I love the internet. I have found so many cool blogs that talk about super cool crafts.
We made a string ghost that is very similiar to the string pumpkins found here.
We mixed up some water and glue.
Then we put the string in.
Then we laid out the string onto plastic (we didn’t have any waxed paper so we used a ziploc bag.
We added eyes, and let them dry.
Monkey’s:
Mine:
Once they hardened (about 2 days later) I hung them from our kitchen light
They are sooooo COOOOL!
I have a new title for these posts since preschool corner implies that this is Monkey’s primary preschool, which is not the case. Monkey attends a fantastic preschool everyday from 9-12. So these are our adventures after school.
Here is my crazy Monkey!
We were working on alphabet books, to expose Alligator to letters. So we are starting with A. Here is Monkey and Alligator working on coloring their A, and making a crafty alligator. You can find the printable here. The Alligator was inspired by No Time for Flashcards. Click the link to see her fantastic site. To see more about our Alphabet book project click here.
Monkey also worked on the following activities:
Using a dropper to move water (from Time for Tots)
Placing pegs in a peg board (TFT)
Beginning sounds puzzles. I only set out a few at a time, otherwise it is overwhelming for him. (from TFT).
I have liked the “Activity Mom” on facebook. She had a free printable on her page, here is the link to her facebook page. I made magnets out of the printable (laminated and the hot glued old cut up magnets to the back). Monkey was placing them in numerical order on the fridge.
My sister gave Monkey this set for his 2nd birthday. You can make it into anything. The individual squares come apart and velcro back together. She gave us the add-on train set, to turn it into a train engine. I can’t find them online, but I’ll keep looking. As you can see it is still a hit at our house.
Today Monkey learned how to ride my old scooter. I am pretty impressed.
TO see what others did for preschool corner this week check it out here.
Each boy will have their own. Here are the A pages:
Alligator has a new favorite phase. “Wa-Dat” can be heard over 100 times a day at our house. For those of you who don’t speak Alligator it means “What’s that”.
Lately he points at letters everywhere. Letters in books, on signs, on products….He is determined to figure out what all these things are. So I figure now is a good time to introduce him to letters.
Many years ago (2 to be exact) my wonderful friend introduced us to the concept of an Alphabet Book. She now runs the blog Welcome to Our Wonderland.
I never finished the one I started for Monkey, but now is the time.
Here is how it will work (I will do individual ones for both boys). It will be 2 pages per letter.
Page 1---the boys will decorate a letter A.
Page 2—Pictures of the boys with an A craft, and a picture of the boys with some other object that starts with A.
Each week we will complete another letter of the alphabet.
It will be so neat for the boys to have their very own personalized ABC book, and the activities will be a good first exposure to the letters. I will dedicate a post each week to this activity so you all can see how it is going.
