Friday, July 10, 2015

Obedience
Today's Bible story was Adam and Eve. How
beautiful life was for Adam and Eve living in a 
a gorgeous garden. That is until Eve listened to
a snake! I used today's Bible lesson to teach on 
obedience. So often in Preschool my kids blame their
disobedience on their friends. We talked about
making good choices. We then made snakes at the craft
table as a reminder to do the right thing. I found a
snake template  on a Google search and  printed it onto
card stock and then cut it out. The kids crunched up
colorful tissue paper squares and glued them onto the snake.
They then colored the snake's tongue and
added googly  eyes. We had a colorful collection
of snakes, and lots of new ideas on how to
make good choices.
Supplies needed
Snake template
tissue paper
googly eyes
glue

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Monster art
Today we read the the book "There was 
an old monster"! by Rebecca, Adrian & Ed Emberley. 
With so many of the kids talking about monsters under their bed
and in their closet I thought we would read books that 
showed silly monsters doing silly things! I wanted the kids to 
know that monsters are just pretend. After our story we 
made puffy paint monsters. The kids had such fun with 
this art activity. The puffy paint puffs up after 30
seconds in the microwave. (I found the recipe at happyholligans.ca)
They were so intrigued when we put the monster in the microwave
 with what appeared to be just paint and they came out all puffy!
 I loved that the paint dried so quickly as other puffy paint takes 
quite a while to dry. The paint needs to be put on in blobs to puff up. 
I had the kids use a brush to dab the paint rather than spread it. 
The recipe was so simple. 1 Tbsp of self rising flour.( You can make 
your own self rising flour. Its one cup of flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder). 1 Tbsp salt, a bit of water and I used 
food coloring gel. Mix it until it's the consistency of yogurt. I cut 
the monsters out of card stock so they would hold up to the puffy paint. 
After they came out of the microwave the kids added wiggly eyes and teeth. 
We had the cutest school of little monsters!
Supplies needed
pre cut monsters
puffy paint
brushes
wiggly eye
white glue