This was one of our first service-to-others activities.
Hands may be small, but they have the potential to help in big ways!
Little hands can:
- Tidy dishes
- Clap for a friend
- Plant flowers
- Hug a friend
- Tidy toys
- Draw a picture for a friend
We taped our hand prints to the wall and talk about this topic often.
They love to put their hands on top of their construction paper hand prints.
"Are these my hands, Miss Kris?"
"Yes," I say, "And what good things can we do with our hands?"
Don't you wish more adults pondered this question?
Have a lovely day!
Lots of tape + NOISE = Fun City!
Each maraca:
2 spoons
1 small container
Beans
Scotch tape
Duct tape
This project is self-explanatory. The little ones filled the cups with beans and I did the rest. I secured the whole thing with Scotch tape to hold it in place. Then I wrapped it with white duct tape.
By the way, I missed the boat regarding plastic Easter eggs. Those would have been perfect to use instead of the little plastic salad dressing containers. I should have reserved some plastic eggs while I had the chance.
Oh well.
Hope you're having a lovely day!
What a happy May Day!
We danced around a maypole (pool noodle). Well, we started off dancing and then kind of passed each other up in a dizzy spin-race that would have made Curly Howard proud.
Step 1. Obtain a maypole from horseback riders.
Step 2. Stuff some tissue paper streamers into the top hole.
Step 3. Give each dancer one streamer.
Step 4: Turn on the music. I used the music from this video.
Step 4. Look out! Dancers really get going.
For the ribbons, I used the zig-zag cutting technique with some tissue paper. Maybe I'll post about how to do that sometime. A sheet of paper can be turned into a really long streamer.
The top photo seems to indicate I don't know what comes after the letter O. Lies!
We're working our way through the alphabet, letter by letter.
Have a lovely day!
