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Ice Drum Musical Instruments

February 26, 2021 by Annette Kaminsky Leave a Comment

Easy to set up ice drum musical instruments that can be played indoors or outside any time of the year.
Easy to set up ice drum musical instruments that can be played indoors or outside any time of the year.

These ice drum musical instruments can be played outside or indoors any time of the year. The musical activities are inspired by the Siberian percussion group Etnobit, who experimented with playing ice on Lake Baikal, the world’s deepest lake.


What To Collect

food containers (yoghurt, sour cream, margarine, etc.)

bowls

food coloring

drum sticks

large tub

spoons for stirring and drumming


Making the Ice Drum Musical Instruments

Freeze water colored with food coloring in different sized food containers and bowls.

When frozen, remove the ice shapes from their molds and place them in a tub. Sprinkle snow in the tub first if it is available. Add drumsticks and objects for striking the ice.

Ice drum musical instruments that can be played indoors or outside any time of the year.

Playing The Ice Drums

Invite your early learners to experiment with drumming sounds on the ice chunks.

They can tap:

fast sounds

slow sounds

loud sounds

soft sounds

one slow note/ two fast notes drum beat

one loud note/two soft notes drum beat


The little learners can also tap their own melodies on the ice drums.

Ice drum musical instruments that can be played indoors or outside any time of the year.

Watch this video to see the percussion group Etnobit playing music on ice slabs.


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Filed Under: music, preschool, winter Tagged With: drums, music, musical instruments

Arctic Animal Facts And Sensory Trays

February 25, 2021 by Annette Kaminsky Leave a Comment

Arctic animal sensory trays featuring seals, narwhals, a polar bear, and igloo. Luxurious loose parts accent the trays.
Arctic animal sensory trays featuring seals, narwhals, and a polar bear and igloo. Luxurious loose parts accent the trays.

These Arctic animal sensory trays are inspired by a set of polar decorations spotted at a local hardware store. I saw them before Christmas and restrained myself from buying them. It was tough! I didn’t think of them again until just into the New Year, but then I just had to have them. Thankfully, one hardware store in the chain still had a full selection and I was able to buy the decorations for winter displays and sensory play.


Polar Animal Sensory Tray Loose Parts

A large round tray, silver plastic table mat for water or ice, and the following loose parts work well with arctic animal figurines:

Polar loose part tray inspired by an igloo, seal, and narwhal figurine.

pearl bead garland

large pearl beads

clear gems in various sizes

ice cube gems

silver bells

silver beads and bead garland

blue gems


Seal and narwhal-inspired loose parts tray.

Arctic Animal Sensory Trays

The polar decorations featured in these trays are breakable, so should be handled carefully. After discussing and exploring figurines such as these with your early learners, replace them with unbreakable Arctic animal and igloo toys for further learning and play.


The first two sensory trays showcase seals and narwhals. Here are some facts about these aquatic polar creatures:

Narwhals are small whales nicknamed sea unicorns. Males have a tooth that grows through their lip to form a spiraling ivory tusk. The tusks grow throughout the whales’ lives. Narwhals live in groups in the cold icy waters of the Arctic. They have been overhunted for their sought-after tusks so are hard to spot.

A glittery seal and embellished narwhals are the highlights of this luxurious sensory tray.

Six kinds of seals live in the Arctic. The seals spend much of their time in the frigid waters on or under the ice.  When the ocean freezes each year, they chew breathing holes through the ice with their teeth. They come up for air every few minutes, trying to avoid predators in the process.

Glittery seals take center stage in this aquatic polar animal sensory tray.

This next tray features a polar bear, seal, and narwhal.

Polar bears are large, creamy white bears that weigh up to 1100 pounds. They have black noses and eyes and can walk and swim long distances. Polar bears live on ice floes, rocky shores, and islands in the Arctic. Their tiny bear cubs are born in December in dens on land or ice. The cubs live with their mothers for about two years.

Polar bear and seal sensory tray with luxurious loose parts.

