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The messiest activity ever!
I have a class full of boys, so they aren’t super interested in the Valentine’s day activities that I have done with groups in the past (however I suspect that may change next week when half of my plans include candy hearts…), but yesterday we did an art project that had them hooked. I know you’ve seen this one on Pinterest, that’s where I first saw the idea. I was sure the boys would love it, but I was wholly unprepared for the mess that it would make. The idea is that you put a piece of paper on a tray or cookie sheet, then stretch rubberbands across the tray.…
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It’s cold outside!
It has finally gotten cold and snowy in our neck of the woods, which means no more outdoor play time and planning lots of extra activities to keep our energetic kiddos busy. Here are a couple o the things that we have been working on: Masking tape resist snowflakes: simply use making tape to make snowflake shapes on a piece of white paper, then let the children paint over the tape. We used different shades of blue paint with a little extra sparkle, but silver or gray would be pretty too! When the pint has dried you can peel the tape off and you have white snowflakes. Name snowmen: this…