Win Your Wish List

    How would you like to win up to $1,000 worth of quality educational toys? Growing Tree Toys  makes great toys for learning through play.That is why I was super excited when I found out about their Win Your Wish List contest. All you have to do is create a Wish List by October. 31st and you become eligible to win! Today is the 30th, so get started! I had way too much fun creating my Wish List, I hope you do too.

A few of my favorites:

Folding Medieval Castle 

Shape and Color Sorter 

Alphabet Stamp Set

 

Pumpkin Crayons

I try to provide lots of opportunities for my son to practice his Fine Motor Skills. Sometimes, it is all about novelty. New supplies are always a hit. Our "new" pumpkin crayons are actually recycled.I melted our old crayons and made new ones! Here is what I did...

1. I gathered our broken /old crayons.


2. I peeled all of the paper off the crayons.


3. I put the crayons in cupcake liners and put them on a cookie sheet.


4. Next,I put the oven on 225 degrees Fahrenheit and melted the wax. It took about 15 minutes.


5.  I poured the wax into a Pumpkin Ice Cube Tray (Dollar Store),like this one..



6. Finally,I popped the crayons out of the mold.
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I put out paper and encouraged my son to draw. Although he does not "mouth" things,he did ask me if he could eat them. Proceed with caution my friends. :)

Letter of the Week: "C" Collage

We are still learning letters...yay! I try to integrate letter recognition as much as possible. A few weeks ago,we even did a collage with the Letter C.
I cut out letters with a Cricut machine,but you can use die cuts or free hand.Next,I set out paper and glue.


We talked about the letter and the sound it makes.

Then,I encouraged the children to glue their letters to paper.


Great Work!

Fall Ideas

I was just looking through my blog and I have lots of ideas that you could use for Fall. I have linked a few of them.Take a look...
 S is for Spider

 Homemade Fire Station

Orange Playdough

B is for Bat

Search for Creepy Crawlers

Fall Sensory Table

Fall Sensory Table

Check out our "Fall Themed" Sensory Table! I love Fall, especially the colors. I saw this lentil soup mix at an Amish shop.The colors reminded me of Fall.Thus, instead of eating the soup mix,we played with it!

 I filled a shallow plastic container with the mix.Next,I added lots of tools for scooping,pouring and measuring. If you can't find soup mix like this one,you can put it together yourself! You will need lentils of various colors and brown rice. This activity reinforces Science Development and Hand-Eye Coordination.Trust me,it will be a big hit!

Hurray for Fall!