fix it friday ~ #88

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tot school ~ 27months

Lucas is 27 Months

I don’t have too much to share this week. We didn’t go with a theme life has been a little to hectic so we just focused on the things Lucas likes to do, and had a lot of fun ~ which really, is the best way to do tot school!

Lucas really likes working with glue, he asks for it daily. We easily go through a bottle a week – or day if I let him ; )

feathers and glue

a fun simple open ended art activity

I brought out our peg boards this week…

we built towers

  and sorted out the pegs by colour.

we played with vinegar and baking soda again, this time Lucas really got into it ; )

We also had a lot of fun with puffy paint!

Lucas really enjoyed playing with this maze,  you use the magnetic pen to move the balls to the different animals… its great for exercising his fine motor skills and hand eye coordination!

Lucas helped set up a marble track and LOVED racing his marbles around

This week I brought out our Melissa and Doug sequencing set. We don't follow the cards yet we just make our own patterns.

and sort them by colour.

After reading Chicka Chicka Boom Boom we matched our letters to the letters at the back of the book. 

then we put them on to our coconut tree  

Over the past few weeks Lucas has really been into the movie Cars, and it has really sparked a lot of imaginative play which has been really nice to see!In this photo he has his buses talking to each other.

This last photo is may favourite! My two boys playing cooperatively together – a rare moment!

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fix it friday ~ #87

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puffy paint

 

Lucas enjoyed working with puffy paint yesterday, I knew he would since the viscosity is somewhat similar to glue… and he loves glue!

I made a batch and separated it into three different colours, I used old shampoo bottles and an old glue bottle. Lucas preferred the glue bottle since it was smaller and easier for his little hands to squeeze.

 

To make puffy paint:

• 1cup of flour
• 1cup of salt
• 1cup of water
• empty squeeze containers
• 1 Tablespoon tempera paint –as many colours as you want

Mix the first 3 ingredients together in a big bowl.

Divide the mix out into smaller containers – one for each colour

Add 1 Tbsp of tempera and mix well. Adjust the colour by add another tsp of paint until desired colour s reached

Pour into squeeze bottle – a funnel will make this easier or you can spoon the mixture.

Give the child the bottles and watch them get to work!

 

* this paint does not work well on construction/craft paper. Instead use matte board or card board, we used and old cereal box cut up!

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stART ~ Art’s Supplies

This week we read Art's Supplies by Chris Tougas.

The book starts off with Art saying “its not my fault… my supplies have a mind of their own!” then the book goes on “the paper started it by inviting everyone to her pad for a party”. It doesn't take long for the pencils to arrive. They are soon joined by crayons, markers, pastels, ink, glue, scissors, and paint. This book creatively explores the process of children creating art.

However there is a BIG part of the book that I did NOT LIKE… on every page Art’s supplies are talking and making comments. Some are cute and clever like the crayons saying “lets colour outside the lines” others are rude and inappropriate like the pencil talking about his butt, and the markers talking about having the runs and making references to alcohol – that completely ruined what could have been a great book.

I gave the kids large sheet of paper and some pencils, markers, crayons and pastels.

Once they had coloured for awhile I gave them scrap paper, scissors and glue.

Lucas LOVES working with glue, we easily go through a bottle a week!

“just when I thought it was over, the paints arrived.” ~ a line from the book

although I was not satisfied with our book, I loved this art project. It was great to just let the kids create after doing so many structured crafts the last few weeks!

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