Educational creativity

     I don't like getting paint out.  Not because I don't like the mess, but because with a 1 year old you just never know when she will put something in her mouth that shouldn't be.  Of course she also wants to do everything her big sister does.  So, leaving paint hidden was the easiest way to keep her from eating it. Well, we got brave.  My 5 year old loves to paint.  She has move from painting colors and abstract type art to making pictures.  She likes making pictures of people. I on the other hand don't feel confident in my picture skills and like the way colors all over the page look.  So, I used my fingers to play in the paint, and it turned out to be a peacock.  Great for letter "P" activity. The baby liked using the paintbrush to make color on her paper.  And she didn't put it in her mouth. Of course, our little copy cat saw us using the container ...

This is a cute tin I got for Valentine's Day.  It had a cookie in it.  After eating the cookie, I couldn't throw the tin away.  When I saw this idea from someone, sorry I don't remember where, I had to use this. I will give it to my daughter in the car on the long trip to Florida. I used some heart foam pieces and guled them to magnets.  I them printed out letters in her name and some number and cut them into the shape of the tin.  She can move the magnet to cover the letter or number she finds on our trip.  Kind of an I spy road trip. I also took the puzzles pieces out of this princess tin.  It was too hard for her.  I found the crown pieces on a paint chip sheet that was from Disney. I thought I could put pictures of the princesses in it.  Then she could cover them up as she sees them at Disney World.  I'm just not sure I want to hold onto it at the park. This was really easy to make and could easily be adapt...

Farm Animal Books (62) A Cowboy Can by Beth Clure & Helen Rumsey (easy reader "can") Animals on the Farm by Vicki Coghill (easy reader) Baby Animals on the Farm by Liza Alexander ( Sesame street characters) Baby Calf by Catherine McCafferty Baby Piggy's Shapes by Emily Paul  (Muppet Babies Book) Beep, Beep by Barbara Gregorich (start to read level 1) BINGO ill. by Hans Wilhelm (sing and read) Chicken Licken -Scott, Foresman talking storybook box (Chicken Little story) Click, Clack, Moo Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin (silly repetitive story) Cuddly Piglet ill. Penny Johnson (board book) Don't Be Late by Akimi Gibson (rhyming) Daffy Takes a Dip by Jean Davis Callaghan (A duck afraid to swim) Down on the Farm by Vicki Coghill (easy reader) A Duck so Small by A.H. Benjamin (an ugly duckling type story, duck tries to act like other birds         until he finds being small was good) Farm Animals (one word board book) Farm An...

What do you have planned this summer?       Now that school is out, I am back in charge of keeping my child's interest away from the TV.  I would like to spend some time outside, but Texas temperatures can be quite high in the summer.  So, I have tried to come up with some summer fun ideas.  I'll add pictures as we accomplish the activities.       Last year I saw so many fun filled summer bucket lists, so I decided to start my own.  Of course things will be added as I find more fun things to do. - scratch art -My daughter loves those scratch art activities.  I use to make them with crayons when I was younger, but here  are the directions to make it a little easier.  Here is a post  that will show you how to make your own lottery scratch off tickets.  A little fun with your learning. - drip paint or tall painting -with letters as a background I will use the word "dream" to make ...

     I have tried keeping this blog more professional instead of personal, but all of us professionals are people too.  We go to work each day with plans and ideas of how to make education and the lives of the little ones we serve better.  So, when we suddenly have no one to plan for, we must become personal people who need to adjust to being ourselves.  When I was younger, I did a lot of fictional reading and vacationing.  Now that I have children, I tend to plan out their childhood fun.  I've noticed many of you bloggers have educational reading web book clubs to join.  So, do we as teachers really know how to take a break?      I am having trouble adjusting to not having a job.  My summer started early in May when Head Start closed their doors.  Now I am back to not having a job.  So, now what do I do? As you could tell I am also having trouble adjusting to this new format of blogger.  I have...