Supplies Needed For Week 10: November 8-November 14: Veterans Week!

Veterans Week!

On a Veterans Day we thank and honor those who served in the military. Veterans Day is observed on November 11th of each year.

I want to thank my Big Brother Garrett, who is serving in Iraq, for helping to keep our country safe. I also would like to thank his wife Michelle who is also serving her country too and give out a big thank you. Thank you to my father, James and my brother-in-law Frank for serving their country and keeping it safe, when they were enlisted in the Army and Marines.  And Finally I would love to thank all the other great military people for being there for us.  So, if you see a Veteran, please thank them for doing such a great job!

• Paint(Camouflage Paint colors like different shades of pinks, black, greens, browns), Heavy paper, sponges, stars, glitter, pictures of soldiers, different animals that use camouflage.
• Construction paper, cardboard, foil, ribbon, pin to fasten
• Poster board, red, white and blue construction paper, gold stars, glue
• Card stock, markers, crayons, glitter, stars
• Coloring Pages Click here
• Newspapers, red, white and blue crepe paper streamers, glue stick, stars
• Drinking straw, clear plastic lanyard, scissors, 36 dark blue transparent beads(7mm), 66 red transparent beads(7mm),48 clear transparent beads( 7mm), glue, suction cup
• Paper, red, white and blue paint
• Flour, salt, water, red and blue food coloring, empty mustard squeeze bottles, cardboard
• Printable word search  click here
• Thick white paper, red and blue construction paper, glue, white tissue paper
• Printable coloring pages and activities click here
• Printable coloring pages click here
• Printable coloring pages and activities  click here
• Cardboard, yellow construction paper, glue, pin for using as a pin
• Empty Tp roll, blue crepe paper, red, white and blue paint, sticker stars, yarn, hole puncher
• White t-shirt, different pasta shapes, cardboard, glue, red, white and blue fabric paint
• Eagle Crafts, activities and coloring pages, click here, 
• Eagle Craft, Click here
• Empty TP roll, red, white and blue duct tape
• Cardboard, red, white and blue construction paper, glue, glitter
• Craft sticks, red, white and blue paint, glue, stars, blue or red ribbon
• Plain medal dog tags, glue, glitter, jewels, and other decorations, chain
• Yellow craft foam, red, white and blue letters, red,white and blue ribbons, markers, glue
• Pictures of red, white and blue items cut out from magazines or newspapers 
• Round salt box, one piece of red or blue construction paper, white yarn, and 2 drinking straws
• Could go to a surplus store and find some cool military stuff for your children.
• Paper plate, red and blue paint, yarn
• Empty water jug, red, white and blue paint, ball
• Red, white and blue sequins, piece of red, white or blue felt, pin fastener
• Lid to butter container, red, white and blue paint, and red, white and blue crepe paper or yarn, glue

Activities :

• Paper
• Red, white and blue play-doh
• Walkie Talkies
• Plastic toy soldiers
• Compass, binoculars 
• Water balloons
• TP

Foods:

• 1/2 cup white grape juice, 1 package unflavored gelatin, red and blue food coloring, mini marshmallows, saucepan, spoon, 2 bowls, cookie sheet, waxed paper
• Red, white and blue gummies
• Vanilla ice cream with red, white and blue sprinkles
• Refrigerated Sugar cookie dough , red, white and blue sprinkles
• Gummy worms
• Chocolate covered raisins
• Malt balls
• Bombpops

Books:

• The wall By Eva Bunting
• America : A Patriotic Primer By Lynne Cheney
• Pepper's Purple Heart By Heather French Henry

Movies or TV:

• MASH
• Hogans Heros
• GI Joe
• Top Gun

Wacky Wednesday:

If you give a:

Mouse a cookie

Pig a party

Cat a cupcake

Mouse a muffin

Take a mouse to school

• Newspaper, scissors, yellow construction paper, yellow paint, empty tp roll
• Construction paper, elastic string, decorations like glitter, beads, sequins
• Empty box your child can sit in for a car, blue and yellow paint, black marker, empty wrapping paper tube, tape
• Little empty box or container, piece of fabric, cotton balls, large pom pom, medium pom pom, 2 small pom poms, 1 very small pom pom, yarn, 2 googlie eyes
• Blank piece of paper, crayons, tape
• 2 medium pink  pom poms, 7 small pink pom poms, 2 very small black pom poms, 2 googlie eyes,  1 pink pipe cleaner
• Blank paper, envelope, stamp
• Piece of cardboard, blank paper, glue, popsicle sticks, paint
• Piece of red felt, needle, red thread, buttons
• Piece of red plastic canvas, plastic needle, red yarn, buttons
• Old socks, needle, thread, buttons, gray, brown, tan,  pink felt, gray yarn, pipe cleaner, 4 googlie eyes 
• 2 boxes cardboard, paint, newspapers
• Notebook, pencils, backpack, lunchbox or bag
• Clay
• Building Blocks
• Soccer and Basketball
• Empty juice or water or soda bottle, decorations, baking soda, white vinegar
• Piece of 8 x 10 foam craft, card stock, hole puncher, yarn
• Great Coloring Pages Click Here
• Popcorn
• Pancake mix, syrup
• Bath bubbles, rubber duck
• Shoes, 2 buttons, tape
• Blackberry jam
• Go to the beach or swimming pool(indoor or outdoor), if you can't make your own, beach towel, beach ball, bucket, shovel, moon sand, swimsuit
• Cardboard, construction paper, seashells, glue
• Robe
• Cardboard box, 2 empty wrapping paper tubes, piece of cardboard, markers or crayons
• Brown, pink, yellow and white construction paper, markers
• Go to Park or museum
• Cupcakes and sprinkles
• Peanut butter(creamy or crunchy), sugar and egg
• Muffins (Make them with child)(Make breakfast muffins or make muffins to go with supper)
• Chocolate chip cookies (make your own or store bought)
• Coloring pages for mice and moose, Click Here
• Coloring pages Click Here
• Printable activities Click Here
• Paper plate, egg carton cup, pink paint, pink construction paper, black marker
• Hot dogs, crescent rolls

