These are the boots that the children decorated and the cactus that they painted.  They actual colored the cactus twice.  We discovered that when the finger paint dried it did not leave behind very much color, so we decided to use crayons.  That worked great!  The children were able to feel the rough sandpaper while they finger painted and could see how the rough paper affected the crayons. It was a cool lesson on, "if at first you don't succeed...."

This week, I added tongs to the sensory table, to see if they could pick up the "gold" coins with them. They did pretty well!

We talked about how cowboys/girls keep track of their cows when they are all out on the range together with everyone else's cows.  They put their letter "brand" on them!  The children practiced printing their letter.  We also had out a few "letter" activities.

Today, the children worked on making a desert sunset. This was a good activity to help them develop fine motor skills and listening to instructions. It's not easy using a pipette!

Two Handed!

Hope to see you at the Winter Carnival!