First things first, we read the book together. They loved it and their favorite crayon was the peach crayon. They thought it was hilarious that he was embarrassed because he was naked (his crayon paper was peeled off). They asked me to read that page over and over. We did a sequencing activity that I found online after we read the book but I forgot to take pictures while we were doing it.
I covered our kitchen table in white butcher paper to help keep our table clean and so that they could color all over the table if they wanted to. While we were waiting on our crayons to melt, the boys each colored a crayon of their own for us to hang up in our playroom. I just cut the crayons out of a piece of poster board I had. Cason wanted to make a rainbow crayon and Corbin just picked the first crayon he could find out of the crayon bag and colored the entire crayon that color. Coloring is not Corbin's favorite thing to do but I hope over time he will learn to like it. Cason used to dislike coloring too and now he loves it.
All finished :)
Next, in the book the white crayon is upset that he doesn't get used enough and that the paper Duncan colors on is usually white so he can't even be seen. So we colored on white card stock with white crayons and then the boys used watercolors the paint over their designs. The watercolors made the white crayon designs show up. Corbin actually enjoyed painting for a few minutes :)
Chloe had fun watching her brothers paint :)
And here are our homemade LEGO crayons :)
While Corbin and Chloe were napping, Cason used the LEGO crayons to color a dinosaur :)
After nap time was over, Cason and Corbin played a game of crayon memory. I just printed the game out on card stock and laminated it. I have Scotch Thermal Laminator and I use it ALL the time!
After that, they used laminated spinners that I printed out to graph colors. Corbin needed a lot of help with this activity but he really loved using the spinner.
Cason and I used his graph to fill out a "What My Graph Tells Me" page together...
The next day, we looked though the book again and the peach crayon was still the favorite :)
The boys used dice to roll, count and trace numbers.
Then, Cason used the dice to roll, write, tally, and show different numbers (1-6).
They each got to color 3 crayons for their crayon box. Corbin picked his favorite color (green) and colored all three crayons the same color.
All done---can you tell which one belongs to Cason :)
Our last crayon activity was a little printable board game---they always love rolling the dice :)
We watched a YouTube video on how to make crayons from the Mr. Rogers show. Then, we gathered our supplies started making crayons of our own. We peeled crayon wrappers off some of our old and broken crayons and filled our silicone mold with the pieces. We heated the oven to 250 degrees and placed our silicone mold onto a cookie sheet lined with foil to avoid any spills. It took about 20 minutes for our crayon pieces to completely melt. I let the wax harden for a few minutes after we took it out of the oven and then I transferred it to the freezer for about 10 minutes to finish cooling off the crayons pieces. After they were completely hard, I just ran a little warm water under the mold to loosen the crayon pieces and make it easier for me get the crayons out of the mold.
I covered our kitchen table in white butcher paper to help keep our table clean and so that they could color all over the table if they wanted to. While we were waiting on our crayons to melt, the boys each colored a crayon of their own for us to hang up in our playroom. I just cut the crayons out of a piece of poster board I had. Cason wanted to make a rainbow crayon and Corbin just picked the first crayon he could find out of the crayon bag and colored the entire crayon that color. Coloring is not Corbin's favorite thing to do but I hope over time he will learn to like it. Cason used to dislike coloring too and now he loves it.
All finished :)
Next, in the book the white crayon is upset that he doesn't get used enough and that the paper Duncan colors on is usually white so he can't even be seen. So we colored on white card stock with white crayons and then the boys used watercolors the paint over their designs. The watercolors made the white crayon designs show up. Corbin actually enjoyed painting for a few minutes :)
Chloe had fun watching her brothers paint :)
And here are our homemade LEGO crayons :)
While Corbin and Chloe were napping, Cason used the LEGO crayons to color a dinosaur :)
After nap time was over, Cason and Corbin played a game of crayon memory. I just printed the game out on card stock and laminated it. I have Scotch Thermal Laminator and I use it ALL the time!
After that, they used laminated spinners that I printed out to graph colors. Corbin needed a lot of help with this activity but he really loved using the spinner.
Cason and I used his graph to fill out a "What My Graph Tells Me" page together...
The next day, we looked though the book again and the peach crayon was still the favorite :)
The boys used dice to roll, count and trace numbers.
Then, Cason used the dice to roll, write, tally, and show different numbers (1-6).