Below is a narwhal, seal and igloo sensory tray.

Igloos are dome-shaped snow houses that can be large or small. They are made with slanted rectangular blocks of packed snow cut by skilled carvers. In times past, igloos were used as a winter home or temporary hunting shelter. The igloos were super strong, able to withstand fierce winds and polar bear attacks. The snow homes were heated with oil lamps and could get pretty toasty. Furs lined sleeping areas and covered doorways.

Arctic sensory tray featuring a seal and narwhal, and an igloo.

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Filed Under: display, ocean, preschool, sensory, winter Tagged With: Arctic, narwhals, polar bears, seals, sensory tray

Valentine’s Day Gingerbread Cookies

February 18, 2021 by Annette Kaminsky Leave a Comment

Candy hearts and red, pink, and white sprinkles adorn these Valentine's Day gingerbread cookies. An all-ages activity to do.
Candy hearts and red, pink, and white sprinkles adorn these Valentine's Day gingerbread cookies. An all-ages activity to do.

After Christmas, there was enough undecorated gingerbread cookies leftover for another activity, so I thought my preschoolers could decorate Valentine’s Day gingerbread cookies.

But I wondered if it would be appropriate. I thought to myself: “Anything gingerbread is so popular at Christmas, but is doing activities with these spicy cookies a thing at other times of the year?”

An online search revealed the following:

Each year there is a National Gingerbread Day on June 5 and a National Gingerbread Cookie Day on November 21.

A website called Favorite Family Recipes has a lovely post about making a Valentine’s Day Gingerbread House.

Recipes By Diane showcases gingerbread Cupid Cookies.

And The Savvy Age features quick and easy heart-accented gingerbread cookies.

Armed with all this inspiring information, I decided that yes, decorating our saved cookies with a Valentine’s Day theme would be just fine. I headed out to shop for heart-themed decorations and prepared the activity for my class.

Decorated gingerbread Valentine's Day cookies.

The preschoolers relished decorating a Valentine’s Day gingerbread cookie. And your early learners would love it too.


What To Collect

gingerbread cookies (store-bought or homemade)

cookie or cake frosting (store-bought or homemade)

Valentine’s Day sprinkles

heart candies

cinnamon hearts

candy eyes

disposable plates

dull butter knives or tiny spatulas


Decorating The Gingerbread Cookies

For each child participating in the activity, set an undecorated gingerbread cookie on a plate. Add a dollop of icing and candy decorations to another plate.

Heart and sprinkle decorations to decorate a Valentine's Day cookie.

Set up a cookie decorating station for each child with candy decorations, a cookie, and a knife or tiny spatula.

Gingerbread cookie decorating station with Valentine's Day-themed decorations.

Invite your early learners to decorate their cookies by spreading on icing and adding candy eyes and a nose, mouth, eyebrows, jewelry, buttons, etc.

Wrap the cookies up for the children to take home.

Gingerbread cookies decorated with hearts and candy sprinkles.

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Filed Under: preschool, Valentine's Day Tagged With: baking, cookies, gingerbread cookies

Jewelry Sensory Tray

February 15, 2021 by Annette Kaminsky Leave a Comment

This heart-themed jewelry sensory tray goes beyond Valentine's Day with its cheery spring colors.
This heart-themed jewelry sensory tray goes beyond Valentine's Day with its cheery spring colors.

If you have washable heart-themed children’s jewelry pieces lying around or found some in a post-Valentine’s Day sale, they can have a go in a jewelry sensory tray. Add a few complimentary colored loose parts, and your early learners will be eager to explore the tray.


Loose Parts For The Tray

Heart-themed jewelry loose parts tray.

heart bracelets

color block silicone bracelets

rainbow heart rings

wiggly eye rings

rainbow heart erasers

foam flowers and hearts

gem hearts

flower eraser

buttons

This tray has loose parts in a variety of cheery colors, taking it beyond Valentine’s Day.


