The sun has been peeking out out just a bit and since we have been exploring the weather all week, we tried a little sunshine weaving…
For the younger children, I precut some sunshine shapes out of chip board – a light weight but sturdy cardboard. The cardboard was donated to me and it is perfect for so many different kinds of activities…
Miss Abby and I poked holes in the center of each sunshine and tied a length of yellow yarn through the hole to get the children started on their weaving…
The children started with yellow yarn and then we added a length of orange yarn to give our sunshines a little more color…
The children were invited to add as much yellow and orange yarn as they would like. The children wrapped the yarn all around the sunshines…
It is hard to know how much yarn to start off with – so we just kept adding lengths of yarn as we went along so it didn’t get tangled up. The children did a terrific job at managing the weaving process and adding more yarn….
Each child added his or her own name to the sunshines at some point during the process so they could take them home at the end of the day…
I am hoping that a little sunshine weaving with bring some more sunshine here to stay!
Lots of Weather Watchers joining in today!
Each of the following bloggers are joining it today’s weather blog hop! Be sure to see the linky below and visit as many of my fellow weather watchers as you can!
NurtureStore :: The Golden Gleam :: Rainy Day Mum :: Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas
Putti Prapancha :: Sun Hats & Wellie Boots :: Montessori Tidbits :: Kitchen Counter Chronicles
Reading Confetti :: Dilly-Dali Art :: Growing A Jeweled Rose :: The Iowa Farmer’s Wife
AngeliqueFelix.com :: Kindergarten Basics :: Mommy With A Selective Memory
Glittering Muffins :: Creative Family Fun :: Living Montessori Now :: Toddler Approved
Living at the Whitehead’s Zoo :: Sense of Wonder :: Make, Do & Friend :: Creative Connections for Kids
The Educators’ Spin On It :: RainbowsWithinReach :: A Mom With A Lesson Plan :: Creativity my Passion
Mama Smiles :: Teach Preschool :: JDaniel4’s Mom :: The Outlaw Mom Blog :: Mama Mia’s Heart2Heart
Linky Up
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