It rained on our classroom!

Yes it rained in our classroom!

Demonstrating how rain falls from a cloud!

Shaving cream - food colouring and a clear jar of water is all you need for this demonstration.

Spray some shaving cream on top of the water and then drop on a few drops of food colouring.

Voila - it's raining! It takes a few seconds for the food colouring to makes its way through - be patient.

I saw this HERE and quite a few other places - I knew we had to try it!

Experiment Fun!

We saw this link today and tried it out right away!

We filled the Ziploc with water.

Poked in a few pencils.

No leaking - too cool!

Then we took out the pencils - Geyser - that was fun!

We did this over and over until the holes were just too big to be effective.

Good wet fun!

Sink and Float

Today we did a sink and float activity - this is always a wonder for the toddlers. It may be old hat for us but for them it's new and exciting!

These are some of the items we gathered from the classroom!

Who says ya need paint?

So yesterday we took out some paint brushes - sponges - and squirt bottles, once the water bins were filled the children began to 'paint' the fence with water. There was no encouragement required - the children knew what to do with a paint brush. It was great fun! Creativity is about the process - NOT the product - right!

One child starts!

Others follow!

Then we try other 'tools'.

Someone wanted to paint something other than the fence! LOL :)

Water Play

Often the best moments are the times when we have an impromptu, relaxing, do nothing day! Since today was Friday, and our senior classes were having their graduation, we decided to head outside with our sensory tubs and waterplay toys. We put them out on the middle of the playground and filled them up with the hose. So for an hour and a half the children had a very joyful morning!

The water bins were like magnets for the tots to play in.

There were a variety of items in there to play with. Sponges, funnels, fish, shovels, plant pots with holes..... you name it, we put it in.

I also made these sponge balls which the kids said looked like spiders. :)

The balls are made by cutting rectangular sponges into 1/2 inch strips - gathering about 8 strips in the centre and securing them together with an elastic band. That's it - easy and fun!

I wish I had bigger bins and more of them. I have to remember to bring my kiddie pools next week!

Um isn't this what we do with the funnels? :)

I spy with my little eye....

Some of my friends needed to get a little more wet!

As you can see most of the tots clothes ended up on the fence to dry!

Aw refreshing!

Rub-a-dub-dub!

Rub-a-dub-dub three babies in a tub!

Some of the really fun activities come from the need to sanitize and clean toys. Why not get the children involved and give the baby dolls a bath - or wash the play dishes - have a car wash. Good clean fun!