Thirsty For Knowledge Thursday:

• Index Cards
• 2 Duplicate Pictures Of Items 17 and 18
• 3 8 x 10 Cardboard Pieces
• Foam Book, 2 duplicate Pictures Of Items 17 and 18
• Cardboard, Marker, Yarn, Plastic Needle
• Blank white paper, Markers, Stickers
• 18 toys, index cards
• Foam Sheet, Card Stock, Yarn
• Blank piece of paper, pen
• Ruler, yarn, scissors
• Bucket, plastic bottle caps, black permanent marker, 3 dice

Bake/Make/Cook Day Saturday:

Chocolate Chip Butter Cookies:

• 1 cup butter, cubed
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup (6 ounces) miniature semisweet chocolate chips

Peanut Butter Balls:

• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 3 Tablespoons butter, softened
•  1 cup powdered sugar
• 8 ounces chocolate-flavored candy coating, cut up

Supplies Needed For Week 10: November 8-November 14: Veterans Week!

Funny Fridays!!!!!

Watch Out For Deer!!

This funny story happened Tuesday, November 4, 2009.

I live in a Very Woody Area outside of town. And we have to be very careful when driving not to hit deer.
My neighbor friend two doors down from me runs a daycare center.
I walk my child down to her house in the afternoon on school days to put my child onto the school bus.
When I went down this Tuesday, my friend Barb told me about what had happened to her this morning.


A school bus stops at 7am to pick up my son for high school and then stops at Barb's house
to pick up a little girl for kindergarden.  Her name is Lena and when she opened the door to go to the bus, there stood a Huge Buck with a least 12 points on his rack on Barb's Porch.  Lena ran back inside crying and told Barb, "I can't get on the bus there's a Buck in my way!"  Barb yelled at her husband and teenage son to help her scare the Buck away. Her husband didn't believe her and opened the door and there stood the Buck, he said, "Wow, you weren't kidding!"

They did  everything they could to scare the Buck.  They threw things at it, yelled at it, made loud noises and finally the Buck walked away and stood by the side of the house.

Barb grabbed Lena and ran her down her very hilly driveway to get her on the bus.  The bus driver told Barb that she would wait a few minutes, just in case the buck decided to come after her and then she could just jump onto the bus.  The Buck just stood there and the bus left.

There was a parent in a car waiting to drop their kids off at Barb's.  This parent was my son's physics teacher.

As soon as the bus went away, Barb started walking up her hill.  The parent waited in his car, at the bottom of the hill to see what the Buck was going to do..

The Buck that had been standing still all this time, decided to go after Barb.  Barb started yelling at the top of her lungs running around the yard and hiding behind trees.  All that her husband could do was yell, "Run, Barb, Run!" because he had a leg injury. And her son was yelling, "Run, Mom, Run!"
Her husband jumped in his truck and raced down the drive-way but it didn't scare the Buck.

The parent in the car just stayed in his car and nobody helped Barb. Everyone was afraid what the Buck might do if they got out and tried to help.

Her husband called the Sheriff and the neighbor down the road who owns deer to come and help them.
They Coaxed the Buck with corn to get him to quit chasing Barb around the yard.
Barb thinks the Buck was the neighbors deer that had gotten out of his yard.

Barb wishes that someone had taped this because she could have been a rich lady for the funniest video.
I text message everyone I knew and said if you want to hear a funny story call me and I'll tell you.  I received a lot of phone calls and everyone laughed so hard and said thank you I needed that.

Now when we tell everyone to watch out for deer, we tell them in all aspects of life! It takes on a whole new meaning.

Funny Fridays!!!!!

Thirsty For Knowledge Thursday! Week 8 : November 5 : Number 15 & 16

Thirsty For Knowledge Thursday:

Thursdays will add an additional educational learning to the end of each week.

Foam Number Books:

1. This week add the numbers 15 and 16 to your number books.
2. Remember to write 15 on the first page, 16 on the second page, fifteen on the third page, and sixteenth on the fourth page and repeat with the rest of the pages.

