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Popcorn Snowmen
As the weather continues to get colder and the snow begins to fall, often times we find ourselves frantically looking for new ideas for indoor fun. This recipe/craft is tons of fun and a perfect indoor activity that kids can munch on once they’re done! Have Fun! Send us pictures we can post on the blog!
Put the popcorn in your largest mixing bowl and set aside. Melt the butter or margarine in a nonstick saucepan over medium-low heat. Add all the marshmallows to the pan, stirring continually with a wooden spoon until they’re completely melted. Pour the mixture over the popcorn and stir to coat evenly. As soon as the marshmallow is cool enough to touch, rub a little butter or margarine in your hands and make popcorn balls (about 1 cup of popcorn per ball).
Build and decorate your snowmen on sheets of waxed paper. For each one, stack three popcorn balls atop each other. Push pretzel-stick arms into the sides of the middle popcorn ball. Add raisins for eyes and a candy corn for a nose. Arrange a row of mini jawbreakers into a broad grin. For buttons on the snowman’s chest, use gumdrops or red hots.
If your popcorn balls aren’t sticky enough to hold the decorations, mix up a small batch of stiff white icing by adding water, a few drops at a time, to 1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar and stirring until smooth. Use this to glue the candy in place. For snowmen’s scarves, cut rectangles out of fruit leather and fringe the ends. Makes 5 snowmen.
A scientist from “Mad Science” joined us today to introduce our preschoolers to the exciting world of color. The “Mad Scientist” walked us through some exciting demonstrations about primary colors and color mixing. Be sure to ask your little one what they learned today! The kids really seemed to enjoy everything she had to say and were intrigued at all of her experiments. They will visit again toward the end of the year to share a different program with about worms!
We have been learning about the number ten this week. We have learned a new song about the number ten and also how to spell it! We also had the chance to use yummy marshmallows to outline the number ten while working our small motor muscles in our hands and number recognition for number ten.
A turkey is a funny bird
The children have been using bright and beautiful water colors to create turkey feathers. This week we have been talking about the Thanksgiving holiday and they couldn’t wait to create their own turkeys! Here is a song we have been singing that you can try to sing at home!
(to the tune of “Pop Goes the Weasel”)
A Turkey is a funny bird
His head goes Wobble, Wobble
He only knows one word…
Gobble, Gobble, Gobble!
sensory table colored pasta
This week our sensory table is full of colorful noodles! The kids have been digging their hands in this colorful pasta and scooping and dumping it! They have been using spoons to scoop the noodles into the bowls and pretend they are making soup! Since all of the noodles are different colors this has been a great way to practice our color recognition as well!
N is for necklace
This afternoon at group time we learned the letter “N”. For our art project today we made necklaces for the letter “N”. Here you can see Rutva, Caroline and Connor working so hard at stringing the beads onto their necklaces. They did a wonderful job working with those fine motor skills to make beautiful necklaces!
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