Im Seeing Red!

We are starting to learn our colors. I have been reading that around 2 they start to learn shapes and colors mine are 16 months so here we go.

Here are some of the things we will be doing. I'll post more as we go.

Books and Foods as Learning Tools

• Vividly colored produce can be used as tools to learn color names. Green lettuce, red strawberries, yellow bananas, purple grapes, oranges and blueberries are examples of colorful foods children recognize. You may choose to feature a single color by reading aloud a book like Dr. Seuss' "Green Eggs and Ham," then making a green-themed lunch with foods such as a green salad, celery, green grapes, green tortilla chips and guacamole. Choose a different color to feature another day.

Learning With Color Stations

• Set up tables around the room, with each table designating a color station. Place a sign on the front of the table with the name of one color. Place solid-colored items at the corresponding color stations. For example, a blue station might include a blue toy car, a pair of blue jeans, a bowl of blueberries and blue crayons. As the child visits the various stations, a teacher, parent or helper picks up each item on the table and says the color name.

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I had a few flash cards I just took the red ones out and put them on a board:

 We have lots of red pillows so I made a play area. I also found all their red toys and took everything else to the playroom.

 Im going to try with the coloring again, hopefully they wont just eat the crayons. :)

Magazine Playtime

While the babies took a nap I was going through a bunch of old magazines trying to clean up my guest room. Of course they woke up before I was done. :) So I brought them in with me so they could "help" We managed to completely rip apart about 5 magazines, and they had so much fun. Squealing and yelling the whole time.

 Addy helped me pick up all the sheet and put them in the trash.

Such an easy, cheap and fun way to teach cause and effect! :)

The Ocean. Part 1

This was the first day I started this adventure with my kids. It was a spur of the moment thing. While they were taking a nap I went around the house and found anything I could that had to do with the ocean, I printed off some pictures from the internet and colored them to hang on the wall. I took a sheet and hung it from the ceiling to act as the "ocean". I left this up for about a week. We are still learning how to color and not put the crayons in our mouths so I helped them out some. I had a DVD of an aquarium we watched, and lots of bath toys to play with.

I took a blue comfortor I had and put on the floor to play on.

The fish are made from foam I got at the Dollar Tree. it was a pretty good size pack.

The "waves" are made from ribbon so is the boat.

Caden playing in the ocean.