They each got to color 3 crayons for their crayon box. Corbin picked his favorite color (green) and colored all three crayons the same color.
Then we cut out our crayons. Corbin still needs a lot of help with scissors but he loves practicing.
All done---can you tell which one belongs to Cason :)
Our last crayon activity was a little printable board game---they always love rolling the dice :)
Sources for activities:
Teachers Pay Teachers - I used several activities from her unit :)
All of these are on my Pinterest Board
Other summer activities we are doing while we are home for summer:
Letter of the Week:
I started making my Letter of the Week box back when Cason was a baby. Some of the stuff I had from teaching and some of the stuff I have collected over the past 6 years. I have a giant ziploc bag for each letter of the alphabet and I keep a list of what time of the year each letter should be used. For example, my C bag has a lot of Christmas activities so I make sure to use it during December. Some of the letters have more activities than others. I just use the same box all the time and switch out the ziploc bags when we change letters. Cason knows all of his letters and sounds and he can complete the activities very quickly. Corbin needs some help from me. Right now we have the U box out---U is for Umbrella and USA.
Everything
Magnetic pom poms are easy to make (just pom poms, magnets, and hot glue) and can be used on top of a magnetic dry erase board or cookie sheet.
The boys also like using the Do-A-Dot paint markers...
Dry erase markers work great on top of laminated paper and they wipe off very easily with a wet wipe.
Play dough gets used a lot at our house. Yes, it can be messy--BUT---it cleans up easily and it doesn't stain their clothes. We always make our own play dough and add in fun colors and scents.
Here is my favorite recipe:
1 cup flour
1 cup warm water
2 teaspoons cream of tarter
1/3 cup salt
1 tablespoon baby oil OR vegetable oil
Optional:
food coloring
essential oils for scent
glitter for sparkle
First, mix all dry ingredients in a sauce pan (no heat) first. Then mix in the wet ingredients and stir until well combined. Turn stove on to medium and stir constantly until the play dough clumps in a ball around the spoon. Remove from heat and knead play dough. You can add some flour if the play dough feels sticky.
Recipe #2: I got this one from Corbin's teacher this year. It makes a LOT.
2 cups of flour
1 cup of salt
4 teaspoons cream of tarter
2 tablespoons oil
2 cups of water
food coloring
Same cooking instructions as above.
Foam color cubes to make letters and shapes...
Stacking pegs
Matching numbers to rain drops...
Corbin was more interested in looking through his new library books. Which as always, our library books consist of books about dinosaurs or cars and trucks.
Magnetic pattern blocks on the magnetic dry erase board :)
1plus1plus1equals1 is a GREAT blog for finding printables! Here are a few of her activities we use:
Confessions of a Homeschooler has a lot of great ideas on her blog too. I love her Letter of the Week pack---the printables are not free but it's a really great bundle.
Her ABC pattern block printables are free :)
Some other things we have been up to lately...
Trying to work on reading BOB books and memorizing Kindergarten sight words with Cason. We took a nice long break with the BOB books so I'm hoping we can get through this set before school starts.
Corbin loves working with his name bag...
They always love play dough. This is our play dough box and trays that we use. I found these trays on Oriental Trading years ago and I LOVE them. We use them for everything! I can't find the exact trays but I found these trays that are very similar.
We have an assortment of items in our play dough box and I change them out when needed. Some things we keep in our box:
Play dough shape stampers
Play dough letter stamps
Dino stampers
Dinosaurs ---to make fossils, and footprints
LEGO pieces
Googly eyes
Popsicle sticks
Cut up straw pieces
Cars and trucks
Cookie cutters
Play dough scissors and rollers
Squeezable baby food pouch lids for wheels and helicopters
They also like Kinetic Sand and you can use some of the same tools with the kinetic sand.
Corbin is working on his ABC's. He can FINALLY identify all 26 letters. Cason could identify all the letters AND the sounds they make at age 2---is this just a second child thing??? Mom Fail??? LOL
This ABC puzzle takes him quite a bit of time to do and he has to sing his ABC's over and over again---so it's really good practice for him. He also loves to play Alphabet BINGO and number ZINGO---Corbin needs a lot of help counting the pictures on the cards for ZINGO though.
That was a super long post! Feel free to add more summer learning activities in the comments section---I love hearing about new things to try!
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