Bringing Fun Home: activity

Sunday, March 1, 2015

Magic Marker fun

Looking for a cool way to help your kiddo with their sight words, math facts or anything needing memorization. Tired of flashcards???

Check out this "magic trick" you child will LOVE! My favorite OT gave me the idea for this and I thought I'd pass it along.

All you need is:
A permanent marker
A Sharpie
A Q-tip
and
Something covered in aluminium foil ( this is a VHS tape- FINALLY a use for those honkers!)

First, have your child write the desired word or problem with Permanent marker. Be sure to supervise, I'm sure you don't want their work permanently on your table cloth or clothes!

Next have the child GO OVER the Sharpie with the Expo marker

Then have them use the Q-tip to trace the writing again. The Q-tip will erase the writing and your child has now practiced the word, problem,etc. THREE times! :) Plus using the different sized instruments will help their grip! BONUS!

Word erased:

You can wipe it to get the excess off and try a new word!

Hope you enjoyed this post. I love finding fun ways for kiddos to practice and learn!

If you liked this, please share or share your experiences or ideas!

Thanks!

Kellyxxoo

Monday, February 2, 2015

Snow...what?!?! ThE bEsT SNOW ICE CREAM EvEr!!

Hello Monday!!!! Annnd for us in the midwest... hello snowstorm Linus....yaaay (can you sense the sarcasm? It's there.) But what else does snowstorm bring besides snow? Snow ice cream. One of my favs! I used to work at a day care and when it snowed we'd rock the snow ice cream. Now that I have my own girls- WE rock the snow ice cream. It is surprisingly good. Just make sure to get clean snow. Yah know, 'Don't you go where the Huskies go and don't you eat that yellow snow!'

SIDE NOTE (to see snow ice cream SCROLL ON)
Despite the inability to travel easily, there are some living things that enjoy the snow! Meet my Husky Mya! She loves the snow, she spends a lot of her time outside this time of year.

And then there's my polydactyl cat- Schwartz. He's confused as to whether is a cat or dog. But he too, enjoys the snow.

And so, now, for how my girls and I enjoy the snow- from inside!

This recipe is super easy. First collect about 8 C of CLEAN snow. And don't mind the child is summer jammies collecting SNOW! It was a quick collect ;)