Pat-a-Cake

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man

Bake me a pancake as fast as you can.

Roll it and pat it and mark it with a 'B'

And put it in a pan for baby and me.

The children made their own little pancakes this week.

Following the recipe,

measuring,

adding,

stirring.

While they were cooking they said the nursery rhyme to help past the time.

Mittens

Adding to the Balls and Tubes

The children began getting inventive with the tubes.

Making them longer and taller.

So we introduced our extendable tube.

And it has been stretched here and there throughout the room.

So much experimenting.

What happens to the ball?

Will it come out the other end?

How can we make it come out?

Lots of running back and forth too.

Balls and Tubes

A challenge for me this year is to provide more activities that will

appeal to toddlers.

Balls are a favourite toy so I pulled out a wading pool

and added balls and tubes.

An instant attraction.

Mermaid Fabric

Have you seen this fabric?

I don't know what the real name of it is but I've seen it referred to as 

mermaid fabric.

It is black fabric with small sequins sewn to it.

It also comes in other colours too.

When you brush against it, it changes from light to dark

or dark to light depending on how it hangs.

I have draped it over our easel so it is different on both sides.

After the children rubbed it over and over they began to refine

their drawing and making letters.

It really drew parents in to explore it with their child.

I bought it at our local Fabricland and it's on for 50% off at the moment.

I think it would be great to make a weighted lap book with this covering it.

Very soothing and calming.

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.