Picture Books:

1. On the fifteenth page put the following on top in the middle of the page 15(make sure its big enough)
2. Then a little bit below the number 15 put the spelling of the number 15 (Fifteen).
3. Then directly below the word one put a picture of any Fifteen items like apples, oranges, or bananas (make sure it is fifteen items).
4. What is really neat to use for all this is foam letters, letters and pictures.
5. On the Sixteeneth  page do what you did with the fifteenth page except use the number 16, the word sixteen and a picture of 16 items like 16 suns, 16 shoes, or 16 stars.

Index Cards:

• Place the number 15 on a card, word fifteen on a card, a picture of fifteen items
• Also write the number 16 on card, word sixteen on a card, and a picture of sixteen items.
• Add these cards with the your other index word cards.
• Remember to add the numbers and words to your key chain card holder
• Remember to keep on teaching  your kid's math.  Here's an example: Write on a card 9+6= 15 on the other side have a picture of fifteen items. And the number fifteen written out.  Try not to go above = 16. Keep it real simple.

Number Sewing:

• Don't forget you can have your child sew the numbers 15 and 16. 

Memory Game:

• You and your child can now play their memory game with the numbers 15 and 16.

Math:

• Remember to do more math with your child

Yarn Math Art:

• Supplies Needed: Construction Paper, Yarn, Glue and Scissors : Have your child make numbers from pieces of cut up yarn.

Triangle Man:

• Supplies Needed: Cardboard, markers, glue, construction paper, two wiggle eyes, rubber band, jingle bells, craft beads, pipe cleaners,

1. Cut out a triangle out of cardboard.
2. Make legs and arms out of pipe cleaners and glue them onto the cardboard.
3. Cut out 3 small pipe cleaners and put 3 beads on each pipe cleaners and twist for hair.  Glue hair on top of the triangle.
4. Cut out another triangle piece out of construction paper to glue on top of the other cardboard triangle.
5. Cut out small triangles for eyes and glue onto triangle.  Then glue wiggle eyes on top of small triangles.
6. Cut out 8 small triangles for hands and feet. Place bells onto the pipe cleaners for elbows and knee. Then glue on top of pipe cleaners.
7. Staple a rubber band on the back and let your child bounce their happy triangle up and down.

Square Friend:

• Supplies Needed: Square crossword puzzle, markers or crayons, construction paper, glue

1. Cut out a crossword puzzle out of a newspaper or magazine.
2. Glue it on a piece of construction paper.
3. Make a design like a face or animal out of the squares using markers and crayons.

Wear a Triangle:

• Supplies Needed: Construction paper in various colors, pipe cleaners, styrofoam tray, pipe cleaners, wiggle eyes, pen, ruler, glue, scissors, pom pom

1. Cut out a triangle out of a styrofoam tray.
2. Cut out arms and legs out of pipe cleaners and glue it to tray.
3. Cut pieces of construction paper in various colors like a rainbow and glue it to the triangle.
4. Glue on eyes and use a pom pom for a nose.
5. Loop a circle out of a pipe cleaner and glue the bottom half onto the back of the triangle. 
6. Your child may then fit the loop over a button or twist it over a zipper.

Card Game:

• Supplies Needed: Deck of Cards

1. Shuffle a deck of cards and place it face down.
2. Have your child Draw two cards and try to add the cards together.
3. Now you or another child draw two cards and add them together.  The one with the highest points takes the others players cards.
4. Repeat again until all cards are gone.
5. The one with the most cards at the end wins.

Money Game:

• Supplies Needed: Pennies, Nickels, Dimes and Quarters

1. Place a pile of money on the floor or table.
2. Ask your child to give you 7 cents.  See if they can give you the right amount.
3. Repeat with other amounts.
4. If you want you can trace 7 cents onto a piece of paper and other amounts and they can match the coins to their shapes.  

Dice Game:

• Supplies Needed: Pair of Dice

1. Have your child roll the dice and see if they can add up their total. Write total down.
2. Have your next child  or yourself roll and add them up and write down the total.
3. The one with the highest score wins.

Thirsty For Knowledge Thursday! Week 8 : November 5 : Number 15 & 16

Wacky Wednesday: There was an old lady who swallowed what?

There was an old lady who swallowed what?

Ziploc Old Lady:

• Supplies Needed: Ziploc bags, Construction Paper, Stapler, Pictures of Animals and Bugs

1. Make an old lady head(make the open mouth big enough for the animals to hit through.), legs and arms out of construction paper.  
2. Staple the head, arms and legs to a ziploc bag.
3. When reading the story put the animals into her mouth like she is swallowing them and they will go into the ziploc bag.  Your child should be able to see all the animals she swallowed in the ziploc bag.
4. Craft found on www.teachingheart.net

Old Lady Puppets:

• Supplies Needed: Pictures of all the things she swallowed, Popsicle Sticks, Glue. Click Here for Pictures

1. Can paint popsicle sticks if your child wants to.
2. Color the pictures and glue them onto the stick and let it dry.
3. Read the story and they can use the puppets or set up a little puppet show.
4. You can set up a puppet show with a tension bar and curtains in a doorway.  You can set up two tension bars with curtains, so they can open them up like a puppet show.

