Adhesive Card Stock= Sticker Anything

Match My Picture

Ages: 2 years - 4 years

Supplies: 
Scissors
Card stock
Adhesive cardstock
*If you can't find adhesive card stock use glue.

Benefits: Matching, shapes, order of operations

I got this from JoAnn's it's $9.99 and was 40% off (Size 4.5x6.5)

Activity: 

Prep:

1. Cut out pieces to make a scene. Cut 2 of each piece. 
2. Fold a piece of card stock in half  "hot dog" wise and cut along the line. 
3. Draw a line down the middle. 
4. Adhere 1 copy of the scene to one side of the paper 

Play: 

Give the pieces to the child and have them match your picture. 

Scribble Art

Scribble Art 

Ages: 2 years to ?? I do this with my friends sometimes.

Supplies: 
Paper
Marker/ crayon/ colored pencil (you choose)

Benefits: Imaginative play

A man with 3 eyes. I was black pen. He was green crayon. (Age 3)

Activity: 

The child draws or scribbles a picture.

You ask them what it is.

Then, with their permission, you draw on top of it to bring out the details they describe.

**Make sure that the child agrees to coloring together so you don't make them feel like what they drew doesn't look like what they say it is.

With older kids (ages 4+), we take turns scribbling with no intention what it is and then sit back and look at the scribble and see what stands out to us, the same way you gaze at clouds. We also take turns drawing the details we describe.

Dirt Table/ Car Wash

Dirt Table/ Car Wash

Ages: 18 months-5 years

Supplies: 

Match Box Cars

Dish Soap

Water

Water table or 3 plastic boxes/ buckets/containers

Rubbermaid lid

Sponge cut in half or old wash cloths or paper towels

Dirt 

Benefits: order of operations and tactile play 

Activity: 

Set Up: 

1. Dig up a small patch of dirt and put a few scoops on the rubber maid lid. Add water to make it mud. 

2. Fill 3 plastic containers with water. Add dish soap to one. 

Play: 

Let the kids drive the cars through the dirt. 

When they're ready to play car wash, dip the car in a container with just water. 

Next put the car in the soapy water. 

Use sponges and wash cloths to clean the cars. 

Then put the cars in the 3rd container to rinse off the soap. 

Then line then up to dry or use a dry towel to dry the cars. 

Modifications: 

• Build an obstacle course for the cars on the dirt table. 
• Make a parking lot using sidewalk chalk 
• Make roads on the dirt table.