Tutorial Tuesday

Well, I have no guest bloggers scheduled for today, so I thought I would share a couple of tutorials I have posted in the past.

DIY Feltboard

Texture Sequencing Sticks

Fuzzy Caterpillar

Enjoy and have fun creating!

Texture Book

We made texture books a couple of weeks ago. Very simple idea. Here are some photos of things we put in them. The children glued whatever they wanted in it and then we dictated as they described what it was or what it felt like.

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Top 3 Blog Posts of 2011

Here are my top 3 blog posts of 2011. If 2012 continues the same way with followers, I should be doing great this time next year. Keep your fingers crossed!

#3- Spooktober

I did this as a guest post for the blog formerly known as Frogs, Bees & Under the Seas, now Playing with Pixie Dust. The post includes Halloween activities.

#2-Spring Bulletin Board

This was our Eric Carle- Very Hungry Caterpillar board.

#1-Texture Sequencing Sticks

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My 5 Senses

This week we are studying our 5 senses. Here is the post with the books we read and here is the Texture Sequencing Sticks activity that we worked on. We also had the kids do tree bark rubbings, a chart in our science observation notebook about how different items feel and each day we made a list for one of the senses. For example, Wednesday we named something you can hear with your ears. This was used also as a great transition tool as when the child names something, they can choose an area or go wash their hands. We also sang the Peanut Butter and Jelly song and the Make a Pizza song during which we discussed how each flavor tastes and what toppings we would put on our pizzas. During mealtimes we also discussed how different foods tasted. We will most likely be breaking down this topic into individual lessons on some of the senses, especially hearing as the children love to play musical instruments and sing!

And, if that's not enough content for you to begin your 5 senses unit, here is a great resource with TONS of ideas.