Making The Jewelry Sensory Tray

Heart-themed jewelry sensory tray that takes tactile exploration beyond Valentine's Day.

Pick a tray large enough for a few children to play in.

Add a layer of rice. I feature glutinous rice. I love it because it is super white.

Spread the heart jewelry and complimentary colored loose parts in the tray. Invite your early learners to explore the tactile center.

This sensory tray idea also works for individual play. Just divide the supplies into a portion for each child and add them to smaller trays.

Heart jewelry sensory tray with cheery colors that take tactile exploration beyond Valentine's Day.

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Filed Under: preschool, sensory, spring, Valentine's Day Tagged With: hearts, jewelry, loose parts, rice bin

Valentine’s Day Musical Instruments

February 14, 2021 by Annette Kaminsky Leave a Comment

Valentine's Day containers with loose parts added make drum and shaker musical instruments perfect for sound exploration.
Valentine's Day containers with loose parts added make drum and shaker musical instruments perfect for sound exploration.

Save those little containers that valentine treats and crafts come in! Empty chocolate boxes, plastic jars, heart-shaped bowls, and small containers make excellent sensory and art supplies. And when used with drumsticks and filled with loose parts, they can also be Valentine’s Day musical instruments.


Valentine’s Day Loose Parts To Collect

Here’s a supply of loose parts that early learners could choose from for music-making:

Loose parts to add to Valentine's Day containers to make shaker and drum musical instruments.

mini rubber balls

coins

erasers

heart necklaces

heart-shaped cookie cutters

red heart gems

pompoms

buttons

X and O game pieces


This compartment tray holds the above items and the ones below:

Loose parts to add to Valentine's Day containers to make shaker and drum musical instruments, and a variety of drumsticks.

pony beads

red and white round gems

large red beads

striped straws

wooden hearts


Making Valentine’s Day Musical Instruments

Collect Valentine’s Day-themed containers and set them out on a table with a tray of loose parts. Encourage little learners to fill containers with one kind of loose part and add lids. Have them use the filled containers as shakers.

A collection of Valentine's Day-themed containers with loose parts and drumsticks for music-making.

A heart-shaped bowl and small tin make excellent drums. Just add drumsticks!

An overturned plastic heart-shaped bowl and small tin make excellent drums.

When covered with a lid and tipped from side to side, this pony bead-filled tin becomes an ocean drum.

A heart-shaped tin with pony beads added makes an ocean drum.

Why not go big? This large chocolate box heart works wonderfully as an ocean drum too. A few beaded necklaces add the sound.

A heart-shaped empty chocolate box with necklaces or loose parts added makes an ocean drum.

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Filed Under: music, preschool, sensory, Valentine's Day Tagged With: loose parts, musical instruments, recycled acticity, Valentine's Day

Dinosaur Valentine Craft

February 13, 2021 by Annette Kaminsky Leave a Comment

A cute and "rawr-y" dinosaur valentine craft with ribbon, hearts, and pompoms. An all-ages activity.
A cute and "rawr-y" dinosaur valentine craft with ribbon, hearts, and pompoms. An all-ages activity.

It was just a couple of days before Valentine’s Day when one of my preschoolers said “Remember, Mrs. Kaminsky…you promised to make a dinosaur valentine craft for us to do.” And yes, I had!

We were just finishing up a polar dinosaur theme when I had come across super cute dinosaur Valentine’s Day window clings. They served as perfect transition décor from that winter wrapped dinosaur theme to a Valentine’s Day topic. And they provided lots of craft inspiration, which led me to tell my preschoolers we would do a dinosaur valentine craft.

So this is a very last minute dinosaur-themed Valentine’s Day craft project!


Supplies To Collect

dinosaur printable

12-inch x 12-inch cardstock

8 ½ x 11-inch cardstock

pompoms

wiggly eyes

thin felt pen

paper or foam hearts

thin ribbon strip

white glue

glue paddle

glue stick


Making The Dinosaur Valentine

Download one of these two dinosaur templates and print it on 8 ½ x 11-inch cardstock paper in the color of your choice.

