Here is a great way to work on literacy skills and shape recognition in the summer, while enhancing creativity, too. Put a big squirt of shaving cream on your picnic table and let your young artist explore. You can add to the sensory fun by making shapes with the shaving cream or the letters of [...]
Painting – Be creative! Instead of just using a paint brush, let your child paint with different instruments such as rollers, matchbox cars, q-tips, or even their fingers!You can even use those old apples to do stamp painting by cutting the apples in half and dipping them in paint. If messy projects aren’t your favorite [...]
Sensory play is play that involves the use of one or more of the five senses, touch, sight, smell, taste and hearing. Children learn best when they can experience the world through all their senses. All week at Kangaroo Kids Summer Camp we are doing Messy But Meaningful projects!Play dough is a good old standby, [...]
Here is an activity that will give you a sense of accomplishment while your child is having a fun sensory experience. Get a big bucket of water and the doggie shampoo and wash the dog together! You can teach your child about the fascinating chemistry of how the bubbles form (if you need a little [...]
Remember “Silly Putty” and “Slime?” If you enjoyed playing with either of these as a child here is a homemade version called "Goop" that you can make with your child. You may be encouraging a future scientist! Goop1. Two cups white glue 2. One cup liquid laundry starch Mix together to an even consistency and [...]
If your child comes home from preschool looking picture perfect everyday, it is time to delve into the kinds of activities the class is doing during the day! Young children learn with all their senses and should have a variety of opportunities for exploration. There will be times when children may get a little paint [...]
This is Celebrity Chef Week at Kangaroo Kids so here are some healthy snack tips! In our house, we always cut juice with about ½ amount of water, which cuts down on the sugar… and the best juices are the 100% variety, without sugar (not the diet kind). Of course, you can also freeze these [...]
The grand finale of the caterpillar project was a haircut! It was great fun plus a wonderful fine motor activity to enhance writing skills!
PANTY HOSE GRASS CATERPILLAR PROJECTWith all the rain we have been having lately Kangaroo Kids Prekindergarten class has resorted to some indoor gardening! It has been a valuable lesson in science and literacy as children used their journals to document the changes their grass caterpillars went through at each stage of their growth! Here is [...]
