it is like someone threw up rainbow on my kitchen table

i don't even know where that title came from

but its the thought that crossed my mind 

when I took this picture

and this isn't even all of the pictures that were created!

We did a little rainbow free art

I provided the kids with different materials

paper, pom poms, buttons, sequence, jewels, crayons, 

scissors, and glue

and then I set the materials on the table and just let the kids GO WILD!

i love putting the materials on a separate table

its fun for the kids to get up and move around 

and it frees space up on the working tables so kids have more room to work!

this is the face of a kid that just took a giant bite of a gluestick and said "mmmmmmmmmmmmm"

(if you look close you can see it all over the bottom of his teeth)

don't worry I pinned him down and scrapped it out!

FUN TIMES!

the thing I hear the most of when we do projects

"Jill do you like my picture!"

to which the kids will hear

IT'S FABULOUS!!!

I love the way you glued all those different color stripes on your paper!

can you tell me about your picture?

(i use that one when I have no idea whats going on and don't want to hurt their feelings, works like a charm my friends!)

you are the such a creative little genius!

I use a lot more comments depending on the project and what the kids have created

The reason I am sharing this with you is because I want to encourage all of you

not to just to say

"good job" or "way to go" 

"beautiful picture" or "Its fabulous" 

("its fabulous" is my favorite)

I challenge all of you to talk about your child's photos 

let them tell you the story that is behind their creation

sometimes you might hear

"i don't know!" and they walk away

and thats ok, but if you keep asking you will be amazed 

at the language your kids are using!

so...

no more good jobs, and nice pictures

talk about those projects!

The End!

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a rainbow game

some of my kids are getting older 

so I have been trying to incorporate some projects

that are challenging for them

but yet my smaller kiddos can still do...

this has been challenging for me

but yet i know i need to do this for the kids

what you need:

a picture of a rainbow

a rainbow dice

(i made this one)

a regular dice

glue

small pieces of paper--colors of the rainbow

a paper plate for the younger kids

--each side of the "dice" was a color of the rainbow!--

for our game the kids would roll the rainbow dice

and then the numbered dice

if the rainbow dice landed on orange

and the numbered dice landed on 5

they would have to glue on 5 orange pieces

while the older kids are busy with this game

the younger kiddos

are gluing rainbow pieces of paper to a paper plate!

simple, easy, but yet they are busy!

babies + sticky paper plate = lots of laughs for me!

(and maybe a little frustration for them)

and those kids that are to old to have a paper plate 

but not old enough to count or know all their colors

well they just got a rain bow

sat with the older kids and did what they wanted

i always find that they try their best to follow the older kids

They also sit and listen to them talking about colors and numbers

everyone is learning

Does anyone out there have multiple age groups?

What do you need to meet the needs of everyone involved?

I would love to hear your ideas!

Also on the side of my blog you can vote for what you would like to see more of at

babies, ToDdLeRs, and PRESCHOOLERS, oh my!!!

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somewhere over the...

rainbow

sometimes I get caught up in the 

"i can only do rainbows in march so I better get a move on"

and that annoys me that I get that way!

i need to remember to do things that kids are into not because

"its that time of year"

ok

with that being said 

it is March 9th and we havent done a rainbow activity yet ;)

--dont you love how my mind works!--

we will be doing lots of them now because

what kid doesn't love a rainbow!

We read about Noah and the ark

the animals

and God's promise to us!

the rainbow!

I got this little work sheet from HERE

we then added some fruit loops

BEFORE running to the store to buy a box of fruit loops 

WATCH WHICH ONES YOU GET!!

i was very disappointed when I realized I had the 

SUPER LOOPS

which meant all the reds were shaped like a figure 8...

total bummer! 

but don't worry I think I was the only one annoyed with that!

anyways back to the rainbow...

Lesson was learned today...

when doing an activity that involves glue make sure your glue bottles aren't all empty!

because then you waste time filling them into each other

and then you get upset because the kids are frustrated that their glue "isn't working!"

so always keep LOTS of glue on hand for your projects!!

my lesson was learned!

I loved the way the children worked differently!

Some children worked top to bottom red to purple

while other children put whatever color they wanted anywhere!

I always think little things like that show their personality!

I AM IN LOVE WITH THESE KIDDOS!!!

you can see by these two photos how differently the kids work!

this picture makes me smile!

He LOVES LOVES LOVES to read books!!

Also have you amazed your kiddos with your scientific skills by doing 

THIS

i honestly have no idea why a broom and some eggs will stand all by themself on a specific couple of days something about allignment and an axis, (science isn't my thing) but its pretty cool and the kids will think you are more awesome than you already are!!

happy broom standing!