Weatherman (or woman)
Material
- A cardboard plate
- Coloring crayons
- A split pin (brass fastener)
- Colour cardboard
Instructions
- Separate the plate into four sections: cloud – sun – rain – storm. You can draw the images or make a collage to illustrate each section.
- Cut out an arrow (to use as a clock’s hand), and place it in the center of your plate with the help of the split pin.
- Hang your weather clock near a window on the bedroom or kitchen wall.
- Every morning, ask your child to look out into the sky and place the arrow in the right section of the weather clock.
Tell me ! Tell me !
Material
- Various natural elements.
Instructions
- Suggest to your child different adjectives describing a tactile sensation (hard, soft, wet, dry, smooth, etc.) or an olfactory sensation (bitter, sweet, strong, etc.)
- Next, ask your little one to describe the objects using the right adjective.
- You can also go outdoors to look for the objects meeting the different descriptions.
Maracas
Material
- Unused camera films or empty baby food containers (the containers should be opaque).
- Mineral elements in diverse forms: dirt, sand, gravel, grains, rocks, etc.
Instruction
- Prepare two small boxes, each containing the same elements, in order to ask your child to figure out which boxes make the same sound.
- Present the boxes four at a time (two different sounds), six at a time, eight, etc.
