Easter Egg Stamping

As an Easter project I thought it would be fun to reinforce letter concepts using plastic Easter eggs.  Lily used the egg halves as "stamps" and stamped out a bunch of overlapping letter Os in different colors.  After they were dry I cut them out into the shape of eggs and displayed them proudly in our T.V. room. 

Materials: 
Plastic Easter Eggs
Finger Paints
Paper Plates
Construction Paper

She took the eggs apart and started stamping on the construction paper.

The stamping quickly gave way to fingerpainting!

So we concentrated on mixing two colors together to make a new one!

The finished products.

Breakfast of (Irish) Champions: Green Eggs and Milk

This morning we made green eggs and milk in honor of St. Patrick's Day.  Lily got to squirt in the food coloring and scramble the eggs up......she put in a LOT of green!!  She really thought it was interesting that the food coloring started out looking almost black, and turned green the more she stirred.  She was also surprised that the food tasted exactly the same even thought it looked very different.  Lesson:  Don't judge a book its cover and never judge an egg by its color!

Materials:

Eggs

Green food coloring

Milk

Pickles

The dill seeds I planted in the backyard have finally produced beautiful baby dill, so we decided to make pickles! Lily and I both LOVE these......and she can easily help make them.   It's also a good lesson to learn that the things we eat come from the earth, and in some cases our own backyard.  Fun!

 I find that putting our cooking liquids in a sports bottle makes it easier to for her to do her own measuring.





 

RECIPE:  

1 Lb. Vegetables
1/4 Cup Of Kosher Salt
1 Tbsp Honey
1 Cup Distilled White Vinegar
1 Cup Water
4 Garlic Cloves
6 Sprigs of Dill
2 Bay Leaves

1. Divide the vegetables between 2 16 oz. mason jars.
2. Combine salt, honey, vinegar and water and whisk to combine.
3. Divide the garlic, dill and bay leaves between the jars.
4. Pour the vinegar mixture over the vegetables and cover the jars.
5. Refrigerate and start enjoying after 2-3 days. You can eat them up
to 1 month.

States of Matter and Oreo Cookies

Tomorrow our friends are coming over for a playdate. We decided to make special (and nutritious!) Oreos dipped in chocolate. 

At first there was just a big chunk of chocolate in the bowl and she decided that it could actually double as a drum.

After putting it in the microwave she saw that it had become "soft" and stir-able. Little did she know that she'd just done a relatively complex science experiment pointing out the different states of matter.

  
And how tasty that matter can be!







 Materials:

Sprinkles
Oreos
White Chocolate/White Almond Bark
Waxed Paper

Zoo Chart

On this trip to the zoo we practiced using a chart. This was a new concept and she thought it was really cool!  She loved it! 


Materials: Chart
Stamp (or stickers, or crayons, etc....)

BEFORE

AFTER

Eating Patterns

Today Lily decided to have two of her favorite things for lunch: blueberries and tofu (of as she calls it, too-foo). She likes them both, but not equally! She wanted to eat only blueberries and very little tofu. I thought that was a perfect opportunity to introduce the concept of patterns, in this case AB patterns. One blueberry, one tofu square, one blueberry, one tofu square, etc... She had fun, and learned an important lesson at the same time!

In the future she will use this knowledge in more aspects of her life, such as taking turns and organizing her things.

Chalk Painting

Great indoor activity on a cold (or in our case HOT day here in Arizona)! Rub chalk on the chalkboard and let the kiddos "paint" with water.