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Dabber Dots
Do a dot lines. Last time I tried to do an activity like this without do a dot markers it didn’t go over so well. I found a DIY for do a dot markers witch actually worked out pretty well. You fill a bottle with […]
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Squishy Bags
I filled a ziplock bag with a few squirts of paint and then taped them closed. I gave Derek a q-tip so he could scribble and draw pictures. This wasn’t not very exciting to Derek and only kept his attention for like two minutes then […]
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Following The Lines
My intention for this activity was to place blocks to follow the lines. I thought this activity was a bust when Derek had other ideas. He wanted to just play with the blocks but wasn’t that interested for very long. Then he got the idea […]
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Sticker Lines
The goal is to cover the lines with stickers. This works on fine motor skills and hand eye coordination. This is also a good pre writing activity as they learn to follow lines. Whenever I’m working with stickers, I always make sure to remove the […]
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Matching Number Puzzle
We we’re giving this car number puzzle but Derek was having some difficulty figuring out where the pieces fit just by their shape. I added the number stickers to help him both with his number recognition as well as knowing where the pieces go in […]
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Butterfly Symmetry Painting
I helped Derek squeeze blobs of paint onto one side of a large piece of paper. Then I folded it in half and had Derek press down on the paper and spread the paint around. When we opened it up it made a really neat […]
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Feeding The Hungry Caterpillar
Derek wanted to play with the caterpillar we made yesterday. Had these little food chips from an actual hungry caterpillar game. We took them out and fed them to our homemade hungry caterpillar as Derek is too young to actually play the hungry caterpillar game. […]
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Egg Carton Caterpillar
Painted an egg carton and turned it into a caterpillar. We got to use some recycled stuff and Derek enjoyed the different material to paint on today. He also loves the hungry caterpillar book. Happy Earth Day.
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5 Little Monkeys
We stuck all the monkeys on the bed and placed the number 5 in the box. Then we sang the song and removed one monkey one by one (as they fall off the bed) while changing the number cards, until there are zero monkeys left. […]
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Foam Squares Tunnel
Derek likes to go into small dark spaces and shine a light around. We made a little house for Derek out of foam squares. He crawled inside and laid down with his light. We then made a tunnel for Derek to crawl threw. After a […]