Four Seasons Poster

Divide a piece of paper into four sections and label Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall. Have your child browse through old magazines for at least one picture to go with each season, from weather to clothing to activities we do during that season.

It Looked Like Spilt Milk

Just want to recommend a book that might inspire a few activities this summer. It's called "It Looked Like Spilt Milk" by Charles G. Shaw and published by HarperFestival.

*Extension: Cloud watching.

*Extension: Paint white paint on blue paper and then fold it in half. What does it look like now?

Sun Prints

**Arrange a few interesting items on black construction paper and leave in the sun for about 1 hour. The sun will fade the paper leaving nice prints behind.**

Shadow Shifters

All this activity takes is some chalk and a sunny day. Ask your child to locate their shadow.

Guiding questions:

What does your shadow look like?

Can you make your shadow bigger? Smaller?

Can you find a place where your shadow disappears?

What happens when our shadows come together?

Whose shadow is larger?

Can one person hide in another person's shadow?

Can you make your shadow wiggle? Run? Hold very still?

Trace around child's feet with chalk as they stand in the sun. Trace their shadow standing still. Point out where the sun is. Several time during the day, return and stand in the footprints to see what happens. Trace the new shadow with a new color of chalk. Look at the sun's position.

*Extension: Play "catch a shadow" with friends.

*Extension: Read Robert Louis Stevenson's My Shadow