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1) M is for Marshmallow: Use Marshmallow Paint  (from Child Care Land) to paint a piece of white card stock. The paint will be a little sticky, so you could place the Letter M on the paint now OR wait until the paint is dry. This will take about 24 hours. Have your child glue marshmallows onto the Letter M.  2) Marshmallow Dots: Draw a grid on a piece of paper with numbers 1-10 (similar to the one below). Instead of gluing on the marshmallows, use a large marshmallow to stamp the same number of times as the number given. You could dip the marshmallow in the marshmallow paint, made in the activity above. 3) Make Marshmallow Shooters from Grandma's Briefs: These look so much fun! Optional: Use a toilet paper roll instead of a plastic cup. Use these to shoot giant shape outlines (letters, numbers or other targets would work, too!). It would be fun to tape the shapes to the wall and have your child run around the house and pretend the shape outlines...

1) Magnet Painting:  Squeeze a few colors or paint and a few magnetic items (bolt, marbles, etc.) onto the paper plate. Use a magnetic wand on the bottom of the place to move the magnets around. Optional: Once the paint has dried, cut out a letter M and glue it onto a piece of colored card stock. 2) Magnets Number Booklet from The Measured Mom:    3) Shape Pattern Blocks from Pre-Kinders: Print these darling animal shape pattern blocks and use these foam magnetic shapes to match. Talk about the shapes and colors as you go. 4) Is it Magnetic? :  Print " Is it Magnetic " from The Measured Mom or make your own chart. Place all the items on the chart in a brown paper bag. Have your child draw an item from the bag, test if it's magnetic with a magnetic wand and stamp whether it's magnetic or not with a dot marker . After you're done playing, go around the house and see what else is magnetic. 5) Magnetic Sensory Bin: ...

1) Monster Counting Book from The Measured Mom: We started by reading this little story about monsters. It comes with 10 clip art monsters. Each page we read, a monster disappears, making this booklet a very early introduction to subtraction. For more number activities, check out these  Monster Counting Cards  (The Measured Mom) and  Monster Number Puzzle  (A Teaching Mommy). Monster Counting Book Monster Counting Cards Monster Number Puzzle 2) Splat Monsters: We made monsters! Squirt paint onto a piece of paper and have your child use a paintbrush to make a monster shape. You could also use a dish brush to dip in paint and stamp on your paper. Have your child glue on googly eyes on the monsters - I loved watching Easton use his imagination while doing this craft. 3) Choose one of more of the activities below: Monster Lunch : Use your fine motor skills to feed the monster!  Draw a monster face on an empty baby wipes contai...

1) Make a Mailbox: Use an empty box to make a mailbox. Have your children decorate a mailbox (card board box or empty shoe box) with stickers, crayons, stamps, paint, etc.  More details to come. (picture to come) 2) Mail Letter Hunt: Write six or so letters to your child and hide them around house. Put a clue inside each letter, which will lead your child to find the next letter.   Put the first letter inside your child's mailbox and tell him/her that there's mail! Have him/her open the letter and go on the letter hunt together. At the end of the letter hunt, have a treat OR a box filled with supplies (crayons, stamps, paper, envelopes, etc.) to make a letter for dad or grandparents. You could also make a thank you card for the mail man.  (picture to come) 3) Alphabet Mail Sort: Have your child pretend to be the postman. Wear a postman costume, if you have something that will work. Preparation: Write letters A-Z on index cards, envelopes and s...