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

Wax Paper Painting We used:  2 pieces of wax paper paint pencils, stamps, or other 'tools' First I tore 2 pieces of the same size wax paper from the roll.  Next I drizzled paint in a desired design. We did dots, squiggle lines, circles, and a square.  (I did realize the second time doing this activity that the art looks cooler when the paint is placed closer together.) Once the paint is on the wax paper you place the second piece of wax paper over the top.  Here is the fun part...you use your hands or other tools to mix the paints or make designs in it.  NO MESS!  Once finished I trimmed the excess wax paper from around the edges and taped the pictures on the window.  This ended up looking really cool and revealing more of the designs with the sun shining through. 

This weeks activities review. Thursday we made fathers day cards.  I gave the kids some stencils and markers to use.  Earlier in the morning the boys did wax paper painting.   I used different patterns then the first time and placed the paint closer together hoping to see more of a design.  Liam asked for his paint to be in different shapes so he had a circle a square and triangle on his paper.  After the paint dried I cut the extra wax paper from around the sides and hung it up on the window.  You can't see in this picture but when the sun shines through you can see hand prints in the paint.  It looks really cool!  Friday we played stuck in the mud!   It started because Spencer found a toy wand under the couch and tapped me with and told me I was stuck.  I played along and the other kids caught on quickly and wanted to play.  We soon got very roudy and ended up taking the game off the couch a...

The weather has been nice and we have been trying to spend more time outside. While at the library I thumbed through a children's science book and saw a wonderful idea.  After we read In The Tall Tall Grass  I thought of this science activity. Observing what lives in our grass.  The kids picked a spot on the grass and we made a circle of rocks around that area.    Then we all lay on our tummies and grabbed the magnifying glass to observe. We saw a centipede first.  It was quick.     They both tried to pick it up between their fingers.  *shakes head*  My kids love bugs :) We took a moment to talk about this being the bugs home why we don't kill bugs outside.  "We are just observing." We also saw potato bugs or rolly pollies and ants.   Of course they still tried to pick them up. Later that day we had a picinic.  It was very spur of the moment but wonderful.  The weather wa...