Okay, I'll admit these aren't real turkey feathers, but since Thanksgiving is right around the corner it seemed like the perfect opportunity to pull out the feathers. I've had these feathers forever. They get pulled out for random projects here and there. When I taught school, I had the kids write Thanksgiving words with the tips. For Little Brother I thought it would be fun ...
Little Brother and I had fun playing with our new insect sensory bin while Sweet Girl was off to preschool. I found these cute insect finger puppets on amazon, but you could also look at the dollar store. (To be honest the only reason I didn't get the ones from the dollar store was because the bugs in their collection were too creepy for me. I need less scary bugs like ladybugs ...
I'm a little slow getting today's post up because I have been busy bottling apples. This is my first attempt at it. So far so good, except the smell of apples on my hands is a little overwhelming. It will be nice to have some yummy apples all winter long. I can already taste the apple crisp. Anyway, Sweet Girl and I have been fun playing with apples over the past couple weeks, ...
A couple weeks ago Sweet Girl and I went to see the farm animals in town for the local rodeo. It is a tradition from when I was a little girl, and I love carrying it on with Sweet Girl. She loved to see the animals. We talked about each of their names and the sounds they make. I thought this would be the perfect time to put together a little farm sensory bin. To ...
Our raking leaves activity yesterday based on the book Red Leaf Yellow Leaf by Lois Elhert was so much fun that I followed it up with another fall activity. I am just so excited about fall! I love the colors. I love the leaves. So I put them together in a fall sensory bin. I used the popcorn kernels I saved from our popcorn sensory bin. I threw in some foam gourds ...
We are continuing our celebration of Mo Willem's fantastic book Hooray For Amanda and Her Alligator. Again, this is such a cute story, if you haven't read it you definitely should! Today we focused on the alligator. Because alligators are green we had an all green sensory bin. (I know the alligator in the story is kind of a bluish color, but we decided to go with a green ...
Several months ago Sweet Girl got a hold of the shampoo bottle in the tub and turned her bath into a surprise bubble bath. I thought she would like it, but it seemed to stress her out to have the bubbles all over her. Now I thought it might be fun to play with bubbles again, but in a smaller scale to prevent frustration. This time Sweet Girl had a lot of fun scooping bubbles ...
I love sensory bins. There are just so many different things to put in them. This week we did a popcorn sensory bin. I bought the plastic popcorn bucket at the dollar store. It came in a set of two, so now I'm looking for ideas for how to use the other one. I just used cotton balls as the popped popcorn. Very simple. Sweet Girl loved grabbing handfuls of the kernels ...
I have seen lots of ideas for an ocean themed sensory bin, so I decided to give it a try. I have become a big believer in sensory bins. Sweet Girl loves them, and I love how they keep her interested for so long. For our Ocean Sensory Bin I bought a bag of blue rocks from the dollar store. I also found ocean animal shaped sponges there. Then I pulled the leaves off of some ...
The oatmeal sensory bin was so fun that we had to do another sensory bin. This time we used flour. I threw in a few things I had around the house: some foam flower cutouts, big pom pom balls, a small plastic cup and a magnifying glass. We had so much fun running our fingers through the flour. I just happened to use whole wheat flour, and it felt so silky smooth. It felt so ...
I have been wanting to try out some of the sensory bins I have been reading about on Pinterest and other Mommy blogs. I have to say, I have become a believer in sensory bins. The day that we did this activity I wasn't feeling very well and I just needed a few minutes to sit and relax. I put this sensory bin together and Sweet Girl sat and explored for about half and hour. ...
I am the mother of two amazing kids and I am married to an incredibly sweet and smokin' hot guy. I taught elementary school and preschool before leaving to become a stay at home mom. Now I'm embarking on the adventure of a lifetime and learning how to be a mom.
