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After reading a couple X-Ray Books from our Letter X Booklist, we did the following activities. X-Ray Craft : We talked a little more about X-Rays and I showed Easton a picture of a "hand x-ray" on my phone. I told him we were going to make an x-ray of his hand. However, once I brought the black paper and chalk out he forgot all about the x-ray, and just wanted to draw. So, that's what we did. After a few minutes of drawing, he was ready to make his x-ray craft. We talked about how the arm has two bones and how each finger is made up of bones. Here's what you need: Black Paper White Chalk Glue Q-Tips Have your child place their arm/hand onto a piece of black paper. Draw around his arm/hand with chalk. Draw lines of glue where you'd like your child to place the q-tips (bones). Have child place q-tips on the glue. Hang on the fridge to revivew the letter X this week! X-Ray Match  from Tried and True: Easton had so much fun with x-rays today! I foun...

E X ercising with the Alphabet : Easton had the best time jumping around and acting this out with the alphabet today! You need: One Bin (anything to hold your letters) A set of Letters - I used our tub foam letters Have your child draw one letter from the bin Look on the chart (posted below) from the Kids Activity Blog to see which exercise to do for that letter Exercise and have fun! A - Act like an Alligator B - Bend your knees C - Chair Pose D - Dance E - Elephant Stomps F - Fly like a bird G - Gallop like a horse H - Hug your friend I - Itsy Bitsy Steps J - Jump K - Kick L - Leg Lifts M - March N - Noisy Steps O - Open and shut your arms P - Pop up from the ground Q - Quiet Hops R - Run in Place S - Side steps T - Turn U - Under mom's legs V - Vacuum W - Wiggle X - X jumps Y - Yoga Z - Zig Zag Handprint Art (X-Ray Fish) : I found this idea on  Red Ted Art  and thought it would be a great addition to our  Alphabet Handprint...

One of Easton's favorite (possibly very favorite) sensory activities during our letter of the week series are  Water Beads . While learning about Letter R, we made a  Rainbow/Rainforest Sensory Bin  with water beads. The beads come in a little pouch and if you put the beads in water, they more than quadruple in size (first picture below). The beads are slippery, squishy, transparent in water, and even bounce! Below are a few activities we did with Water Beads while learning about Letter W. Water Bead Painting : I drew a Letter W on a piece of white paper and placed it in a cookie sheet. I squirted some paint and placed some water beads on the paper (first picture). Easton explored for a little while before adding the cookie sheet cover. We moved the cookie sheet back and forth and watched the beads roll around in the paint (second picture). Once the paint dried, I cut out the Letter W and glued it onto black construction paper. Water Bead, Water...

Watermelon Craft : I found this  Watermelon Craft  on Counting Coconuts. I cut two letter W's - one red and one green out of construction paper. Easton dipped his finger in black tempera paint and made seeds on our red W (see first picture below). When the paint dried, we glued the red W onto the top of our green W, making our letters resemble a Watermelon. Then, we glued our watermelon onto a piece of white card stock (see second picture below). Watermelon File Folder : I printed and made our  Watermelon File Folder  from Preschool Printables. To make this more fun, I hid the watermelon pieces (with seeds) around the room. Easton found a watermelon, counted the seeds and placed it on the corresponding number. Watermelon Cloud Dough : I found a tutorial for  Watermelon Moon Sand  on Growing a Jeweled Rose. However, I bought the wrong kind of sand, so this didn't work for us! I improvised and decided to try a version of Watermelon Cloud Dough....

Worm Painting : I saw the idea of painting worms with noodles  on lasting thumbprints. Instead, I had a bag of gummy worms for our other activities this week, so I thought it would be fun to paint with gummy worms! I drew a "Letter W Worm" on a piece of paper and had Easton dip the gummy worm in washable tempera paint and onto his worm. Easton really enjoyed this activity. Growing Worms : I remember going to restaurants when I was little and loving to make "worms" grow. For this activity, you'll need: A straw with a wrapper, water, and a pipette. Gently slide a straw wrapper down to the bottom end of a straw. The wrapper will look like a spring or accordion.  Remove the crinkled straw wrapper from the bottom of the straw. Use a pipette to drip a few drops of water onto the wrapper, and watch the worm grow. Worm Sensory Bin : I saw an  Ooey Gooey Worm Sensory Bin on the Measured Mom blog, and decided to make a similar one using gum...

Waterfall Painting :  I've wanted to try "drip painting" for a while, so this  Waterfall Painting Tutorial  from teaching 2 and 3 year olds was perfect. Here's what you need: White Foam Board (dollar store) Pipettes Liquid Watercolors Plastic Containers - to hold the paint Water Balloon Shapes & Water Balloon Baseball : I saw  Water Balloon Numbers  on the measured mom blog. We already did a number activity this week, so I thought water balloons would be a fun way to review shapes. I drew shapes on our driveway with sidewalk chalk and filled up our Buncho Balloons from the grocery store - there is no tying involved and you can have 100 balloons filled in a minute (see first picture below)! I would call out a shape and Easton would find and throw the balloon at the shape. We had so many balloons, we decided to play Water Balloon Baseball afterward. What a fun afternoon! Pool Noodle Water Wall : I saw a Pool Noodle Water Wall ...

Watercolor & Crayon Resist Alphabet : To review the alphabet as a whole this week, we used watercolors to go along with our W theme. I used a medicine lid and markers to outline 26 circles on a piece of large, white paper. Inside the circles, I wrote one letter of the alphabet with a white crayon. Easton painted the circles with water colors to reveal a letter of the alphabet. He identified each letter and reviewed a lot of colors as well. Use this activity with numbers, shapes, etc. Letter W Songs : I found our Letter W Songs from the measured mom blog. Our favorites were: W is for Watermelon, Wheels on the Bus, and W is for Woman (There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe). We reviewed this songs every day this week. Handprint Art (Whale) : Easton has always loved whales, so I knew he'd be excited about a whale art project! I saw a similar idea on Pinterest from mommy minutes. Window Markers : I bought our  Window Markers a while ago to use on a rainy d...

Prayer: Song: " I am a Child of God " Children's Songbook page 2. Opening Activity: Go through each child explaining how they have different characteristics of their parents. Some children may have the same color of hair or eyes as their mother. Some children may love to ski and bike like their father. Teach the children that they grow up to be just like their parents. Optional: Hold up a picture of the children's families for them as a visual aid, while explaining the same principle. Next, hold up a picture of Heavenly Father . Remind the children that He is our spirit father and we are His spirit children. He is kind, loving and understanding. We can also become like Him. "Growing Up" Power Point: Every kid LOVED this slide show. One slide is a picture of a baby animal, followed by a picture of the grown animal. For instance, a puppy is followed by a dog, a chick is followed by a chicken, a lion cub is followed by a lion, etc. Have the chil...