Here is another Five for Friday post with Doodle Bugs Teaching. Thank you.
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Wow, it has been hot this week. If you're working with students, cabin fever also occurs during our hot spells. If you need something to do to get outside, it MUST involve WATER. Try to find a shady spot too.
Collect various sizes of supplies including but not limited to: buckets, cups, bottles, scoops, sponges, squirt bottles, ping pong balls, measuring cups,
Sponges, buckets and soda pop bottles -
Fill buckets with water. Let a sponge absorb as much water as you can. Walk to a soda pop bottle and squeeze the sponge. See how much you can fill the bottle with water squeezed from the sponge. Squeezing the sponge helps strengthen those hand muscles.
If you have enough children for teams, you need two or more of everything.
Collect various sizes of supplies including but not limited to: buckets, cups, bottles, scoops, sponges, squirt bottles, ping pong balls, measuring cups,
Sponges, buckets and soda pop bottles -
Fill buckets with water. Let a sponge absorb as much water as you can. Walk to a soda pop bottle and squeeze the sponge. See how much you can fill the bottle with water squeezed from the sponge. Squeezing the sponge helps strengthen those hand muscles.
If you have enough children for teams, you need two or more of everything.
Squirt bottles, cups and ping pong balls-
Use the squirt bottles to spray ping pong balls into a cup. You can set up the cups in a 'course' format.
Painting with plain water
Need:
a bucket of water and old paint brushes or paint rollers
Paint letters, shapes, numbers on the sidewalk with water.
This uses large muscle movement. Watch how it dries.
Wash the car
It sounds simple. And it is and fun. Who cares if you get wet?
Remember the movie "Karate Kid"? Controlled strokes, wax on and wax off, these are large muscle movements. Washing and drying and getting a clean car in the end too!
Wash the car
It sounds simple. And it is and fun. Who cares if you get wet?
Remember the movie "Karate Kid"? Controlled strokes, wax on and wax off, these are large muscle movements. Washing and drying and getting a clean car in the end too!
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Inside water activities.
Eye drop colors -
eye droppers, coffee filters, cups for water, paper towels, food coloring
Demonstrate how to use an eyedropper to drop one drop at a time.
Have children practice to release drops on a paper towel.
When ready have the children begin with one color at a time. Watch what happens when one color drop touches another color drop on the coffee filter. Let it dry.
Look how cool the paper towel underneath looks!
Mixing colors
Kids love to learn about making new colors.
Fill 2-3 containers with water and add food coloring, one yellow, one blue and one red.
Now scoop (or use eye droppers)
the water from two colors and blend in another bowl/cup. What color did you make?
Yellow and blue make? Blue and red make?
Red, blue and yellow make?
Why doesn't the yellow look yellow?
Eye drop colors -
eye droppers, coffee filters, cups for water, paper towels, food coloring
Demonstrate how to use an eyedropper to drop one drop at a time.
Have children practice to release drops on a paper towel.
When ready have the children begin with one color at a time. Watch what happens when one color drop touches another color drop on the coffee filter. Let it dry.
Mixing colors
Kids love to learn about making new colors.
Fill 2-3 containers with water and add food coloring, one yellow, one blue and one red.
Now scoop (or use eye droppers)
Yellow and blue make? Blue and red make?
Red, blue and yellow make?
Why doesn't the yellow look yellow?
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CUTTING
I love the ideas from Jamie on her blog, Hands On As We Grow.
Check out many of her ideas at
www.handsonaswegrow.com
She suggested to begin with allowing small children to cut the grass. They will start just using the tips of the scissors.
Use old scissors to cut playdoh 'hot dogs'. Again, they will mostly be using the tips of the scissors.
Thumb's on top and point out away from you. Hold by your tummy.
Sometimes cutting paper is so difficult to manipulate using both hands. One to hold and the other to cut. Try to cut straws into pieces. The straws are stiff enough and they won't tear. It takes some strength to cut through the straw. Now to try to use the back part of the scissors for full cutting strokes.
Cut up old greeting cards. The paper is heavier and not so slippery.
When you're ready for paper, allow children time to just cut into pieces. Try giving paper strips to cut, cut, cut. Gradually introduce larger scraps.
I love the ideas from Jamie on her blog, Hands On As We Grow.
Check out many of her ideas at
www.handsonaswegrow.com
She suggested to begin with allowing small children to cut the grass. They will start just using the tips of the scissors.
Use old scissors to cut playdoh 'hot dogs'. Again, they will mostly be using the tips of the scissors.
Thumb's on top and point out away from you. Hold by your tummy.
Sometimes cutting paper is so difficult to manipulate using both hands. One to hold and the other to cut. Try to cut straws into pieces. The straws are stiff enough and they won't tear. It takes some strength to cut through the straw. Now to try to use the back part of the scissors for full cutting strokes.
Cut up old greeting cards. The paper is heavier and not so slippery.
When you're ready for paper, allow children time to just cut into pieces. Try giving paper strips to cut, cut, cut. Gradually introduce larger scraps.
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School will begin in a short few weeks but I am getting my school bag and supplies ready now. I love my Zip-Top Organizing Utility Tote that my daughter gave me as a Christmas present. I use the Fold N'File inside to keep my papers from falling down.
If you need anything, check out my daughter's website at:
www.mythirtyone.com/1730077
She needs your orders before the end of July if you can! The Thermal Totes are on sale. Don't you need a new lunch bag too? July special is only $10 with your order.
Thank you.
Patricia Cantrell
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I
am pathetic. My big kids had to tape-up the tv remote. I would
accidentally touch the wrong buttons and they would be called to come
'fix-it'. I put the hair bands on to help me feel and know where the
bottom is. ha ha
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