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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....

Octopus Craft : I found this idea on the Letter O Crafts list on the measured mom blog. I love crafts that include the letter we're working on during the week! Our octopus is pictured first. We glued on the letter O (head) and then I put eight lines of glue coming out from the head. At age 20 months, Easton did a great job gluing on the legs. I was planning on gluing on cheerios as tentacles on our octopus, but Easton wasn't up for the idea and I didn't push it. For a better idea, see the second picture below from the measured mom blog. Octopus Dot Page : I printed our  O is for Octopus  dot page from the measured mom blog. We used Do-a-Dot Markers to stamp the page, but we also love using office stickers and power magnets /cookie sheet to fill in the dots.  Octopus File Folder : I printed our  Octopus File Folder  to review colors and color matching. I printed and laminated our set and used velcro to attach the pieces, although this isn't ne...

1) Alphabet Hearts File Folder from  file folder fun : I'm a little obsessed with file folders! This is a great letter review as well as matching game. 2) Heart Patterns File Folder from  kids activity blog : This is a fun matching activity. 3) Heart Shape Matching &  Heart Number Matching File Folders from  itsy bitsy fun : I'm so grateful for those that are willing to share free printables! The dog shape clip art is adorable. Easton will love these! 4) Fix the Broken Heart (Shapes): I cut hearts out from different colored foam sheets (another dollar store purchase) and drew a shape on each one. Then, I cut the heart in half. I put the left half of the hearts on our table and hid the right half of the hearts around the room. When Easton found a right half heart in the room, he brought it over to the table and found it's match. Then, he identified the shape. 5) Find the Hearts (Shapes):  I also cut out a set of hearts (fro...

1) Ice Cream Cone Art  from The Measured Mom: Construction Paper Optional: Sprinkles - we will use these next time. Mix a little glue and water together. Paint the glue mixture onto the ice cream. Have you child sprinkle the sprinkles on the ice cream. Draw a letter I on the cone.   2) Ice Cream File Folders : Ice Cream Color Match  from Itsy Bitsy Fun: Ice Cream Count & Match from Measured Mom: Ice Cream Counting from Totschooling: This printable includes numbers 1-10. We are going to use pom poms with magnets glued on the back to fill in the sprinkles.  3) Ice Cream Shop : I pulled out our Cash Register , Ice Cream Set and stuffed animals for this activity. Each of the animals "ordered" ice cream. Easton asked each animal which flavor they wanted and told them how much it would be. He'd say "two dollars" often and I'd have him push the number two on his cash register. This activity was so much fun. 4)  Ice...

I've always been a little obsessed with file folders. A few days ago, I found the best Christmas File Folders! I always print and laminate mine for durability, although it's not necessary.  Click here to print the following file folders : Christmas Tree (Numbers 1-10) : Count the number of ornaments on the tree and match it to the corresponding number. (The left side is empty and the right side is done for you). Ornaments (Color Matching) : This is a more advanced color matching activity. Alphabet (Match Lowercase to Uppercase) : Easton loves when I make the lowercase letters "babies" and the uppercase letters "moms". Help the little baby find his mom! (The first line on the left side is empty and the rest is done for you). Christmas Tree Shapes : This is also a more advanced shape activity with a pentagon, hexagon and octagon. Match the shapes!

1) Tissue Paper Kite from The Measured Mom: I found all our supplies at the Dollar Store! Contact Paper Tissue Paper, cut into squares Black Construction Paper Cut a piece of contact paper into a diamond.  On the sticky side of the contact paper, stick on your black cross. All your child to place the tissue paper squares.  Praise and hang on the window for light to shine through. 2) Kite File Folder  from The Measured Mom: This file folder works on color matching and size sorting. My two loves file folders, so this was perfect for him.  3) Kite Clip Cards  from The Measured Mom: We only used kite clip cards with numbers 1-8. I helped my two count the kites and he pointed to the correct number.  4) Kite Pattern Cards  from A Teaching Mommy: I put out an ABAB pattern for my two (ie. blue, green, blue, green, blue, green) and would say the colors out loud and ask him, "What comes next?" We're still working on the p...