Welcome to the Mom's Morning Out Blog! We are here to share with you some of the great activities we participate in every day at MMO and to give you some ideas on how to carry those activities over into your home. Because of our varied age group we aren't your typical preschool learning environment, we learn on the go and while we play, which is the best way to have it in our opinion! Our theme, shapes, letters and colors are introduced at the beginning of our day, usually through the chalk board and manipulatives we have out and reinforced during snack and circle time. Our themes at MMO are reinforced through our craft activities and the stories we choose to read each week. Learning at MMO is never forced and always fun. We try and expose the children to early learning skills through fun play and exploration. We hope you enjoy our blog and we'd love to hear your feedback! Be sure to check out our website!
Roar!!!
We've had a great time this week exploring our theme, dinosaurs! We have multiple stuffed dinosaurs as well as plastic dinosaurs and dinosaur bones to explore. Our shape of the week was a triangle, color was Green and letter was X!
Here are some cute pictures of a few of our friends who enjoyed their craft for the week, a baby dinosaur who has just hatched from an egg!
"ROAR!!!"
Coloring for little ones is often easier with our large 'cookie' crayons
To make 'cookie' crayons. Simply peel old crayons and break into small pieces. Place in a lined muffin tin (I use muffin tin liners - the paper ones work better than metal in my experience). You may not be able to use that muffin tin again if you end up with some melted crayon on it, so use an older tin or buy one of those disposable ones specifically for this craft. You can also use the silicone muffin tins, however you will never use them for muffins again, trust me. Try buying the ones that are different shapes for different times of the year, you can often get them on clearance or at dollar stores (think hearts for Valentines Day).
You can put the same colors all together in each tin or mix it up - just note that the darker crayons end up taking over a bit...Place in 250 degree oven until melted...about ten minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool before removing them from the tin and liners.
Voila! These crayons last a long time (the ones in the above picture are three years old) and are enjoyed by both big and little kids! Just make sure no one tries to take a bite! I recommend you use a better quality crayon (think Crayola) because the cheaper crayons seem to have more wax separate from the color...so you end up with a layer of clear wax on the top of your cookie crayon that you need to wear away before you can get any color from them.
Proud of her Dinosaur
Laurie Berkner has a fun song that we love to march around the room too. We all grab an instrument and march to this fun song saving our best roar's for the end!