What does she eat next?

• Supplies Needed: Cardboard, Brand, Red Card stock, pictures of animals, bugs, pie, shells, Glue

1. Cut a piece of cardboard into a circle like a plate.
2. Glue the pictures around the circle 
3. Cut a red arrow out of the red card stock.
4. Place the arrow in the middle of the circle and hold it in place with a brand.
5. Spin the arrow with finger and see what she swallows next.

• There was an old lady card game found a Wal-Mart

Cereal box old lady:

• Supplies Needed: Empty cereal box, Construction paper, Scissors, Clear contact paper, pictures of things swallowed, white yarn(For Hair).  For Instructions and Printout of lady and animals Click Here

• Puzzle Click Here
• Old Lady Math Numbers Click Here
• Fly coloring Pages.  Click Here
• Tons and Tons of Printables Make Sure To Click Here
• Printable of things swallowed: Click Here

Your Child's Own Old Lady Book:

• Supplies Needed: 8 x 10 piece of foam, Card stock, yarn, hole puncher

1. Cut a piece of foam in half, for front and back cover of book.
2. Fold pieces of card stock for the pages of the book.
3. Punch holes in cover and card stock.  Top, middle and bottom.
4. Tie book together with yarn.
5. Have your child make up their own story.  With There was an old lady who swallowed......
6. You can glue pictures of their animals or whatever in their story or have them draw them.

• More printable for things swallowed Click Here
• There was an old lady print book to make Click Here
• Animal Printout  Click Here

Old Lady Book:

• Supplies Needed: Cardboard, Cardstock, hole puncher, yarn, glue, markers

1. Have a rectangle shaped cardboard piece. 
2. Make a little square book out of cardstock and punch holes and hold together with yarn. 
3. Glue the book into the middle of the cardboard piece.
4. Draw a lady's head on the top of the cardboard and draw feet at the bottom.  
5. Cut hands out card stock and glue onto cardboard.
6. In the book glue pictures of what she swallowed on one side and on the other side write the story. 

• Coloring page Click Here

Books:

• There was an old lady who swallowed a fly By Lucille Colandro and Jared D. Lee
• There was an old lady who swallowed Fly Guy By Ted Arnold
• There was an old lady who swallowed a bat By Lucille Colandro
• There was an old lady who swallowed a bell By Lucille Colandro
• There was an old lady who swallowed a shell By Lucille Colandro
• There was an old lady who swallowed a pie By Alison Jackson
• There was an old lady who swallowed some snow By Lucille Colandro
• There was an old lady who swallowed Trout By Teri Sloat
• There was an old lady who swallowed the sea By Pam Adams
• There was an old lady who swallowed a chick By Lucille Colandro

Food:

• Animal Gummies
• Animal Crackers
• Swallowing a Pie Book:

1. Pie
2. Apple Cider
3. Roll
4. Salad
5. Squash
6. Sliced Turkey
7. Bread 

Wacky Wednesday: There was an old lady who swallowed what?

Coupon Geek!

Coupon Geek!

With Thanksgiving and Christmas coming up soon, make sure to check out my sister's website at 

Coupongeek.net

She has weekly drawing to win free stuff, that you can use for yourself or as a gift.  She also tells you how to get free samples that you can put all in a cute little basket that you can let your guests use.  

Make sure to check out the holiday labels, which expires today.  They are great.  If you get regular labels, you can use them year round.

She will save you tons of money overtime.  And now-a-days that's great!

Coupon Geek!

Tuesday Tips!

Are your kids bored in the car?  Then make them a Car Activity Box for them.

Car Activity Boxes:

• Set up a box for each kid. Try to get to different colored lids for each kid or write their names on the lids.
• Buy a plastic box that can be left in the car for supplies, books and toys.
• I used a plastic filing box with an easy off lid.
• I put the following in the box:

1. Crayons
2. Ruler
3. Eraser
4. Notebook
5. Pencil and pencil sharpener that keeps all the shavings inside a holder.
6. Pencil holder to hold loose items like pencils, crayons, sharpener, dry erase markers. 
7. Coloring Books or printable coloring pages
8. Reading Books
9. Drawing Pad
10. Printed out activities like connect the dots, word searches, etc. can put them into a small 3-ring binder. (Look at end of posting for great website.)
11. Compass
12. Kid's Map 
13. Small toys from fast food places ( I put these in small ziploc bags to keep them together.)
14. Travel games 
15. Activity travel tray
16. Dry Erase Markers and Eraser
17. Ziploc bag filled with magnetic alphabet letters to use with activity travel tray.
18. I also put a small backpack together filled with things like gummies, snacks(can put in small snack bags), juice boxes, extra clothes(in big Ziplock bag), bandages, wipes, handheld video games like leapster or v-tech(don't want to leave these in the car because of the heat or cold). It comes in handy from time to time and I make sure I bring it in everyday.

Make sure to place new items in their box from time to time. Kids will be tired of the same stuff all the time.  A great place for inexpensive items is at the Dollar Tree or the $1 section at Target.


Also make sure the kids know that their activity box always stays in the car.

