The girls are getting pretty crafty these days!
They love it when I bust out a project for them to work on! Since the girls have not started any formal pre-school and we don't plan on doing that for a few years, I have begun trying to incorporate some organized projects into our playtime that focus on beginning academic skills.
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The girls worked on making bracelets with pipe cleaners and beads. I was impressed with how they were able to thread the beads independently. I got a new key chain out of this project and the girls got some cute bracelets, all the while working on the girls' color recognition and sorting skills-not to mention tuning their fine motor skills.
Since we went to pick apples, I thought it would be relevant for the girls to make these paper apples out of ripped paper. They were working on their fine motor and pre-cutting while ripping paper into pieces and gluing them on the Apple shape, all while learning how to categorize colors and compare sizes.
This project was facilitated by mom with some input from the girlies. The girls helped me clean the sand dollars and dry them off and I did the hot gluing and framing. We made this piece of art out of all the cool sand dollars we found on our weekend trip to Coronado. I think it turned out great! It fits our living room theme perfectly. Don't quite know what they learned from this project, but it was fun!
please forgive my teacher speak :)