Wednesday, April 1

Hello everyone!

Here are some pictures from the last 2 days!  I have loved seeing your sweet baby pictures.

Today I have a story for you!  This story is called Egg, written by the same author as yesterday's story.  Enjoy! 

What animals come from eggs?  Let's play a game.  Have your grown up read the list of animals below.  If the animal comes from an egg, stand up and do a jumping jack.  If the animal does not come from an egg, sit down.  Ready?  Go!

Cat

Bird

Dog

Snake

Cow

Penguin

Spider

Tiger

Dinosaur 

Can you think of other animals that come from eggs?

Let's do some art!  Yesterday I posted about hanging Easter egg pictures in your windows and then looking around your neighborhood for eggs in other people's windows.  Today I challenge you to make egg art in a unique way!  I have 4 ideas for you, OR, come up with your own idea!

Idea 1: Cut out an egg shape from a large piece of paper.  Mix shaving cream, liquid glue, and colored paint together in a bowl.  Paint onto your paper egg.  The liquid glue will make the shaving cream stay up in peaks instead of melting away!
Idea 2: Cut out an egg shape from tin foil.  Decorate with patterns and lines using colored Sharpie markers!  This will be the shiniest egg!
Idea 3: Cut out an egg shape from paper.  Dip a long piece of yarn in liquid glue.  Place on your egg in a design of loops and waves.  Let dry.  Color with marker or paint inside the lines you created with the yarn.
Idea 4: Cut out an egg shape from paper. Stamp with toilet paper tubes or plastic egg halves dipped in paint or an ink pad.

OR...can you think of your own creative way to decorate an egg to hang in your window?

When you're finished, send me a picture, then hang it in your window!

Next, when you're grown up is ready, it's time to go for an egg hunt around your neighborhood.  Bring your notebook with you.  Walk around your neighborhood and keep track of how many Easter eggs you can find on windows or doors.  Put a check mark in your notebook each time you find an egg.  When you get home count them and write the total!  I wonder who will find 5? 10? 20?

Finally, let's do a building challenge!  Do you have plastic Easter eggs that can be broken in half?  If so, let's use them!  If not, you can use anything else that is stackable for this challenge (blocks, plastic containers, plastic cups, etc.)  Stack the Easter eggs in towers as high as you can without letting it fall!  How many eggs can you stack?  How tall of a tower can you make?  What tool could you use to measure it?

Have a great day!  I miss you all so much and it has been so fun video chatting with you!