Dinosaur template to use for a dinosaur-themed craft.

Dinosaur PrintableDownload

This printable is for individual or one classroom use only.


Rawr-y dinosaur template to use for a valentine craft.

Rawr-y Dinosaur PrintableDownload

This printable is for individual or one classroom use only.


Fashion a bow from a small strip of thin ribbon.

Cut out the dinosaur, and invite your early learner to use a glue stick to paste it on a 12-inch x 12-inch piece of complementary cardstock.

Then have your little one use white glue to add pompoms to the dinosaur back, wiggly eyes to the head, and a bow to the neck.

Next, have your little learner use the glue stick to add paper or foam hearts to the body, and use a thin felt pen to draw a smile on the head.

Cut out the “I Rawr-y Love You” greeting to add to the craft if desired.

Cute dinosaur valentine craft.

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Filed Under: art, dinosaurs, preschool, Valentine's Day Tagged With: dinosaurs, paper crafts, Valentine's Day

Scissor Skill Heart Collage

February 10, 2021 by Annette Kaminsky Leave a Comment

Scissor skill heart collage projects give early learners a chance to strengthen finger muscles and explore luxurious craft supplies.
Scissor skill heart collage projects give early learners a chance to strengthen finger muscles and explore luxurious craft supplies.

A simple but effective activity to plan is a scissor skill heart collage invitation. Early learners will be able to explore luxurious craft supplies with unique properties and textures and complete a display-worthy project.


Craft Supplies To Collect

Gather craft supplies that can be cut and glued in the color scheme of your choice. I feature traditional Valentine’s Day hues, but any color scheme would work beautifully. Cut the materials a little smaller if desired, but keep them large enough for little ones to trim some more.

Luxurious craft supply tray for heart collage crafts.

Included in this first compartment tray are:

pipe cleaners

crepe paper

tin foil

metallic purple paper

foam strips

heart patterned ribbon strips

thin and thick ribbon strips

lace

paper doily pieces

white and red bead garland

heart garland

scissors

Red, pink, and white craft supply tray for heart collage projects.

This second craft supply tray holds:

pink and white crepe paper

rose petals

foam pieces

Valentine’s envelopes

white yarn

cream lace

paper strips

red, gold and white ribbon

white bead garland


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Filed Under: art, display, preschool, sensory, Valentine's Day Tagged With: collage, hearts, loose parts, scissor skills, Valentine's Day craft, valentines

Valentine’s Day Playdough Activities

February 7, 2021 by Annette Kaminsky Leave a Comment

Valentine's Day playdough recipes and loose parts trays. A basic recipe with color variations and a jello playdough recipe is featured.
Valentine's Day playdough recipes and loose parts trays. A basic recipe with color variations and a jello playdough recipe is featured.

Playdough is a shoo-in for any Valentine’s Day theme. There are so many heart loose parts available to use, and who doesn’t like the chance to include red and pink colors in their play? In this post, I’ve included a basic playdough recipe and a jello recipe. The basic recipe includes color variations made with neon food colors. All the recipes are easy to use for introducing Valentine’s Day playdough activities to your little learners.

But first, the loose parts!


Valentine’s Day Loose Parts Trays

Here are two playdough trays brimming with loose parts. The tray below includes:

Valentine's Day playdough tray with loose parts and pink and white dough recipes.

rubber heart game pieces

X and O game pieces

toothpick cupcake toppers

wooden, gem, and foam hearts

buttons

heart erasers

natural colored gems

cookie cutters and rolling pin


This second tray includes:

Valentine's Day playdough tray with loose parts and blueberry, white, and lilac dough recipes.

heart bead garland

red and white bead garland

white and red gems

wooden, gem, and eraser hearts

large red beads

buttons

X and O game pieces

lollipop sticks


Basic Playdough Recipe

Valentine's Day playdough tray with loose parts and red, pink and white dough recipes.

