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Nature Scavenger Hunt and Contact Paper Collage

Nature Scavenger Hunt and Contact Paper Collage

Posted by on Sep 19, 2012 in Camping, Contact Paper Art, Outdoor Activities, Science Activities, Spring Crafts and Activities | 0 comments

I haven’t added a new post to my blog in literally months! Summer is such a busy time for everyone, and it always seems to just zoom by. My family and I do a LOT of camping in the summer. Between my siblings and I we have five boys (ages 7-1) and one sweet baby girl, which means it’s a good idea to have some activities planned when we’re all camping together. Some of the things the boys enjoy doing are painting rocks, playing with cars and trucks outside, exploring the paths, riding their bikes and simply just running around. This time I thought it might be fun to organize a little nature scavenger hunt that was challenging enough for the 7 year old, but not too difficult for the 3 year olds.

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S is for Seeds and Sunflowers!

S is for Seeds and Sunflowers!

Posted by on May 29, 2012 in Painting, Plants and Gardening, Preschool Letter Activities, Science Activities, Spring Crafts and Activities | 0 comments

S is for seeds- another letter to add to M’s tactile alphabet

The last couple of days, M and I have been having fun with activities revolving around the letter S. We’ve been talking a bit about plants and how they grow, so I thought it was a good time to introduce M to one of my favourite flowers: the sunflower.

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Green Thumb

Green Thumb

Posted by on May 18, 2012 in Outdoor Activities, Plants and Gardening, Science Activities, Spring Crafts and Activities | 0 comments

Just to be clear, I am definitely NOT the one with the green thumb in our family, that would be my husband, but that doesn’t stop me from trying! I really love this time of year (minus the crazy snow days…) when the trees and flowers are in bloom, and everything just seems to come back to life overnight. My husband and I spend a lot of time in our yard and M and B really enjoy being outside as well.

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More Farm Animal Fun

More Farm Animal Fun

Posted by on Apr 28, 2012 in Science Activities, Spring Crafts and Activities | 0 comments

Guess the Farm Animal

I wanted to teach M the importance of farms and how the animals that are raised provide us with food and other products in our daily life. I found some pictures on the Internet and glued a barn onto a piece of card stock, making sure to cut the doors so they swing open. Then I turned the ‘product’ cards over and, for each card M selected, he had to guess which animal it came from. Click on the link animalsproduce for a copy of the pictures I used for this activity.

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