Fine motor skills

This week we have been working on little one's fine motor skills.  His birthday was on Sunday.  I thought it would be a good lesson for him to make thank you cards.  On one side I wrote the message and little one signed his name.  On the other side I wrote "thank you" in big letters.  I used paint and the end of a marker to make circles.  Then little one glued either pom-poms or pony beads on each circle to spell out "thank you".   It has taken us quite a few days to do this project becuase it is quite tedious for little one.  He also used a paint dabber for some of the dots.  We reviewed the letters and the words as he worked.

Dying Easter Eggs

Today we dyed Easter eggs using shaving cream and food coloring.  

Paint in a bag

So I found this cool sensory activity on another blog.  It is super easy to do.  You get a gallon sized ziploc baggie and some paints.  You squirt the paint into the bag and seal it up.  Then you tape it to your sliding glass door!  Simple as that!  Little one and I practiced his shapes and letters.  Its like using a dry erase board without any cleaning :). Little one kept looking at his hands to see if there was any paint on them ;). Try it out!

Dinosaur footprints

Today we completed our Dinosaur Train PBS lessons by discussing dinosaur tracks and painting.  We watched the video, did a matching worksheet, and then painted footprints.  We cut out a footprint and glued it onto construction paper.  Little one practiced his fine motor skills by doing the cutting and glueing all by himself.  He also wanted to use glitter on the footprint.  I cut a foam brush to make a footprint shape.  Here is a picture.

Our new Pope!

Today the Catholic Church has a new Pope.  He chose the name Francis.  Little one and I watched the news and then made a Pope hat out of white felt.  I got the idea from catholicicing.com. 

Another plane :)

After making our pterosaur planes little one asked to put together a wooden bi-plane kit we had picked up at AC Moore for $1.  I said "sure!" :). What good homeschool momma would say no to more learning? ;). The kit was for age 8 so this homeschooling momma actually did most of the work of this project.  LO painted the plane and mommy glued it together with a hot glue gun.

Pterosaur plane

Today we did the Dinosaur Train PBS lesson on making our own pterosaur planes.  I made one and little one made one.  It was definitely a lesson in following directions and fine motor skills.  We had fun and it only took a few minutes to actually construct and decorate.