This is a great craft to do with children for Cinco de Mayo and to celebrate Mexican heritage. Materials: Red Plastic Cup Red Paper Plate White Green Pompom Scissors Glue White String Tape Directions: Put glue on the rim of the cup. Turn the cup upside down and place it in the center of the plate. Push hard to secure it in place. Cut out small circles from the white piece of paper. Glue the circles on the outer part of the plate, leaving space in between for the pompoms. Glue the pompoms on the outer part of the plate, in between...
Remember in grade school when the mean girls would pick on other girls? I found out there is a girl like that in my daughter’s Kindergarten class who has been picking on her all year long. Nobody ever wants their child to be bullied, but luckily when children are this age, it is fairly easy to correct the situation by having a parent-teacher conference. Well, not in this case. You see, my daughter is the mean girl. She bullies herself. Every day, my daughter finds a way to put herself down. It’s not uncommon to hear her...
Every child needs a Calm Down Jar. I used it multiple times for children with different temperaments at my daycare and it worked every single time. They loved shaking it and then watching all of the glitter fall slowly to the bottom. It truly calms children down. They are called Calm Down Jars, because most people use glass jars for them, but with young children, it’s best to use a plastic baby bottle in my opinion. Materials: Plastic Baby Bottle 1 Cup of...
I did this activity with three children at my daycare on St. Patrick’s Day. They sure got a kick out of finding the leprechaun’s footprints! Since the children’s ages ranged from 2 to 3.5 years old, the Gold Coin Questions I asked varied in difficulty. It was so much fun to watch their little eyes light up with excitement as they received their gold coins and then counted them! Materials: 8 Pieces of Foam Scissors Bowl 1 pack of Toy Gold Coins Directions: Using rectangular pieces of foam (preferably green), cut out...
I did this activity with three children at my daycare on St. Patrick’s Day. Since there were three of them, they each got to be in charge of two colors of the rainbow, which they were very excited about. Not only was this a fantastic activity for color naming and recognizing, it was great practice for listening well. When the children heard their color being revealed in the book, their little eyes lit up! Materials: 6 Popsicle Sticks (One of each color: Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple) Markers 2 Pieces of Paper Scissors Glue What...