My go to basic playdough recipe has the following ingredients:

2 cups flour

1 cup salt

4 teaspoons cream of tartar

2 cups water

3 tablespoons oil

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Add the first three ingredients to a sturdy pot and mix together.

Stir two tablespoons oil into two cups of water.

Add the water and oil to the dry ingredients and combine.

Heat on the stove on medium heat.

Stirring frequently, cook until the mixture is no longer glossy and the dough forms a ball.

Scoop the dough on to a cutting board.

Knead when cool, adding in one tablespoon more oil.

Store the playdough in a sealed plastic bag.


Valentine's Day playdough tray with loose parts and red, pink and white dough recipes.

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Valentine’s Day Sensory Tubes

February 6, 2021 by Annette Kaminsky Leave a Comment

Valentine's Day sensory tubes with red, purple, and pink loose parts. These tubes are perfect for float and sink experimentation.
Valentine's Day sensory tubes with red, purple, and pink loose parts. These tubes are perfect for float and sink experimentation.

With so many Valentine’s Day bits and baubles available to purchase or collect, it is easy to gather little pieces for sensory tubes. And Valentine’s Day sensory tubes are fun to put together.


Sensory Tube Loose Parts

Valentine's day loose parts tray with pieces for sensory tubes.

Here’s a few supplies that would work well in the sensory tubes:

X and O game pieces

rainbow and heart erasers

heart and jewel-shaped gems

small buttons

heart garland strips

bead garland strips

rubber hearts

foam hearts


Assembling The Valentine’s Day Sensory Tubes

Pick a few things from the loose parts list to drop in wide-mouthed water bottles with lids that secure on tightly. Then add water to each one. Set the tubes out on a table for little learners to investigate.


Valentine's Day sensory tubes with red, pink, and purple loose parts.

Float and sink experimenting works well with these sensory tubes. In the one on the left, X and O game pieces float to the top. Foam hearts float and erasers and gems sink in the middle tube. And in the one on the right, heart-shaped gems sink to the bottom.


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Filed Under: preschool, sensory, Valentine's Day Tagged With: loose parts, sensory tubes, water play

Woolly Valentine’s Day Crafts

February 6, 2021 by Annette Kaminsky Leave a Comment

Soft and dreamy woolly sheep Valentine's Day crafts decked with hearts and pompoms. The crafts make heart-tugging keepsakes.
Soft and dreamy woolly sheep Valentine's Day crafts decked with hearts and pompoms. The crafts make heart-tugging keepsakes.

Here are two, oh so cute woolly Valentine’s Day crafts your little learners will be excited to make, and loved ones will be elated to receive.


Items To Collect

Woolly sheep valentine craft supplies.

purple, pink, red and white pompoms

white glue and glue paddle

paper, foam or sticker hearts

8 ½ x 11-inch white or cream cardstock paper

12-inch x 12-inch cardstock paper

sheep template

glue stick

scissors

hot glue gun


Making The Woolly Valentine’s Day Crafts

Print the sheep template on to 8 ½ x 11-inch cardstock.

Cute sheep template for farm or holiday crafts.

Sheep PrintableDownload

This printable is for individual or one classroom use only.


Set the template on a table and invite your early learners to add sticker, paper, or foam hearts to the sheep’s body.  Then invite them to glue pompoms to the head. Your little charges will love the chance to use soft and showy pompoms in art.

Cute woolly sheep craft for Valentine's Day. Free printable included.

Print this version to include the header “I Woolly Think You’re Special.”

Cute woolly sheep template for a Valentine's Day craft.

Woolly Sheep PrintableDownload

This printable is for individual or one classroom use only.


Or cut the sheep out and have your little learners decorate one. Afterward, mount the sheep on to complementary pieces of 12-inch x 12-inch cardstock paper using a glue gun. Add a “woolly” Valentine’s Day saying of choice.

Soft and dreamy woolly sheep Valentine's Day craft.

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