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| These are my favorite tacos from HelloFresh. We'll pretend that mine actually look like this... |
Perfect excuse for tacos! In my house, there's no excuse needed. We have some kind of taco at least once a week.
Could life get any better? Well, yes, but tacos on May 5th is pretty serendipitous!
EVERYONE
Warm weather is coming and with it lots of outside time. And that means bubbles!
On the internet, there are lots of recipes for bubble juice if you don't have it already at home. And the way kids spill it all the time, it's a good idea to have more on hand.
Some recipes require glycerin, this one does not. And, it makes BOUNCING bubbles! You'll need mittens or gloves so that they don't pop.
Check out the recipe here: BOUNCING BUBBLE RECIPE
Don't need the fancy kind? There are even more recipes for regular bubble juice. Let your child experiment with what will be good to blow bubbles with.
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2s: Brown Bear, Brown Bear
1. Story TimeListen to the story Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin with your child: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See - Storybook Nanny
And, you can watch this super catchy musical version: Musical Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?
If you have the book at home, have your child follow along in the book.
2. Button StoryIn your bag, you'll find a shoe lace tied to a button. From our website, print out the Brown Bear Button Story activity. Card stock will work best.
Cut out the pictures for your child. Poke a hole in the center of the picture where the black dot is.
Listen to, or read, the story again with your child. Pause or stop to allow your child to string on the correct colored animal that you just read about. For example, the first animal to go on the string will be the brown bear, then the red bird, the yellow duck, etc.
Encourage your child to repeat the 'Brown Bear, Brown Bear, what do you see?' and then answer the question with the next animal on their string. Have them repeat the story to another family member.
3. Sing-along
Let's practice colors before our next activity. You can watch this song with your child. The Color Song
4. Sorting by Color
From your bag, you'll need the M&Ms. From our website, you'll need to print out the Brown Bear M&M Sorting. From yourself, you'll need control not to eat your child's activity!
Have your child pour the M&Ms into a bowl. Look at the different colors with your child and help them name the colors. You're going to have to let them eat one, I'm sure.
Encourage your child to place the candies onto the sorting sheet. Once all the M&Ms have been sorted, talk about the colors, how many you have of each color, which is the most, which is the least, is there any you have 'zero', etc.
3s: Brown Bear, Brown Bear
1. Story Time
Listen to the story Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin with your child: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See - Storybook Nanny
And, you can watch this super catchy musical version: Musical Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?
If you have the book at home, have your child follow along in the book.
2. Color Sorting
From our website, print out the 3s Color Sorting activity.
Look at the pictures with your child. Identify the colors in the pictures. Point out that the other two pages have colored boxes on them with color words.
Cut apart the pictures and mix them up. Stack them into a deck.
Turn over the top picture or have your child choose a card. Have them identify the object in the picture and what color it is. Have your child place the picture in the appropriate box.
Go through the entire set of pictures.
3. Graphing
From your bag, you'll need the M&Ms. From our website, you'll need to print out the Brown Bear M&M Graphing. From yourself, you'll need control not to eat your child's activity!
Have your child pour the M&Ms into a bowl. Look at the different colors with your child and encourage them to name the colors. You're going to have to let them eat one, I'm sure.
Explain to your child that a graph shows us how much we have of each different object. There are numerals to show the amount and a picture to show us where to put each object into a category. The blocks are so that we can put one item in each block.
Have your child draw a candy from the bowl and name the color. Show them where they will place it on the graph. Continue to draw candies from the bowl until all candies have been graphed.
Once all the M&Ms have been sorted, here are some examples of what you can talk about with your child:
- the colors
- how many you have of each color
- which is the most - how do you know?
- which is the least - how do you know?
- are there any you have zero - what does 'zero' mean?
4. Let's Color
We can color our own rainbow, too!
Print out the Rainbow to Color page from our website.
Show your child that on each arc, there is a color word. Ask your child if they can guess what the word might say. Read the color words with your child. Spell them out and point out that each word is written in that color.