For Directions On How To Make An Activity Travel Tray Craft Click Here

A great place for car travel game ideas and printables for kids Click Here

Tuesday Tips!

Educational Learning For Toddlers: Week Nine

New Words For This Week Are: Rat, Moon, Car

Combine these three new words with: Cat, Dog, My, Bat, Log, Sat, On, Mom, Dad, Tree, The, Up, And, Big, Boat, Down, Sun, Love, Fall, Mat, Or, See, Hat

Child's First Book

1. Make sure to add three new sentences to your Child's First Book.
2. For the word Rat, I wrote: A big/ A big cat chased a/A big cat chased a rat under a car.
3. For the word Moon, I wrote: I saw/ I saw the moon/I saw the moon in the sky.
4. For the word Car, I wrote: My mom/ My mom and I sat in the car/My mom and I sat in the car and watched the sun go down.

When your child is reading their book to you or anyone else, make sure not to just tell your child the words.  Have them spell it out, to see if they can get the word and/or see if they can pronounce it out.

Index Card Project:

1. Write the words Rat, Moon, Car on index cards.
2. On the other side glue a picture of that word or have them draw a picture.
3. You should have a nice pile of words now.
4. Have your child make a sentence with the words.

 Key-chain Index Cards:

• Don't forget to add these 3 new words to your key-chain cards.
• Are you remembering to use these while shopping.

Go Fish Game:

• Remember to add their words to their Go Fish Game.  

Little Foam Books:

• After adding the words to your new little foam books, your child will have 9 books to practice in now.
• How is your child doing?

Child's Dictionary:

• Supplies Needed: Pictures of things from A to Z.  3 Ring Binder, Copy Paper, Hole Puncher, Glue or Tape

1. Punch holes in paper that line up with holes in ring binder.
2. Place all A pictures together, may have to use more than one paper.  Make sure you leave room for the name of picture and definition.
3. Right under the picture write the name of the picture.  Underneath that write a simple definition of the word.
4. Do this with all the other alphabets.
5. Insert the papers into the 3 ring binder.  
6. Write on the front of binder with black marker.

• Alphabet Coloring Pages Click Here
• Make words with alphabets and glue the words onto a piece of paper.  Could have them draw a picture of the word underneath it.
• Draw words in sand and see if your child can read it.
• Write one of the words, with your finger, on your child's back and see if they can guess the word.
• Make letters and words with stick pretzels.

Books:

• On Market Street By Arnold Lobel
• Alphabet Street By Stephen T. Johnson
• The Alphabet Farm Book By Jane Miller
• Miss Spider's ABC Book By David Kirk
• From Apple to Zipper By Nora Cohen
• The Alphabet Book By P.D Eastman
• Shiver Me Letters By June Sobel
• Cowboy ABC By Chris L. Demarest

Educational Learning For Toddlers: Week Nine

Space Week!

 

• Supplies

• Crafts and Activities

Space Week!

Space: Week 9 November 1-November 7

This Week Is All About Space!

Flying Saucers:

• Supplies Needed:Two CDs for Each Child (AOL Free CDs work great), Glue, Cup Lid or Milk Cap, Construction Paper, Paint

1. Glue the Two CDs together (so that only the shiny parts can be seen). 
2. Then paste the lid on so that it looks like the cabin of the flying saucer. 
3. Then let your children finish the design of the flying saucer anyway that they can.
4. You can also use cardboard pieces or cardboard pizza bottoms to make the flying saucer.
5. Craft found on www.everythingpreschool.com

My Own Constellation: 

• Supplies Needed: Paper,Paint or stickers, Chalk

1. Give all of your children black paper.
2.  Let them either use paint to make stars or use star stickers.
3.  Finally they can connect the stars with paint or chalk and make their own constellation.
4. Craft found on www.everythingpreschool.com

Telescope:

• Supplies Needed: Paper Towel Tubes, Paint, Black Tissue Paper, Various Other Art Supplies of Your Choice

1. Put two pieces of black tissue paper at the end of a paper towel tube and fasten it with a rubber band.
2.  Using a small object (pencil, pen, paperclip, etc.) punch several small holes in the tissue paper. 
3. Next let your children decorate their telescope however they see fit. 
4. When your children look through the telescope and hold it up to a light they will see stars!
5. Craft found on www.everythingpreschool.com

Sun:

• Supplies Needed: Paper plate, yellow paint, yellow construction paper, glue, black marker

1. Have your child paint a paper plate yellow and let dry.
2. Then cut out beams of light for around the sun using yellow paper. Glue it around the plate.
3. Your child may draw a happy face on their sun.

Moon:

• Supplies Needed: Paper plate, light blue or gray paint

1. Have your child paint a paper plate light blue or gray. 
2. They can have craters or the man in the moon.
3. You can put glow in the dark over the top of the dried paint to make it glow like a real moon.

