Tag: Glitter

  • More Homeschool… Manipulatives, Centers, Calendar

    After looking at this site and her ideas for a Calendar board I was completely inspired. Thank you Homeschool Creations for the wonderful ideas!  Here is our Calendar board:

    Our Homeschool Calendar
    Our Homeschool Calendar ideas from Homeschool Creations blog

    We have: Todays Date, with different ways to write the date, make the date in money, color of the day, weather for temp. (1st grader will fill in daily), weather for the 4 year old to use picture cards.  We also have letter of the day and verse of the day.  I will also be adding the skip counting pages.

    For calendar I plan on having all 3 boys participate in one way or another.  I have also been looking around for center ideas, things to keep the 2 little ones busy when I need to work with my 1st grader.  Carissa has so many excellent ideas on her blogs.  One of them is Tot Trays.  I loved all her ideas and will be using them and creating more inspired by what I have seen.  Here are some things we have so far:

    Preschool Centers
    Basket #1 (white) – for the 2 & 4 year olds, basket #2 – Base Ten set – 1st grader

    basket #1 – Pompoms for sorting, pouring, gluing, scooping, measuring, tongs, ice cube try for sorting, clothespin centers (see below), poker chips to sort and stack, pipe cleaners, eraser center (see below).

    Toddler Center - erasers
    I cut a square in the lid of a take n go container, then added erasers
    Toddler Center
    He puts them and then tries to retrieve them
    colors and numbers center
    Different games to play with these both toddlers and preschoolers
    Preschool Centers
    Beads, funnels and bowls
    Preston gluing pasta and glitter
    Pasta, glitter and glue
    Foil, Pasta and glitter
    Foil, Pasta and glitter

    Still on the lookout.  Excellent places for centers:  the Dollar Tree, Walmart, Big Lots.  You don’t have to spend a lot and your children will learn, play and love it!

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  • Fun with Glitter


    I have always, always loved glitter! Don’t think I am one of those girlie types either, pretty much a tom-boy. However, I have always thought glitter was so pretty. So sparkly and shiny. In the past, whenever I would craft with the boys I pretty much played dictator over the glue and glitter, not wanting any uncontrollable mess. Well let’s just say since I have been “blog walking” I have been super-inspired but several different blogger moms/bakers/photographers. This blog post sparked an interest in me to see glitter all over everything and not freak out about it. I knew my boys would be more than happy to let loose with those 3 big, tempting shakers full of glitter. We gave everyone their own glue, construction paper, and glitter… SUPER FUN! And yes, there is still glitter on my floor and specks keep showing up in the weirdest places – but, like the other blog said- what a great reminder of letting loose, getting dirty and having fun.