Earth Day Activity #2 - Learning about the Earth

I bought this Atlas Book for Kids at Barnes and Noble during Christmas time and it was $5.  I have never showed it to the kids until today.

We talked about the Earth, where we live on it and then flipped through and learned about the other continents.  Remember they are toddlers so it wasn't too indepth but it was a great learning day for them!

So we made Earths. First we painted the blue ocean.

Then we tore up some green paper and added it to the Earth.  I glued shapes to the Earth and they glued the paper on.

Then we looked at the USA, my kids spotted Grandpas house!

Earth Day Activity #1 - Planting Flowers

I am totally getting this idea from my friend CC who started me thinking about Earth Week...Every idea this week will be for Earth Week.

Today we planted flowers.

The kids got to pick what they wanted to plant.

My son made sure he had something masculine, no pink for him!

These shovels were $1 at Target

My husband took charge and explained to them why we mix up the dirt, why we add food to the dirt and why we dig holes.

The kids loved learning about this.

They also enjoyed getting dirty.

They also planted tomatoes, and talked about how some of the food we eat comes from the ground.

Watering can $1 at Target

They talked about root systems, and how we need to be gentle with the flowers and plants.

my baby just watched.  Rake $1 at Target.

The plants were all $2.50 at the local nursery so total monies for the day was $10!

Go play in the dirt today! 

Orange Lunch

Its that time again!  This week is the color orange!

Orange Powerade, Peach Yogurt, Carrots, Cheddar Flips (Pretzel Crackers),

 Mac n'Cheese, Cheeto's, and Orange Slices.

We talked about what makes orange.

What we liked the most.

How many things are orange in nature.

Why most things that are orange have cheese on them or in them!

It was fun! Try it today!

Cherry Blossom Trees

So we talked about how spring is coming and one of my favorite things about spring is the Cherry Blossom Trees in Washington, DC.  I have yet to see them in person but someday my husband will take me. :)

Cut out a trunk and glue it on and then cut several squares out of tissue paper.

Glue several dots on the background of the paper and then let the kids crumble the tissue paper and glue it on.

It is a fun way to release stress! :)

They are so cute too!  Scroll up to see the finished product!

Scoops of Fun!

Our fourth item in...cheap and fun weird toy week

I found it at Walmart for $7 dollars, Target no longer carries this game.

A and L jumped right into this game!

It is a great little game 

Fun Find Game

Our third item in...cheap and fun weird toy week

Grab some small candies, and some plastic eggs.

Take the tops off and then put one candy in the egg.

Move them around and let the kids guess where the candy is hiding...

Nope not there...

The excitement in my daughters face is not fake...they LOVED this game!

Then I let them play it themselves and they thought it was so much fun!

Peg-A-Lite

Our second item in...cheap and fun weird toy week

These were a dollar at Michaels and they do have small parts so I would make sure that you are sitting with the kids while they are playing with these.

L and B were so into this they sat for 45 minutes making the designs.  It was perfect for small motor skills!

L was being so silly!

I mean they sat there quietly and worked hard on their peg-a-lites!