Scavenger Hunt - Easy and Fun

This scavenger hunt idea came after K's getting tired of being inside working and us needing a change.  I was also getting frustrated because he was doing more whining and complaining at learning time.  So I thought and prayed and after an episode of Calliou where he went on a scavenger hunt, I decided we could do a scavenger hunt around the neighborhood. 

I gave the K and G a list of things to look for as we walked around the neighborhood.  For these two scavenger hunts (one group of which I have shown below), we focused on colors, letters, numbers, shapes, and K's favorite, car types.  the first time we went out, I simply gave them pencils with which they wrote directly on the paper; the second time around I put these cards in sheet protectors and let them use dry erase crayons as they found their items, which worked out great.  For M, I just gave him a piece of cardstock with shapes and numbers on them for him to look at while we were walking if he so desired, and most of the time, he didn't, but he had fun nonetheless.  K and G also have some cameras they got for their birthday, so they also took pictures.  At times, this proved to be more of a hassle, so we ended up taking a few pictures here and there on our second walk. 

For K

For G

Out on the scavenger hunt

Some great things about this was that it was easy, fun, and got us out of the house!

Easter/Spring Activities

Once again, I have taken some time off from blogging.  Even though there hasn't been any posting, we have still been having fun with our learning. 

Here are some of the activities we did surrounding Easter/Resurrection Sunday:

Like last year, we used the Resurrection Eggs to talk about Christ's death and resurrection and the surrounding events.  The kids really enjoy this.  For more details on this, please click here.

We also used sound eggs.  In our basket, we had ten eggs.  I used rice, beads, beans, salt, and another item which is escaping my memory right now in two eggs each, and the children matched the eggs that sounded the same. 

K and G deciphering which eggs go together

We also had a sensory tub, which included yellow and green glass gems, some Easter eggs that were in the shape of animals, green and yellow poms, and a small set of yellow and orange buttons (which I must say are pretty small, so be careful if you have little ones who like to put things in their mouths) I picked up on clearance from Michael's along couple of other miscellaneous items.  I should also mention this tub was sometimes a hassle to clean up afterwards because of the amount of smaller items. 

 

M enjoying the sensory tub

 

It was a fun time, and the kids enjoyed the activities