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Once-a-day book of colors

Posted by: -M on: April 16, 2008

This is a fun, everyday project for you to do with your kids while you teach them their colors. There are 13 colors, so this will give you a good week and a half of planned fun.
Materials needed:
Old magazines
Scissors
Glue
Crayons
Ziplock bag to hold magazine clippings
Appropriate ages:
18 months-3
Cut out all color pictures a day or two [...]

i am hands

Posted by: -M on: August 14, 2007

This was a crafty brain fart idea that came to me after we had finished our language and math lessons quicker than I had anticipated.
It’s a fast and simple social studies/art project and the kids loved doing it. Because this crafty brain fart was so deliciously fun, I had to give it a name. [...]

CaterpillarArt

Posted by: -M on: August 11, 2007

‘On Monday he ate through one apple but he was still hungry.’
 
If you recognize that line, you are probably a fan of Eric Carle’s THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR.
 
 
I must confess that I am a huge fan and have read it to my kids so many times that they have almost every word memorized. [...]