weekly menu

I am studying with a 3 year old and a five year old so we like to earn by lots of hand on activities.
I decided to make a weekly menu of experiential activities to help structure our time and inspire our learning.

1. find 8-10 different leaves and glue them on to a brown paper bag to make a collage and talk about the differences and similarities between the leaves.

2. Make a picture using only dots. Look at examples of such art online http://bubblegumpost.com/2011/05/australian-aboriginal-dot-painting/

3. Bake scones and have a tea party.

4. Create paper people- mom draws a face kids color it in and help make collage clothes and hair.

5. Rainbow name -write child's name very large on large construction paper and let child trace it with all the colors of the rainbow-- do the same with "I love you DAD" to make a father's day card

6. crayon rubbing with watercolor resist. Use the side of the crayon to rub over the paper with interesting textured surface underneath... we tried plywood, screen door leaves etc. Paint over the top with water color.

7. sequin collage just for fun

8. finger paints with different textures using straws, notched spatula or cardboard