You can let your child color the rainbow.
Now you can use the rainbow to sort small objects like Froot Loops, Skittles, M & Ms, Legos, doll shoes, etc.
1. Rainbows
Where do rainbows come from? Has your child ever noticed when they happen?
They can learn more about how rainbows are formed in this video from Scholastic: Scholastic - Rainbows in the Sky
2. Make a Rainbow
Let's make our own rainbow with ribbons.
From your bag, you'll need the small, 6" paper plate with holes in the edge and the handful of colored ribbons.
Have your child look at the ribbons and at a picture of a rainbow, like the one pictured here.
The order of the colors is always the same: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. Many people just use purple for indigo/violet and we will too.
Fold the plate in half, so that it makes a semi-circle. You can put a couple of staples in it to hold it together. But, before you do, you can add a few dried beans, M&Ms, or something to make it rattle!
Have your child put the ribbons lined up at the flat side of the plate. Attach each of the six ribbons to the plate with a staple. You may want to run a line of tape over the staples so that your child doesn't catch their fingers.
Encourage your child to dance and move with their rainbow!
3. Color Your Own Rainbow
From our website, you can print out the Rainbow to Color. If you print it in color, the color words will be in color.
Look at the rainbow with your child.
Show your child that on each arc, there is a color word. Ask your child if they can guess what the word might say. Read the color words with your child. Spell them out and point out that each word is written in that color.
You can let your child color the rainbow.
Now you can use the rainbow to sort small objects like Froot Loops, Skittles, M & Ms, Legos, doll shoes, buttons, etc.
4. Noah's Silly Picture
From the website, print out the Noah's Ark Silly Things activity page.
Look at the page with your child.
Tell them there are at least 7 silly things in the picture. The first one I always see is the lion wearing sunglasses.
Tell them that God instructed Noah not just to build the ark, but also take care of the animals. Circle the pictures of people taking care of animals.
We can color our own rainbow, too!
Print out the Rainbow to Color page from our website.
Show your child that on each arc, there is a color word. Ask your child if they can guess what the word might say. Read the color words with your child. Spell them out and point out that each word is written in that color.
You can let your child color the rainbow.
Now you can use the rainbow to sort small objects like Froot Loops, Skittles, M & Ms, Legos, doll shoes, etc.
4s: Rainbows and Rain
1. Rainbows
Where do rainbows come from? Has your child ever noticed when they happen?
They can learn more about how rainbows are formed in this video from Scholastic: Scholastic - Rainbows in the Sky
2. Make a RainbowLet's make our own rainbow with ribbons.
From your bag, you'll need the small, 6" paper plate with holes in the edge and the handful of colored ribbons.
Have your child look at the ribbons and at a picture of a rainbow, like the one pictured here.
The order of the colors is always the same: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. Many people just use purple for indigo/violet and we will too.
Fold the plate in half, so that it makes a semi-circle. You can put a couple of staples in it to hold it together. But, before you do, you can add a few dried beans, M&Ms, or something to make it rattle!
Have your child put the ribbons lined up at the flat side of the plate. Attach each of the six ribbons to the plate with a staple. You may want to run a line of tape over the staples so that your child doesn't catch their fingers.
Encourage your child to dance and move with their rainbow!
3. Color Your Own Rainbow
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| My daughter promptly ate my example |
Look at the rainbow with your child.
Show your child that on each arc, there is a color word. Ask your child if they can guess what the word might say. Read the color words with your child. Spell them out and point out that each word is written in that color.
You can let your child color the rainbow.
Now you can use the rainbow to sort small objects like Froot Loops, Skittles, M & Ms, Legos, doll shoes, buttons, etc.
4. Noah's Silly PictureFrom the website, print out the Noah's Ark Silly Things activity page.
Look at the page with your child.
Tell them there are at least 7 silly things in the picture. The first one I always see is the lion wearing sunglasses.
Tell them that God instructed Noah not just to build the ark, but also take care of the animals. Circle the pictures of people taking care of animals.
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