Star Art:

• Supplies Needed: Black paper, gold stars

1. Have your child place stars onto a black paper.
2. They can draw a moon or other plants onto their artwork.

Constellations:

• Supplies Needed: Pringles can, nail, flashlight

1. Take a nail and poke holes into the metal end of the can.   You can make cool designs.
2. Turn on a flashlight and place it  into can and shut off light.
3. See what happens.
4. Craft found on www.123child.com

Universe In A Jar:

• Supplies Needed: Baby food jar, water, sequins, tinfoil, sparkles (you need at least one of these, but not all so if you don't have sequins or sparkles don't worry),  OPTIONAL:  blue food colouring, OPTIONAL:  black paint, OPTIONAL: stickers to decorate with,  scissors and glue. OPTIONAL:  paint the lid of the baby food jar black and/or decorate with stickers

1. Put in some sparkles, some sequins (star shape, moon shape and circle shape all work great) and some small balled up pieces of tinfoil (cut 1 inch square pieces of tinfoil and let your child ball them up).
2. Fill the jar with water  
3. OPTIONAL:  Put a few drops of blue food colouring in the jar.  
4. OPTIONAL:  Put a few drops of oil in for a bit of a lava lamp effec
5. Put the lid on the jar TIGHTLY (ask dad to help!)
6. Let your child play with it ... shake it up to see the universe
7. Craft found on www.dltk-kids.com

Fishing: 

• Supplies Needed: Cardboard, paper clips, magnets, space pictures, glue, yarn, dowel

1. Glue pieces of space pictures onto pieces of cardboard.  
2. Glue magnets onto cardboard pieces.
3. Tie a piece of a yarn onto a dowel(that child can paint before hand), and glue it.  
4. Tie a paper clip at the other end of yarn. 
5. Let your child go fishing into space.

Star-Shaped Necklace and Bracelet:

• Supplies Needed: Star shaped beads, yarn

1. Measure your child's wrist and make sure to leave extra yarn, so your child can slide it off their wrist after you tie it.
2. Measure your child's head and make sure to leave extra yarn, so your child can slide it over their head with no problem.
3. Let your child slide their beads on the yarn to make their jewelry. 
4. Some star-shaped stars glow in the dark.

UFO'S

• Supplies Needed: 2 paper plates, stapler, stickers, glitter

1. Staple 2 paper plates together to make a doom.
2. Then your child can paint the plates, add stickers and glitter to their UFO'S.

Stars-In-A-Jar Shaker:

• Supplies Needed: Small clear jar with screw-top lid, corn syrup, aluminum foil, star-shaped hole puncher, masking tape, thin blue ribbon, blue food coloring, water

1. Fill the jar almost to the top with corn syrup.  Add a few drops of blue food coloring.
2. Punch eight or more stars from aluminum foil with a star-shaped hole punch. If you do not have a star punch, use a round hole punch.  These "stars" will look pretty too, but punch more of them because they are smaller.  Put the stars in the corn syrup.
3. Add water to the jar to fill it.  Put the lid tightly on the jar.  Shake the jar to color the syrup evenly.  Tape around the edge of the jar with masking tape.  Cover the lid with aluminum foil.  Tie a blue ribbon around the rim of the jar. 
4. Shake and turn the jar and watch the stars float slowly in outer space.

Pom Pom Planet Mobile:

• Supplies Needed: Wire hanger, black construction paper, sticker stars, blue glue gel, blue yarn, pipe cleaner, 1/2 gray pom pom(Mercury), 1 inch yellow pom pom(Venus), 1 inch blue pom pom(Earth), 1 inch red pom pom(Mars), 2 inch orange pom pom(Jupiter), 2 inch yellow pom pom(Saturn), 1 1/2 green pom pom(Uranus), 1 1/2 inch blue pom pom(Neptune), 1/2 inch gray pom pom(Pluto)

1. Cut pieces of yarn into 9  12 inch pieces.  
2. Glue a pom pom to an end of the 12 pieces.
3. Glue a piece a yarn around Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
4. Tie the other end of strings to the bottom of the hanger in the following order from left to right: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.
5. Trace around the hanger with a pen on a sheet of black construction paper.  Do not trace around the hook.  Put another sheet of black paper underneath the tracing and cut around the traced line through both sheets.  Put glue and the hanger between the pieces of paper so that the hanger - but not the hook- is completely covered.
6. Decorate the black paper with sticker stars to make it look like the night sky.

Astronaut-Into-The-Spaceship Puppet:

• Supplies Needed: Cardboard paper-towel tube, bathroom size paper cup, blue yarn, white paper, glue, markers, masking tape, yarn, rickrack, ribbon, aluminum foil, cereal box cardboard, cellophane tape, read and blue sticker stars

1. In one end of the tube, cut out a piece of cardboard 1 inch wide and 4 inches long.  Tape   the paper cup over the cut end of the tube to make the top of the rocket ship, leaving a small cutout opening.
2. Cut two fins of the same shape and size for the bottom of the rocket.  Cut a slit on each side of the bottom of the tube.  Slide each fin into one of the slits so that the fins stick out on each side of the rocket.  Tape the fins on the inside of the tube to hold them in place. 
3. Cover the rocket with foil. Secure with tape.
4. Decorate rocket ship.
5. Cut a piece of blue yarn about 2 feet long.  String the yarn through the opening in the top of the rocket and out the bottom.  Tie the ends of the yarn together so that it forms a loop.
6. Open the folded astronaut picture, wrap it around the yarn, and glue the front and back of the picture together.
7. Pull the yarn to lift the astronaut up and into the spaceship.

