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Do A Dot Shapes
We didn’t have any do a dot markers so we improvised. First we used paint and a q-tip. This didn’t go as planned as Derek just wanted to draw and scribble on the paper with the paint and q-tip completely ignoring the intention of the […]
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Pattern Blocks w/Play Dough
Used the pattern blocks to make shapes in the play dough. Then we hid the blocks in the play dough to find. Lots of fine motor work with this activity as well as identifying shapes. Got daddy and uncle involved in playing too. After a […]
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Shape Matching Eggs
This was one of the things Derek got in his Easter basket. This kept him busy for about 10 minutes trying to match the shapes. His go too is to match by colour but after a bit of reminder that we were doing shapes he […]
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Easter Hand & Foot Painting
Derek enjoyed getting his hand painted. His foot was a bit ticklish but he still let me paint it. The end result turned out great.
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Painting Rocks
Derek enjoys painting and liked painting the rocks. His favorite part was putting glitter on the rocks. This was done with washable kid paint so we will see how the right is hold up when we take them outside.
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Matching Coloured Egg Cards
Matching coloured egg cards. We started out by matching plastic eggs to the coloured egg cards. This didn’t really get Derek attention. We then switched to just matching the cards and this went better. Needed to give Derek some help in finding the card that […]
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Ice Cube – Colour Mixing
I kind of messed up by putting the wrong ice cube into the wrong container of water. Also the colours didn’t turn out all that good. It’s a pretty cool activity if everything goes properly so do give it a try. Derek liked playing with […]
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Ice Cube – Painting
Mix water and paint and freeze in ice cube trays. Once frozen paint using two primary colours and as the paint cubes melt the colours will mix. This didn’t quite go as planned. The paint cubes didn’t melt as fast as I was expecting so […]
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Hand Print – Colour Mixing
Mixing primary colours to make secondary colours. Paint your child’s hand a primary colour and make a hand print. Paint other hand a different colour and make a hand print. Add more paint to hands, rub them together creating a new colour and make hand […]
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Hidden Colour – Science
Hide some food colouring under baking soda and let you little scientist find them by using vinegar. Though this wasn’t a long activity, Derek enjoyed it and liked seeing what happened. It was a bit slow using the spoon. We abandoned the spoon and just […]