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Children enjoy learning about the seasons. A great way to encourage learning and having fun at the same time is take the time to do a seasonal activity with a child. Below are some simple ideas that will encourage a child’s curiosity. Crafts: Make a paper airplane: Visit airplanes for directions on making planes. Plant flowers or even a tomato plant in a patio planter. Have the child water and weed the plant. Its great fun to pick a fresh tomato in the summer! Visit Enchanted Learning, early childhood ,or familyfun for some great spring craft ideas! Cooking: Color eggs: Try using natural dyes from coffee grounds, onion skins, cut up beets, to even dandelions. For more ideas for dyes and instructions log onto egg dyes. Log on to familyfun or pbskids for great springtime recipes. ability provides many links for kids recipes. Outdoor fun: Fly a kite at a local park, open field, or beach! Take a child on a walk in the neighborhood and look for buds on flowers and trees. Its a great idea to go on a weekly basisto watch the development of growth. Crafts: Make a rock mosaic: You will need: A piece of cardboard, non-toxic glue, and pebbles/stones of different sizes and colors. Ask the child place glue on the cardboard then arrange the pebbles/stones in the glue for his/her creation. Allow a few hours to dry. Make a seashell necklace: You will need: Various sizes of thin shells, string, twine, thin rope, or even dental floss. The Adult will need to make a small hole at the top of each shell by using a pin. Ask the child to string the shells on the string. When the child is finished tie a knot at the end. Make sure it is long enough to fit over the child’s head. Visit Enchanted Learning, early childhood ,or familyfun for some great summer craft ideas! Cooking: Make jello Make ice cream milkshakes with ice cream, milk, and fresh fruit! Make a fresh vegetable salad Log on to familyfun or pbskids for great summertime recipes. ability provides many links for kids recipes. Outdoor fun: Take a trip to the beach and collect seashells Collect rocks and start a rock collection Crafts: Leaf
rubbings: collect a leaf that has not dried out,
place under a piece Visit Enchanted Learning, early childhood ,or familyfun for some great autumn craft ideas! Cooking: Apple crisp or apple pie Pumpkin pie/bread/muffins Stuffed apple: core an apple and have a child stuff it with peanut butter and raisins for a real tasty treat! Log on to familyfun or pbskids for great autumn recipes. ability provides many links for kids recipes. Outdoor fun: Go hiking at a local park or state park to view foliage and have a picnic Pick apples, pears and pumpkins at a local orchard Crafts: Make snowflakes: You will need a piece of paper, a plate and child scissors. Trace around the plate to make a circle on the piece of paper. Cut out the circle. Fold the paper in half. Then fold it in thirds. Then fold it in half one more time. Use scissors to cut small pieces out of the paper. Then unfold the circle to see what your snowflake looks like. Examine snowflakes: A great activity to do on a snowy day! You will need a piece of black construction paper and a magnifying glass. Place the piece of black construction paper outside but not where it will get snow on it. Let the paper chill for a few minutes. Then catch move the paper to catch snowflakes. When you have collected a few flakes, bring to in and examine with a magnifying glass. Are they the same? How many sides do they have? Collect pine cones and evergreens: place them in a bowl or vase for decoration or make a bird feeder. Visit Enchanted Learning, early childhood ,or familyfun for some great winter craft ideas! Cooking: Make a gingerbread house with graham crackers and frosting. Decorate with gum drops etc. Make gingerbread men and decorate them. Make Latke's Log on to familyfun or pbskids for great wintertime recipes. ability provides many links for kids recipes. Outdoor fun: Make and decorate a snowman or snow car. Make a snow fort. Make a big pile of snow and pack it down. Dig a hole for the door and scoop out snow in the middle. NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN UNATTENDED IN THE FORT! Make colored snow. Take a spray bottle add water and a few drops of food coloring. Spray on snow. You could make pictures or a colored snowman. Make snow angels. The child should lie down in the snow on his back with his arms at his side and feet together. Then ask the child to move his legs outwards and move his arms up over his head moving the snow as he goes. Do this step a few times then get up and see your angel. Pack a thermos full of hot chocolate and go ice skating. Below are a few places to visit in the Greater New Haven Area:
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