Open ended art - yellow prints

The theme for Teaching My Little Bookworm's open ended art this week is yellow prints. We decided to try sun prints on yellow construction paper.

We placed items on yellow paper and left them in the sun for most of the day. I asked C and R what they thought would happen to the paper and they both thought it would get warm in the sun. C also guessed that the paper would have shadows on it - I thought that was a pretty good guess.

C and R were amazed to see how the sun faded the paper around the items.


We had a little trouble with the cut up straws moving on the paper so we taped them in place but they may have been too transparent to create a sharp image. We will try this again with different items and different colored paper.

To see the prints created by others, visit Teaching My Little Bookworm!

A Whole Hand!

Goodbye 4!

Hello 5!
Happy Birthday C!

Fun with Bandages

I was the lucky winner of a giveaway on the Orange Juice blog and I received two packages of these cool Ouchies Make Your Own-Ages. I was thrilled to receive two packages because that meant C and R each had their own. Each tin includes three markers and 20 bandages just waiting to be decorated. C and R loved decorating the bandages and surprisingly, they saved some bandages for another day.

The bandages were pink, orange, yellow, blue, and purple and the markers were red, blue, and purple. Do you see that blue marker on the table? I did not realize the markers were permanent at first, YIKES! (Of course, they are permanent or your bandage decoration would be ruined the second it got wet!) Thank you Magic Eraser for removing permanent marker from my kitchen table!
C and R both decided to create art with their bandages!
The Make Your Own-Ages were a hit, and will be fun to use when C and R actually have cuts and scrapes to put them on, or when they just decide they need a bandage (why are kids so obsessed with bandages?). Thank you Orange Juice and Ouchies!

E is for...

Eyes, Elephants, and Eggs

Super Summer Swap

Hello Super Summer Swappers! I hope everyone enjoyed the swap. I have been lucky to catch a few posts about swap packages and I am amazed at the creativity that went into them!

Please link your Super Summer Swap posts here so that everyone can see the fantastic swap packages. I have never used a linky before so hopefully this will work.

Crazy for Caterpillars

Oh, how they have grown! We are anxiously awaiting the formation of the chrysalides. That should happen any day now. Those greenish balls in the container are "frass" or caterpillar waste. There is much more of it than I expected.

C looks at everything through rainbow colored glasses. Funny, I remember my older son, T, doing that when he was C's age too.


R, on the other hand, is content to make a few quick marks.

Teach Mama

Do you read Teach Mama? You should. Her blog is amazing and I have used so many of her ideas. I am especially fond of her Quick Tricks and her Early Literacy Games. Anyway, her blog post today features me and some of my favorite math activities! Go on over there and read it! Let me know what you think.