Here's my confession: I love Starburst Jelly Beans! They are my favorite candy this time of year. So, I had to pick up a bag the other day. We decided to do some math activities with these jelly beans. First, we counted them. I created this sheet of 6 circles for sorting, but it worked well as a tool for counting. Then I had Troy sort the jelly beans by colors. I do have to brag on him--he's getting really good at sorting! This was also a good fine motor activity, since the jelly beans … [Read more...]
Easter Art Project
Easter is coming up so today I'm sharing how to make a simple cross craft for Easter. Here what you'll need: canvas paint tape marbles To begin, take your canvas and put tape on it in the shape of a cross. Then get your paint ready. To make clean up easy, I just used a recycled egg carton. We put red, yellow, and blue paint in it and mixed a couple colors together to make purple and green. This was a great art lesson for Troy! For this art project, we dipped … [Read more...]
Easter Sensory Tub
Hey all! Today I'm sharing our Easter sensory tub. It explores the sense of touch, sense of hearing, and even snack time! I didn't put a lot in this tub, but inside each egg there's a little surprise! Before opening the eggs, I had Troy shake it and try to guess what was inside. I gave him a few clues. This is good practice for him to develop the ability to discriminate between sounds. In some of the eggs, I put in Annie's Cheddar Bunnies and Cookies. These are some of our favorite … [Read more...]
10 Ways to Decorate Easter Eggs
I can't believe Easter is just around the corner! It seems like Christmas wasn't too long ago. Today I'm excited to share 10 ways to decorate Easter eggs! I'm sharing our experience with decorating eggs using shaving cream along with 9 other unique ways to decorate eggs. First, do you know the best way to boil an egg? I used to be horrible at boiling eggs. The shells would stick to the egg and they wouldn't turn out. However, I've mastered it now. It's super easy and here's how you do … [Read more...]
