Cow Roll and Color

Today we played a fun roll the dice and color game. The cow printable for this game can be found here. Each child took a turn rolling the dice and then everyone colored the corresponding numbered spot on the cow. The kids continued taking turns rolling the dice until all the spots were colored.

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Farm Theme - The Little Calf That Couldn't Moo

This week at circle time we've been reading the book The Little Calf That Couldn't Moo by Iris Hiskey. This is a very sweet little book about a little calf who couldn't say "Moo" but said "Ma" instead. In the end, this difference becomes an advantage and helps him find his way safely home. Along with the book we've been reading Hey Diddle Diddle and The Cow

Of course, we had to do a few activities to go along with our reading.

On Monday we did the C is for Cow ABC dot to dot.

Wednesday we did another dot to dot, this time with the numbers 1 - 33.

We also got out our set of wooden blocks and the farm animals and made our own little farms.

I've long wanted to try coloring rice and finally decided to just do it. It is so easy! I just poured in a few tablespoons of alcohol, added the food coloring, mixed well, and poured it onto trays to dry. It dried quickly and the kids have loved it. I used green and black to represent the dirt and grass on a farm and then let the kids play with the farm animal sets in it.


This morning we drew pictures of farm animals.

We've had a fun week "on the farm" and are planning to continue the farm theme with another story and more fun activities next week.

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Dinosaurs and Playdough

The last few days have been hot and muggy so after taking advantage of the coolest part of the morning outside, we've been coming back in and playing with playdough and the dinosaur playset.

These dinosaurs had so much fun in  playdough land!

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Green Water

Water play is one of the favorite parts of summer but we really haven't done much of it yet this year. So I decided it was time to dive in - so to speak. Monday evening Austin and I mixed food coloring into water and put it in muffin tins in the freezer so we could have some colored ice. And today we had fun playing in water with these ice cubes. We used blue, green and yellow food coloring, so in the end we had some bright green water.

They played with the ice and watched it melt sparking some discussion about how water freezes and thaws. We also talked about how blue and yellow mixed makes green.

And then the filling and pouring began.

Oh look! Green hands!

Empty cups float but when filled they sink.

And when the water is not in a container it begins to drip through the cracks in the table.

Who new green water could be so much fun?!?!

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