Katherine Marie

It’s that time of year again.  Construction workers everywhere!

[Dump Truck Collage]

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[Construction Math Workshop]

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Lunch is Served!!  The kiddos crushed (hammered) chocolate cookies to make dirt.

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1.  Tuff Tools– I used a sharpie and dollar store tape measures to make math and writing games   2.  Painting with Trucks   3.  Construction Workers   4.  Hammer Time   5.  Messy Play   6.  The Crew

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Construction Obstacle Course Cards:  Jump like a jack-hammer, Run backwards like a backhoe loader,  Skip like a skip-loader... etc

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Those construction signs are HUGE up-close!

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I always think of Kit Kats when I think of construction workers.  Remember that old commercial “Gimme a Break” with the guys in yellow hats?

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A sensory experience with cake mix (aka dirt)!

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CAUTION: Mess Ahead!

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[Kissable Construction Worker]

 Of course we also put her in a toy dump truck which she thought was incredibly funny.

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 Tool belt printable via Brilliant Beginnings Preschool  (We even made a tiny tool belt small enough to fit Frankie.)

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[Field Trip to Home Depot]

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[Construction Play Mat]

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[Play Mat in Action]

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Have a GREAT day!  Don’t WORK too hard!

Super Silly Spring Break Science!

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Color Explosions!  So easy and fun… via Pinterest

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Links to Projects:  1.  Elephant’s Toothpaste:  Science Bob   2.  Sink or Float Science:  Children’s Science Experiments    3.  Soda Pop Rockets:  Steve Spangler Science   4.  Dancing macaroni:  Steve Spangler Science   5.  Play Dough Volcanoes:  Make and Takes   6.  Candy Experiments    7.  Naked Eggs: Science Sparks   8.  Terrific Tornadoes:  Cool Science Projects   9.  Magnet Painting: Rockabye Butterfly  10.  Mad Scientist Mason’s Pick- Silly Putty Science:  The Ultimate Book of Kid Concoctions by J. and D. Thomas

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Emerson’s Laboratory

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Sink vs Float

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This was supposed to be a lava lamp!  We used olive oil instead of cooking oil– didn’t work!

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Perhaps the most famous scientist (physicist) of all time?  (h/t  Family Fun)

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Gooey Gross Science!  We do this a couple times a year at least (Recipe)!

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The Mad Scientist puts on a show!

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Ingredients for “Elephant’s Toothpaste” and “Dancing Macaroni”

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Mason’s favorite Experiment

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Volcano Cups

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Test Tube Vocab Match

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You know I had to do it!  hehehehe…

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We still want to try:

 Fizzy Explosion Bags via All Beautiful Things

Baked Ice-Cream via Hooked on Science

Film Canister Rockets via KBears Science  (maybe for 4th of July?!)

xoxoxoxo!

 

We celebrated our first REAL snow fall with a week of SNOWMEN FUN!!!

Snowman Sensory Play-box

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Snowman Cards

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Spice Tin Snow Family

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Eggnog Snow-gal

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A big fat artful mess is just what we needed this week!   

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Snowman Collage

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Rub-a-Dub-Dub— Three Snowman Builders in a Tub!

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Snowman Snack

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 One of my favorite classic snowman crafts! 

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Vintage edition SNOW  by Roy McKie and P.D. Eastman

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Snowman Shakers!  The snowmen are hot-glued inside small boxes.  We added snowballs and glitter before sealing the clear plastic lids.  I’m thinking we might slap a label on the back and send them to some friends who are snowless.  Maybe the postal workers will give the boxes a little shimmy and shake!  Idea via the marvelously creative Deborah at Teach Preschool:  Snowglobes-in-a-box!

Happy (real or pretend) SNOW DAYS to you!!

xoxoxoxox

  

Gender predictions!!!

Three votes for GIRL!  Two votes for BOY!  I couldn’t vote because I HAD to take an early peek!

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[Babies in Blankies] 

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Craft idea via Maize Hutton on Flickr.  Her little chorus line dolls are unbelievably adorable.  Emerson loved coloring in the hair!

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[Baby Bottle Search]

We celebrated one night with a few bottle games (number search, guess how many buttons in the bottle, etc…) and then had a mystery baby food guessing contest.

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[The Nursery]

Mason and I made Altiod tin cribs and wooden babes for Emerson’s special “baby gift.”

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[Baby Puppets]

Yarn + Recycled Plastic Spoons + Paint + Dazzle

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[Boy VS Girl Craft]

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[Baby Snacks]

Cheesecake pudding snacks via these adorable cupcakes on Pinterest!

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[Applications]  

Mason says he will change poopy diapers!  Emerson said nope to diaper duty.  These are going in the baby “book!”

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Three cheers for sleeping babes!

…Blaise is pretty convinced that he is getting a little sis.

 

xoxoxoxoxo!

[Monster Slime]  Four boxes of lime jello!  Another fun version we did last year: Frankie’s Goo Here!

[Scrap Monsters]

[Monster Coin Munch]

 

1.  Monster Cheese Head  2.  Lil Monster   3.  Haven’t tried this Mixchief Monster Pudding yet, but I think the kiddos will like it!   4.  One Eyed Monster Treats  5.  Scrap Monster  6.  Monster Word Wallet

 

[Recycled Salt Monster]

[Tooth Brush Paintings] 

 [Countdown-to-Candy Pill Box]  Each compartment contains an EXERCISE activity and eraser treat.

  3.  Cereal Box HAPPY HOUSE (instead of HAUNTED HOUSE!)

[Monster Spoon Puppets]  Spray Paint + Black Sharpie  + Paint Sharpie Pen

[Magnetic Monster Puzzles]  Magnetic Tape + Pizza Tin + Shape Scraps!  Each puzzle pack creates a unique monster face.

[Film Canister Creatures]  Monstrous treats inside!