone/something.  We identify something/someone by their name. I asked a couple more questions What is your name? What is your nick name? What are your animals names? Stuffed animals in our case because we don't own a pet.  We spent some time naming most of the stuffed animals the kids owned. Then we talked about their pretend names.  *rolls eyes*  Who knew there would be so much fun in the topic of names.  Bible On the topic of names we talked about Jesus and his twelve disciples.  This was more fun then I had originally thought it would be.   I used the felt board to help with Jesus and his twelve disciples.   We sang a Twelve Disciples Song too. We don't really know what the disciples look like so together the...

Valentines  Activities This week, and some of last, we have been getting into the feeling of love by doing a Valentines activity everyday. Some of the below have links but most of them will be described below the list. Sensory Bin Heart Toss Beads and Picks Sun Catcher Playdough Valentine's Bakery Hand made Valentine Card Valentine Song Valentine Picture Pose Sensory Bin  What is Valentines without a sensory bin?  I really enjoyed putting this one together.  It was a challenge at first because I was at a loss for ideas.  Once I had the idea though the bin came together perfectly. The first thing I  had for the bin was the pink plastic grass and some paper hearts.  That was all I had.  I knew this would not entertain my dragons for long.  You can't really drive a car in the grass and there were no little people to pretend with. I ventured to Wal-Mart and found many fun things to put in the bin for total of $...