fun activities
Underwater I spy alphabet bottle
Sparkly, glittery water is sure to attract little eyes. This alphabet bottle is fun to make and a great activity to keep your child busy either inside on a rainy day or traveling in the car. The craft helps kids recognize letters in a creative way, and is also a great time to start a quick conversation on recycling.
Materials:
Empty water or plastic soda bottle (best to use one without ridges)
Alphabet beads from the craft store
Glitter
Sequins or any tiny sparkly things
Corn syrup
Water
Sheet of paper
Highlighter
Glue gun (optional)
Instructions:
1. Write the alphabet from A-Z on a sheet of paper. Have your child lay all the beads from A-Z on the table. Check that she has all 26 letters and then drop them into the empty bottle.
2. Have your child drop in sequins. Help your child sprinkle some glitter inside.
3. Fill half the bottle with water and the other half with corn syrup. The corn syrup slows down the motion of the contents and helps the glitter not to stick together.
4. You can hot glue the lid onto the bottle so little hands do not spill. (optional)
5. Shake it up and watch the pretty water!
How many letters can your child spy? Using the alphabet paper you wrote, have your child highlight each letter she/he can find. Can she/he also spot the letters in her name? Have fun shaking!
Idea by Tina Cho
Tina Cho has been an elementary teacher for 11 years, mainly in the kindergarten classroom. She is currently a freelance writer.
Retrieved on March 11, 2013, from http://www.education.com/activity/article/underwater-spy-alphabet-bottle/.
Materials:
Empty water or plastic soda bottle (best to use one without ridges)
Alphabet beads from the craft store
Glitter
Sequins or any tiny sparkly things
Corn syrup
Water
Sheet of paper
Highlighter
Glue gun (optional)
Instructions:
1. Write the alphabet from A-Z on a sheet of paper. Have your child lay all the beads from A-Z on the table. Check that she has all 26 letters and then drop them into the empty bottle.
2. Have your child drop in sequins. Help your child sprinkle some glitter inside.
3. Fill half the bottle with water and the other half with corn syrup. The corn syrup slows down the motion of the contents and helps the glitter not to stick together.
4. You can hot glue the lid onto the bottle so little hands do not spill. (optional)
5. Shake it up and watch the pretty water!
How many letters can your child spy? Using the alphabet paper you wrote, have your child highlight each letter she/he can find. Can she/he also spot the letters in her name? Have fun shaking!
Idea by Tina Cho
Tina Cho has been an elementary teacher for 11 years, mainly in the kindergarten classroom. She is currently a freelance writer.
Retrieved on March 11, 2013, from http://www.education.com/activity/article/underwater-spy-alphabet-bottle/.
online games for children with special needs
4KIDS.ORG - Click on it to go to the website
This is a website that has multiple games to support children with special needs learning.
Mission of the webpage:
"Hello, and welcome to 4kidz.org - a website for young children and people with special needs. Games on this website are free to play and are designed to use simple motor skills with emphasis on attention span and hand-eye coordination commonly used with autism therapy activities".
Information retrieved from 4kids.com, on March 12, 2013, from http://www.4kidz.org/
This is a website that has multiple games to support children with special needs learning.
Mission of the webpage:
"Hello, and welcome to 4kidz.org - a website for young children and people with special needs. Games on this website are free to play and are designed to use simple motor skills with emphasis on attention span and hand-eye coordination commonly used with autism therapy activities".
Information retrieved from 4kids.com, on March 12, 2013, from http://www.4kidz.org/