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Despicable me goggles

4/2/2014

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Supplies Needed:
  • Aluminum foil
  • Ribbon
  • Stapler
  • Toilet Paper rolls cut in 1 inch pieces
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Directions:
Wrap pieces of aluminum foil around two toilet paper roll pieces. Staple them together; then staple a piece of ribbon on either side to create Despicable Me Goggles.

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Tea Party

3/12/2014

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Prepare for your Tea Party by reading Fancy Nancy: Tea Parties by Jane O'Connor and illustrated by Robin Priess Glasser

http://www.amazon.com/Fancy-Nancy-Parties-Jane-OConnor/dp/0061801747
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Supplies:
  • Tea set or cups and plates
  • juice
  • treats

Directions:
Get all dressed up fancy. Put on your best manners and enjoy tea and treats with your friends.


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Leaf Elf 

11/8/2013

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Read "It's Fall" by Linda Glaser
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Supplies Needed;
Crayons or markers, and scissors

Directions;

Have children to color and cut out leaves, the template below has been offered as an example. You may also choose to take children outside to collect actual leaves.
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Supplies Needed; 
Photographs of the children, copies of the elf template below, and tape or glue.
Directions; 

Have children color the picture of the elf and a cut it out. Assist children in affixing their photographs with tape or glue. Once finished, read the poem to the children and have them role play dropping the leaves as if they were an elf.
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Sensory Basket

10/23/2013

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A sensory box or basket is a container filled with various objects and materials of different types and textures that children are allowed to explore with their hands, eyes, and other senses. 
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      • Eggs
      • Farm
      • Father's Day
      • Fishing
      • Flags of the World
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      • International Children's Book Day
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      • Rainbows
      • Saint Patrick's Day
      • Spring
      • Sports
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      • Women's History Month
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      • Breakfast
      • Fall and Leaves
      • Halloween and Pumpkins
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      • National Classical Music Day
      • Scarecrow
      • Spiders
      • Squirrels Acorns and Owls
      • Super Heroes
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      • Back to School
      • Beach and Sea
      • Bees
      • Bubbles
      • Butterfly
      • Camping Activities
      • Caterpillar
      • Frog
      • Ice Cream
      • Independence Day July 4th
      • Kites
      • Ladybug
      • Lego Activities
      • Monsters
      • National Grandparents Day in September
      • Pirates
      • Space
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      • Turtle
      • Zoo
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      • Black History Month
      • Cardiac Health
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        • Christmas Songs
        • Ornaments
        • Reindeer
        • Santa
        • Snacks
      • Chinese New Year
      • Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Month
      • Dental Heath Awareness
      • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
      • Dr. Seuss Birthday
      • Elf on the Shelf Ideas
      • Football - Super Bowl
      • Germs and Illness
      • Grinch
      • Groundhog Day
      • Hanukkah
      • Hibernation
      • Kwanzaa
      • National Cookie Day
      • New Years
      • Olympic Games
      • Penguin
      • Pets
      • Post Office
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