 Color
Cans-Any can made out of cardboard with a plastic
top. Wrap each one in a different color. Fill with things
of that color only. Example..the red can will be covered in red paper and hold
things like little red toys, red cloth, red crayons,
red buttons...etc. Start with your basic colors, red, yellow,
blue and green.
Coffee Can Tree-Get an
old coffee can and wrap it in construction paper.
Find a good small branch with lots of little limbs.
Fill the can with rocks and stick the limb in tight.
Use
it throughout the year changing it for the seasons.
Be sure to let the kids decorate it! Keep it on your Science Table.
Magic Box:
Decorate medium size boxes in each of the basic colors. Make an extra
one special for each of the holidays. Example: Christmas Magic Box decorated
with trim and old christmas cards you save. Big bow on top.
Use these as well as the plain Magic Boxes to draw out story time pieces
or any objects you wish to talk about that day.
WaterPlay-You
need a water table and a wash tub for in-room water
play. Use them at least once a week. Change the water
color with food color. We just recently let the kids
saw a board to fit the middle of the water table. Now they
can set their cups, funnels and bottles on it. Cut way
down on the spills!
Chicken Trays-
Save all those bottoms that come on chicken from the store. Clean well and use for paint or glue jobs.Then Recycle.
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Bean Play-We use our
old water table for a bean table. It holds loads of
beans of different colors with bottles and small toys.
Use any container but make it as large as possible.
Rice Play-Get a
plastic container (large) for rice play. Use different rice colors and for a surprise
slip in some glitter toward the end of the year.
Tracing-Grab all the cardboard
boxes you can find. Cut out circles, squares, rectangles, triangles, bunnies,
bells, tree shapes, hearts etc...in small, medium and large sizes. Kids
will use these all year. Big boxes turn into many things with a child's
imagination. No really good pre-school teacher passes up a free box!
Macaroni Play-There are many different varieties of macaroni availible
today in different colors and shapes. Fill a large container with these and add toys that go along
with your lesson plans of the day.
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