Week 2 - Activities & Materials Needed

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MATERIALS NEEDED FOR THE WEEK 

      Week 2 Day 1

      STICKER MATCHING

      Materials Needed

      • Paper
      • Markers, Crayons or Pencil
      • Set of Matching Stickers

      What to Do

      1. Place stickers, randomly in columns on the right and left side, downwards on the paper.
      2. Have the child draw lines to match them.

      PIPE CLEANER FUN

      Materials Needed

      • Pipe Cleaners
      • Cardboard box or Colander

      What to Do

      1. If using a cardboard box, poke lots of holes in the cardboard box, you can do it at random or in a fun pattern, letter or shape. 
      2. Give child pipe cleaners, show them how to fit it inside a hole and have them fill all the holes! 

      Week 2 Day 2

      MESS FREE FINGER PAINTING

      Materials Needed

      • Gallon Size Ziploc Bags
      • Paints
      • Poster Board or Card Stock

      What to Do

      1. Cut poster board to fit just inside the bag
      2. Dot poster board with paints, place inside bag and seal
      3. Place on the table and your child can squish paint around with their fingers!

      FIZZY COLORS

      Materials Needed

      • Foil Tray (or similar container)
      • Baking Soda
      • White Vinegar
      • Ice Cube Trays
      • Pipettes
      • Food Coloring
      • Gallon Size Ziploc Bags

      What to Do

      1. Put a layer of baking soda filling the bottom of the tray
      2. Put vinegar in each ice cube tray spot
      3. Add food coloring to vinegar so that there are a variety of colors to use
      4. Use a pipette or medical syringe to place a few drops of the colored vinegar into the tray of baking soda
      5. Watch what happens!

      Week 2 Day 3

      BUTTERFLY SNACK

      Materials Needed

      • Pipe Cleaners
      • Clothes Pins
      • Snack Size Ziploc Bags
      • Snacks (goldfish)
      • Markers, Paints and/or Stickers

      What to Do

      1. Have the kids decorate the clothes pins using markers, paint and/or stickers
      2. Fill snack bags half way with goldfish or other snack
      3. Wrap pipe cleaner around the middle of the plastic bag leaving equal lengths on either side as antennas. 
      4. Place clothes pin over pipe cleaner
      5. Roll the ends of the pipe cleaners around a pen to shape them

      OCEAN SENSORY BAG

      Materials Needed

      • Gallon Sized Ziploc Bag or Reusable food storage bags
      • Clear Hair Gel
      • Under the sea creatures
      • Glass Gems (optional)
      • Blue Food Coloring
      • Duct Tape (optional)

      What to Do

      1. Place sea creatures and gems inside bag
      2. Mix hair gel with a few drops of food coloring and add colored gel to the bag
      3. Remove air from the bag as you close it 
      4. Optional: duct tape the top to keep it secure and keep your kids from opening it!


      Week 2 Day 4

      BAKE BROWNIES

      Materials Needed

      • Brownie Mix or your favorite brownie recipe ingredients

      What to Do

      1. Bake Brownies according to box/recipe

      SINK OR FLOAT

      Materials Needed

      • Sensory Bin
      • Water 
      • Natural Materials (twigs, rocks, leaves, flowers)

      What to Do

      1. Have the kids gather twigs, rocks, leaves, flowers, etc while you fill the sensory bin with water (good outside activity!)
      2. Let the kids guess whether each object will sink or float as they drop it in!

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