Hickory Dickory Dock

This month we are touching on nursery rhymes.

This week we played with Hickory Dickory Dock.

At the art table families found materials with a question,

"Can you make a mouse?"

So what do we do with our mice once they are made?

We made a big paper clock to hang on the wall.

The children attached their mouse and played with the clock hands.

They were encouraged them to think of a rhyming word to go with the number

they chose.

Building a Volcano

I find it difficult to plan for after a two week break.

What will the children be interested in especially after a holiday like Christmas?

But this year several children were showing an interest in dinosaurs 

so I decided to do a little prep with the children before

our holiday started.

We made a volcano with papier mache.

If you've ever used papier mache you know that it is very sticky.

I was curious if the children would try it.

Would they be willing to stick their hands in a white, sticky mess?

Would they figure out how to dip the strip of paper to get it all wet

then move it over to the sculpture?

I remember with my own children that it took a few tries for them

to enjoy the texture and the process.

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I was thrilled to see that a fair number of children were happy to try

and we were successful in our creating.

We covered the the crumpled newspaper with strips of newspaper first.

Then a second layer of paper towel.

This will be a working volcano that has a glass bottle inside.

Finally we painted it with diluted glue

and added tissue paper for a finish.

We used a couple of shades of brown 

which I think turned out really well.

This took us two days then it had two weeks to dry completely.

This morning was our first day back from holidays.

 I added rocks, trees and dinosaurs for the children to discover.

I also moved one of the sensory tables beside it which holds sand.

I'm curious how the two will work together over time.

Pegkin Project Complete

Here is the second half of our Pegkins Project.

It has been so much fun meeting a new Pegkin each day

and hearing their story from the child who created it

Pegkin #11 Peppa

by Talia and Mom

Peppa lives in Talia's backyard and protects the bunny from raccoons.

She has magic dust to spread around.

Peppa only eats berries and she drinks the rain.

Pegkin #11 Serena, The Fairy Godmother

by Delfina

Serena, the Fairy Godmother with her friends Glenda and Celia help children.

She protects them when they need it and also sprinkles magic on them.  Serena's particular assignment is to protect the children of the Comox Valley.

Her favourite things are starry nights, snow and pizza.

Pegkin #12 Cinderella

by Victoria and Mom

Cinderella lives in a tower and castle with a bad witch.

The prince came to save her from the witch.

She likes to eat boiled eggs and apples.

She swings on a swing.

Pegkin #13 Sparkles the Snow Fairy

by Avery and Mom

Sparkles the Snow Fairy was born on the first snow day we had this winter.

She likes to eat foods the same colour as snow; popcorn, vanilla ice cream, yogurt, marshmallows, cauliflower and white chocolate.

She likes to play in the snow making snow angels and snowmen

and sledding down the driveway.

Pegkin #14 Princess Green

by Ayla and Grandma

Princess Green lives in the North Pole.

She is a baker for Santa Claus.

She makes cookies and candies for him to eat.

She's very old with white hair and has been around for a long time.

Princess Green is very nice and sweet.

Pegkin #15 Batman

by Cairo and Mom

Batman rescues people from the bad guy.

He drives the Batmobile really fast.

Batman can fly, run fast and jump big.

Pegkin #16 Maureen

by Kendyl and Mom

Maureen likes gingerbread.

She plays and runs and eats.

Her favourite things to eat are treats.

Maureen lives in a gingerbread house and she took a boat, and a train to her house.

She even does everything.

Pegkin #17 Bill and Ben

by Ben and Grandma and Grandpa

Bill and Ben

Bill and Ben

Bill and Ben

are flowerpot men.

Pegkin #18 BB8

by Emma, Sam and Mom

BB8 lives in Starwars Land.  He loves exploring with his friends and rolling around until he gets dizzy.  He likes to meet new people and his favourite food is Starwars cereal.

Pegkin #19 Elfie

by Meadow and Mom

Elfie is one of Santa's helpers.

He is 77 years old.

He helps Santa with presents and toys.

Elfie's favourite food is popcorn.

Pegkin #20 Grandma Rose

by Charlie and Mom

Grandma Rose is 100 years old.

Her favourite food is pancakes.

She lives in Comox, Vancouver Island and she loves to colour and sing with her grandchildren.

Grandma Rose's favourite time of year is Christmas so she can build a snowman and make cookies.

A last minute pegkin was created by Jordyn.

She used materials from the craft shelf and surprised us with 

Pegkin #21 Nutmeg

by Jordyn and Mom

Nutmeg lives in a gingerbread house.

He goes to work at the military to make his family money.

His wife is called Nutgirl, his son is Nutboy and his two girls are Nutwoman and Nutwoman.

When he's not working he likes to play with his 3 kids and build a snowman.

Pegkin #22 Gingie

by Maureen

Gingie has traveled the world.

She saw wonderful places and met a lot of fun people.

She would like to thank everyone who helped send her post cards back to StrongStart.

Merry Christmas