Rainbows and Leprechauns

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Layers of colors to form a rainbow. The children used colored rice and spoons. So cute!

The kids  made a rainbow using paper plates and cotton balls to form a cloud, and then with paper crepe they formed their colorful rainbow.

After reading a story about  leprechauns, I asked the children to think where would they hide their gold if they were a leprechaun. They came up with fantastic drawings and great stories.

The children practiced number recognition by playing this game. They had to roll the dice and then covered the number. I used plastic covers and dry erase markers to use the pages over and over.

Another math activity. Children tried to put together a leprechaun by choosing the pieces according to the number on the dice. 

Best play dough ever!

Found this recipe for play dough and honestly it is super easy to make.

The following day I brought it to the preschool and the kids were very engaged rolling, cutting,and molding it. Because it was Monsters week they came up with these cool monsters.  I gave them wiggly eyes and pipe cleaners and they did the rest. Love to give them opportunities to use their imagination and creativity. Check it out.

1cup flour

1cup water

1/4 salt

2tsp cream of tartar

1tbs oil

Kool- aid

Mix all of the dry ingredients, cook on medium heat, stir until it forms a ball. Knead it until is soft.

Fine motor skills activities

"Fine motor" refers to the development of small muscle movements of the hands. Fine motor skills develop as your child's whole body gains mobility, stability, cognitive and emotional/social development.

One of the most challenging things a preschooler has to learn is to control his little hands, fingers, brain, eyes, and make it work all at the same time. We don't know how we got to master it, but now we are experts in holding a pencil, cutting, grabbing tiny pieces of paper, etc.
 Last week I planned a bunch of fun activities to give my friends the opportunity to practice, and practice and practice their fine motor skills and eye- hand coordination.

First the children had to tear the paper into little pieces, and then grabbed each piece and paste it on their duck.

For this activity I colored rice in different colors and the children had to filled up a cup  using a spoon. They had to count 5 spoons of each color, at the end they form a rainbow with different layers of colors.

I gave the children paint and q-tips to follow  around the silhouette. Dot, dot,dot.

Free play with shave cream on the table. 

I put a towel over the table and then gave the children a thumbtacks to poke all around the edge of the snail. Poke,poke,poke...

I gave stickers to the children to form caterpillars by counting and recognizing the numerals. They worked hard peeling those stickers.