Tot School

Hunter is 19.5 months old.

Well, several weeks have gotten away from me again without a Tot School post.  That’s what summer vacation will do to ya!  Anyway, here is what Hunter did over the last few weeks.

 Our color for the month of July was purple, so Hunter got to use the do-a-dot markers and make a purple picture.  I definitely slacked in the color teaching department though and we didn’t do very many purple related activities.

Our theme during the month of July was ocean/beach.  Here are some of the projects we made:

Hunter painted a whale.

The whales turned out cute!  You can see the whole post here.

He painted some popsicle sticks to make a fish.

Hunter’s finished Popsicle Stick Fish- see the whole post here.

Next we made jellyfish, and Hunter had fun painting his paper bowl.

I turned around for a few seconds…

and Hunter had fun painting his face.

I guess he wanted to make sure I knew how the paint got there.

Our completed Jellyfish- see the whole post here.

We made a fish craft snack, which Hunter ate before I could take a picture of it 🙂

Here are the ones that Hailey and I made- they were cute and yummy.

Hunter loves when we do activities and crafts.  When he sees me getting things out, preparing to make something, he has to look and see what I’m doing.  Then he’ll say, “Paint” and “Coat,” which is what he calls his smock.

Hunter and Hailey working on painting to make a Killer Whale.

Completed Killer Whales- see full post here.

Hunter loved feeling the stickiness of the contact paper for our Fish Aquariums.

Completed Fish Aquariums- see full post here.

Stop by 1+1+1=1 to see what the other tots were up to this week.

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Bee Crafty Kids- Fish Aquarium Craft

Welcome back to the Bee Crafty Kids link up that I am co-hosting with To The Moon and Back,  Look! We’re Learning and Monster’s Ed Homeschooling Academy.

The craft we made this week was so easy and there was no mess involved at all!

 Here is what you’ll need:
contact paper
scissors
scrap construction paper
scrapbook paper (although you could easily use construction paper instead)

Fold the scrapbook paper in half and cut a square out of the middle.

Put contact paper on the back of your frame, sticky side up.

Cut out pieces to go in the aquarium using the scrap construction paper.

Hailey very carefully adding all of her pieces to her aquarium.

Hunter liked feeling how sticky the contact paper was, but he did eventually put his pieces on.

Hailey helped Hunter add some eyes to his fish.  As she would add an eye he would point to another fish and say, “Another one.”

I added another piece of contact paper over the the top of the fish.  Then Hailed added some air bubbles.

Our finished fish aquariums.

 Now it’s your turn! Link up and share what you and your kids have been busy making. Grab a button so others can join in the crafting fun too 🙂

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Rules are simple:

~Enter the direct link to one or more of your own posts that showcase a craft or hands on activity for children.

~A link back with the above button is appreciated, but not required

~Try to at least comment on one or two of the other blogs that took the time to share and join!

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Poppins Book Nook- Ocean/Beach Theme

The theme for the Poppins Book Nook for the month of July is ocean/beach.  This worked out perfectly for us because Hailey really showed a big interest in learning about the ocean after our recent trip to the beach.

The first thing Hailey did was make a KWL chart… she listed the things she knows and the things she wants to know.

Then we got some books out of the library… some ocean related books…

and some dolphin related books.  There were just so many good ones I couldn’t decide what to pick!

We really enjoyed the books, but this was our favorite.  There were so many interesting facts and bright, colorful pictures.

Hailey is working on a unit study about dolphins.  We didn’t finish it in time to include it in this post, but I hope to post about later this week as we are almost done.

She is also creating a dolphin lapbook, which is not done either.  Come back later this week to see a post about that.

We made a yummy treat to go along with our ocean theme… Hunter ate his before I could take a picture.

They turned out cute!  It’s just a graham cracker with blue frosting, some goldfish and some sprinkles.

Hailey was pleased with the results too 🙂

Of course, we had to make a craft, and we decided to make a killer whale.

You’ll need:
paper plate
black paint
black construction paper
something to paint with
pencil
googly eyes
glue
yarn

Hunter saw me setting up to do an activity and he got super excited to get started!

The first thing we did was draw a line with a pencil on the plates, showing how far we wanted the black paint to go.  Then Hunter and Hailey painted their plates.

Add some googly eyes

Some yarn for a mouth

Our completed killer whales.

 If you’re looking for more beach/ocean related activities I have posted several this month- check them out!

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Bee Crafty Kids- Jellyfish Craft

Welcome back to the Bee Crafty Kids link up that I am co-hosting with To The Moon and Back, Look! We’re Learning and Monster’s Ed Homeschooling Academy.

I can not believe that it’s already Friday again.  We have been so busy the last couple of weeks that we haven’t done very many activities, which is why I haven’t been posting much.  But here it is Friday again, so here is what we made for Bee Crafty Kids this week.

We are still learning about the ocean, so we made some jellyfish.

Here’s what you’ll need:
paper bowls
paint
something to paint with
tissue paper
double sided tape
fishing line

Paint the paper bowls- Hailey decided to mix her colored paint with white paint to lighten up the colors.

Hunter took the painting very seriously.

Once the paint is dry, add some spots.

Hunter working on his jellyfish.

Then I turned away for a few seconds and turned back to see this:

You can’t see it very well, but there is paint on his other cheek too.

Once the paint is dry, put some fishing line through the center of the bowl.  I tied a knot and used tape to reinforce it.

Cut the tissue paper into strips, then use the the double sided tape to stick them to the inside of the bowl.

Hailey working on adding the tissue paper.

The completed jellyfish.

 Now it’s your turn! Link up and share what you and your kids have been busy making. Grab a button so others can join in the crafting fun too 🙂

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Rules are simple:

~Enter the direct link to one or more of your own posts that showcase a craft or hands on activity for children.

~A link back with the above button is appreciated, but not required

~Try to at least comment on one or two of the other blogs that took the time to share and join!

Be sure to like me on Facebook and follow me on Pinterest so you don’t miss any of our fun activities.

Inspiration credit: Pinterest