Starry-Sky Light Catcher:

• Supplies Needed: 4-inch diameter plastic lid, glue, blue food coloring, paper cup, craft stick, blue yarn, aluminum foil, star-shaped hole puncher, scissors, gold glitter,newspaper

1. Pour about 4 ounces of glue into the paper cup.  Add two or three drops of blue food coloring.  Mix the glue and coloring well with the craft stick until the glue is an even color of blue.
2. Pour enough glue into the plastic lid to completely fill in. 
3. Cut a 3-inch long piece of yarn. Press the two ends of the yarn into the glue at the edge of the lid to make a hanger.
4. Punch stars from the aluminum foil and set them on top of the glue. (If you do not have a star punch, you can cut the stars with scissors or use packaged sticker stars.)  Sprinkle gold glitter over the top of the stars and glue.
5. Let this project dry for several days on a flat surface.  When it is completely day, peel the glue out of the plastic lid. 
6. Hang your starry sky in a sunny window.

Home Made Constellations:

• Supplies Needed: Sheet of grid paper, black construction paper, pencil, flashlight

1. On a sheet of grid paper a constellations.  Use the squares on the paper to help you position the stars.
2. Place a sheet of black construction paper behind the grid paper.  Use a pencil to poke a large hole for each star.
3. Hold the construction paper so that it faces the ceiling.  Turn off the lights, and shine a flashlight on the paper.  The light shines through the holes of the paper, and a sparkling constellation appears on the ceiling.

Soaring Tubes:

• Supplies Needed: Cardboard tubes, lightweight cardboard or foam paper, paint, construction paper, scissors, glue or tape, chenille sticks, decorative items, paint.

1. Paint tube. Let dry.  
2. Cut a half-circle out of construction paper, roll one side in, and tape or glue. We made ours about 3" tall.
3. Attach the cone to the top of the tube.  
4. Cut out two or four tail fins from lightweight cardboard or foam paper.  Use lots of glue to attach the fins to rocket body securely.
5. Add details with paper cutouts, markers, or other materials.  We even used some sequins.

• Directions on how to make a Space Control Panel: Click here
• For other craft and activities ideas: Click Here

Activities:


Ballon Rocket Race:

• Supplies Needed: String, straw, balloon

1. Cut up a straw into 3 sections.
2. Place a string through a section of a straw.
3. Inflate a ballon and tie it off.
4. Tape the ballon onto the straw on the string.
5. Tape one end of the string onto something like the ground or chair.
6. Have the ballon at the top on the string not taped to something.  Then hold the string up and let go of the ballon and watch it race to the bottom.

Asteroid Game:

• Supplies Needed: Paper or Foil

1. Wad up paper or foil and give them to your children.
2. Have them throw the wads at each other and they have to try to dodge the asteroids. 

Constellations:

• Supplies Needed: Lite Bright, blank paper

1. Place a blank piece of blank lite bright paper onto the lite bright.
2. Have your child place lite brights onto the paper to make star patterns.

• Place Glow in the dark stars, moon, planets onto ceiling or walls of your child's room.
• Space theme for kids information, activities: Click here

Astronaut Testing:

• Supplies Needed: Bubbles

1. Have your child sit in a swivel chair with a bottle of bubbles.
2. Spin your child around slowly and have them try to blow bubbles at the same time.
3. You could have other kids throw wadded up foil or paper and use them for asteroids.

• Make different creations with Moon Sand.

• Rooster Calls: Have the children make rooster calls. Explain that roosters usually call out in the morning, when the sun rises.

• Play Astronaut, Astronaut, Alien (Just like Duck, Duck, Goose)

Planet Game:

• Supplies Needed: 8 various sized bouncing balls, few hula-hoops

1. Place hula-hoops in the yard.  
2. Give your child the planets ball.
3. Have them try to land them into the black holes.
4. Give them points depending on whats hoops they land the planets in and what planets they land in.

• Give your child Glow in the dark items, light up stuff and then turn off the lights or play outside and let them pretend they are stars or planets.

Milky Way Game:

• Supplies Needed: Empty towel rolls, small balls, bucket

1. Give each child an empty towel rolls.  If you have a lot of kids this could be real fun.
2. Give your child a ball and they have to roll the ball into the tube and try to get it into a bucket.
3. If they are a lot of kids, split them up into 2 groups.  Everyone gets a tube. Line the children up into a line, leading to the bucket.  The leader of each group rolls their ball into the tube, the next child tries to roll the ball into their tube without dropping it.  Then the next kid does the same thing.  The last kid tries to get the ball into the bucket.  The team with the most balls in bucket wins.

Tossed In Space Game:

• Supplies Needed: 3 empty clear containers(dollar tree), 3 CD's

1. Add point value to each container.  10, 50 and 100Pt.s
2. Toss the CD(UFO's) into the container and add up the points.
3. The one with the most points win.

• Let your kids put on Boots and pretend to space walk on the moon.

