Here are some highlights of fun things that Graham and Parker have been doing this week. |
| Translucent bracelets, plastic gems, and a pretty piece of plastic that came off the end of a dollar tree water baton |
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| My twins said it was a beautiful Octopus |
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| I converted my twins step 2 car and canyon table into a discovery/sensory table |
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| Inside the table is sand, sea shells, river rocks, small wood pieces from Lakeshore Learning, submersible LED lights Plastic trees, animals, and some little cars, Oh! and a cave from the Fish Aquarium store. |
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| Parker, filling a shell with sand |
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| I changed our mirror play center and made it even more awesome!! This is what it looked like when I first set it all up. click here. |
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| I moved most all of our wooden blocks to this shelf, and moved the shelf from the other side of the room |
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| Graham and Parker decided to revisit magna tiles on the overhead projector! |
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| They love playing with light!! See more colorful overhead projector fun here and here |
Scented water play, ice, and shaving cream.........
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| Playing with colored ice shapes |
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| Playing with a big ice shape made from a fancy cake pan |
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| The ice floats in the water that is inside of the glass jar, and sticks to the large ice shape! |
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| I changed our water play area around just a little |
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| Lots of fun water play components |
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| Additions of shells, gems, and pine cones. They were moved from the sand play area |
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| you can see the waterways pipe builders toy from Lakeshore in the center of the two white shelf tables |
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| They still love this a year later! |
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| The sand box was moved closer, see it in the far right corner |
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| Inside view |
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| close up inside view of shells, glass gems, and pine cones |
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| I put one of the water tubs up high on a table this time, I added cinnamon extract and mint extract to the various water play vessels around out water play area!! IN the past we have used mint, peppermint, orange, cherry, lemon, vanilla and a few others that I buy at wal mart |
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| shaving cream and food coloring, an old favorite |
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| busy |
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| the waterways piple builders from Lakeshore Learning |
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| water tub, up high |
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| pure joy! |
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| so pretty and filled with water and food coloring |
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| more pretty water play items |
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| playing with shaving cream |
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| Shaking water from a salt shaker |
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| Filling up a big water bottle from a water cooler with a carafe filled with water and food coloring |
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| checking out the inside of the big water bottle |
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| squirting water into the big bottle with a container I recycled that lemon juice came in |
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| great aim, Graham!! |
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| This boy loves shaving cream! |
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| Using a face wash pump bottle I recycled to put colored water into the table of shaving cream |
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| looks so fun! |
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| adding food coloring |
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| Graham said this was a red and white rainbow |
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| awesome color mixing, so pretty! |
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| scooping, funneling, and pouring water |
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| a little man in the funnel, makes the water move slower ;) |
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| he painted himself ;) |
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| paint in a condiment bottle |
When in Rome.........
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| After 15 years of not painting, I decided to paint on Graham and Parker's easel with their big toddler brushes and tempera paint.... amusing results below.... |
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| While I am adding to my painting, Graham is painting on the next panel |
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| A weasel was added.... haha |
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| close up of my goofy weasel |
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| another tree |
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| My silly finished product HAHA!! |
