Daycare Days of Summer

It's been a hot and hazy summer so far. The heat has put a little bit of a damper on our outside play but we are still having fun.

I know I'm a little a late with his but I wanted to share our Father's day project with you all.

We did the same type of worksheet for Dad as we did for Mom, of course.

We also did footprints with an adorable footprint poem I found online.

When we are having and extra hot or rainy day I like to bring the outdoors in. The children love to do sand and water play.

One of our Favorite activities is to roll out paper, tape it to the floor and let the children create!

They love to trace there hands and feet during this activity.

And trace their friends' hands and feet.

This is a fun and easy project we did for the 4th of July. We used star shaped cookie cutters with red, white, and blue paint to make these great stamps.

We have also been doing a lot of water play outside with the sprinkler and small pool. Stay tuned for more fun summer pics!

Bird Watching

We did a week all about birds and luckily had some great weather to do some bird watching. Here is how we made binoculars to do our bird watching.

We used toilet paper rolls taped together with masking tape.

I punched a hole in each side and used ribbon to create a strap so they could hang around the childrens' necks.

I gave the children markers and stickers to decorate and personalize them.

Then we headed out to see what we could find.

Cloud Dough

I found this fun recipe for Cloud Dough from Juggling with Kids. It has two simple ingredients and it creates an interesting texture.

The original recipe calls for 8 cups of flour and 1 cup of baby oil. I cut this in half.

- 4 cups of flour

- 1/2 cup of baby oil



I had to mix it with my hands for a few minutes and add a some more baby oil to get it to a good sticky consistency.

We used a vinyl table cloth on the floor to help contain the mess. The children had lots of fun playing with it. I did notice that as the children were playing their hands were absorbing some of the baby oil causing it to dry out a little and you can imagine what a mess dry flour can make. This was definitely a fun but messy activity.



Foot Print Penguins

To go along with our Animals at the Zoo theme we made Foot Print Penguins.

I traced each child's foot on black construction paper.

I cut the pieces for the penguin's feet, belly, and mouth for them to glue on. Then we used googly eyes.

Lion Mask

One of our recent themes was about animals in the Jungle. I wanted to share this cute Lion Mask that we made.

I cut the yellow circles for the Lion's face and drew the nose and mouth on it. If you have older children they could try cutting it themselves. The tissue paper I purchased from Michael's was already cut in small squares. You could use other types of material such as pieces of colored construction paper.

They painted the whole plate with glue.

Then put all the pieces on.

We had a roaring good time!

Maggies First Whale Watch

Maggie went on her very first Whale Watch this Memorial Day weekend. She loved it which is great because now we'll be able to spend more time with Daddy this summer. The pictures and videos tell it all!

Having lunch with Daddy

Paying Peek-a-Boo

Maggie and her friends Delia and Anisa

Best Buddies

Jo Anne was our naturalist. We were getting a little silly at the end of the day!

Watching the guys tie up the boat