• Place a picture of an alien on the head of the Operation Game.  The kids can operate on an alien.

• Instead of B-I-N-G-O the card said A-L-I-E-N

Black Hole Toss Game:

• Supplies Needed: Black thick paper, white paint, small paper plate

1. Take a piece of black thick paper and cut out a circle in the middle (about 16" diameter). 
2. Then decorate around the hole with white web spray paint so it looked like a black hole from outer space.
3. Have the kids then used the flying saucers they had made and take turns trying to toss the saucers into the black hole

• Blow up Balloons and instead of tying them let them fly.  See who can get their ballon the furthest.
• I crumpled up aluminum foil into a potato sized ball and we played "Hot Asteroid" (like Hot Potato)

Planet Walk:

• Supplies Needed: Picture of all planets, construction paper, glue, music

1. Place a picture of a planet on a piece of construction paper. Make 2 Suns. Write each planets name onto the paper. You can laminate it to last longer. Place all the planets in a large circle onto the ground.  Place a sun with the planets and put each sun in the middle of the planet. You can tape it onto the ground so they don't move.
2. Then have your child stand on or by their planet.  
3. Play the music and let your child walk around the planet.  When the music stops they will land on a planet. If they land on a sun they must sit in the middle and be the sun. Have the rest of the kids tell you what planet they landed on.  
4. Start music back up again and repeat.

• Wrap Foil around your child to pretend they are wearing a space suit. Be careful they don't get to hot and don't put it around their face.

Space Helmet:

• Supplies Needed: Empty milk jugs, silver spray paint, scissors, 2 empty 2-liter bottles, tape, string

1. I cut the handles out of milk jugs to form a helmet and spray painted them silver for each child to have a space helmet.
2.  I also took two 2-liter bottles, taped them together, painted silver and attached string for each child to have an air tank.

Time Capsule:

• Supplies Needed: Empty tennis can or resealable plastic storage bag, paper, pictures of kids, puff paint, newspaper clippings.

1. Write Time Capsule with puff paint on the tennis can.  Let dry.
2. Place pictures of kids inside can.
3. Place Newspaper clippings inside can.
4. Have your kids draw something and put inside can.
5. Place anything else in can.

• Visit a Planetarium 

• Place cushions on the floor and pretend it's a space ship.

• Sing Song Mister Sun:
  Oh mister sun, sun, mister golden sun, (Place hands over head to form sun) Please shine down on me. (Wiggle fingers while moving hands down) Oh mister sun, sun, mister golden sun,(Place hands over head to form sun) Hiding behind the tree. (Place hands over eyes) These little children are asking you, (Points to children) To please come out so we can play with you. (I don't know sign) Oh mister sun, sun, mister golden sun,(Place hands over head to form sun) Please shine down on,(Wiggle fingers while moving hands down) Won't you shine down on,(Wiggle fingers while moving hands down) Please shine down on me.(Point at self)

• Star Light, Star Bright
  Star Light, Star Bright First star I see tonight, Wish I may, Wish I might, Have the wish I wish tonight.
• Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

      

Videos

•  Toy Story 1 & 2
• E.T.
• Star Trek
• Star Wars
• Magic School Bus Space Movie
• Jimmy Neutron
• Space Buddies
• Space Chimps
• Disney's Little Eisteins - Race for Space
• Wall-E
• Fly me to the moon
• Apollo 13 
• The Jetsons

Snacks

• Star-Shaped Sandwiches: Turkey, cheese, bread or crackers,star shape cookie cutter
• Moon Cheese: Cheese(swiss) Crackers
• Galaxy PunchPunch and cantaloupe 
• Starburst, Milky Way Bar, Pop Rocks
• Tang
• Flying Saucer Pizza: English muffins, pizza sauce, Mozzarella Cheese, small pepperoni, olives, mushrooms
• Star-shaped jello jugglers
• Little Dippers: Chicken nuggets
• Astronaut Pudding: Fill bag with Chocolate pudding and seal it up.  Cut corner out of bag and let your child suck the pudding out of bag, 
• Moon Pies
• Alien Guts: Spaghetti 
• Alien Brain Freeze: Green sherbet
• Dehydrated foods
• Space foods(hobby lobby, sports stores(camping section)

Books:

• About space (we both read) By Jana Carson
• There is no place like space: All about our solar system (Cat's in the Hat learning library) By Tish Rabe and Aristides Ruiz
• What's out there? A book about space (Reading Railroad) By Lynn Wilson
• The magic school bus out of this world: a book about space rocks By Joanna Cole and Bruce Degan
• I took the moon for a walk By Carolyn Curtis and Allison Jay
• Goodnight Moon By Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd
• Fool Moon Rising By Kristi Fluharty and T Lively Fluharty 
• Hello, Harvest Moon By Ralph Fletcher and Kate Kiesler
• Faces of the Moon By Bob Crelin and Leslie Evans
• By the light of the Harvest Moon By Harriet Ziefert
• Moon Rabbit By Natalie Russell
• Full Moon Soup By Alastair Graham
• No Moon, No Milk By Chris Babcock

Space: Week 9 November 1-November 7