Bringing The Outdoors In

In the month of January we brought the outdoors indoors! We did so many activities with the objects we collected on our property. The kids had so much fun exploring the items and discovering new ways to play with them.

STAMPING OUR NATURE ITEMS IN PLAY DOUGH

It was neat to see the impressions of our nature findings in the dough.

WE ARE FEELING THE NATURAL OBJECTS IN OUR ROOM

AND THE OBJECTS WE FOUND OUTSIDE.

WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY FELT, WHAT SOUNDS THEY MADE,

HOW HEAVY THEY FELT, AND THEIR DIFFERENT TEXTURES.

OUR NEXT PROJECT WAS TO MAKE FROST. WE USED PETROLEUM

JELLY, MADE DESIGNS IN IT WITH OUR FINGERS, AND THEN FROZE THE

JELLY. THE PROJECT DID NOT TURN OUT QUITE RIGHT, BUT THE CHILDREN

HAD FUN FEELING THE SMOOTH, GREASY AND COLD PETROLEUM JELLY.

ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING THINGS OUTSIDE ARE CLOUDS.

WE MADE OUR OWN CLOUDS USING BLUE PAPER AND

COTTON BALLS. WE READ BOOKS ABOUT CLOUDS

BEFORE WE DID THIS PROJECT. YOU WILL NOTICE SOME OF

THE KIDS WERE IN PAJAMAS, IT WAS PAJAMA DAY WHEN

WE DID THIS CRAFT.

WHAT IS IN THE BOX? THE CHILDREN WHO CHOSE TO DO THIS

ACTIVITY WERE ASKED TO GUESS WHAT OBJECT WAS IN THE BOX

BY JUST FEELING IT, NOT LOOKING AT IT.

IT WAS HARD TO NOT TAKE A PEEK!

THE CHILDREN WERE INVITED TO USE NATURAL OBJECTS TO

MAKE A STAMP PICTURE WITH.

THE TEXTURES OF THE LEAVES SHOWED UP THE BEST.

THE ROCK COUNT ACTIVITY WAS TO SEE IF THE YOUNGER

CHILDREN COULD DO ONE-TO-ONE CORRESPONDENCE AND IF THE

OLDER ONES COULD RECOGNIZE NUMBERS 1-5 AND QUANTITIES OF 1-5.