Friday, November 15, 2013

Pumpkin Spice Play Dough












Pumpkin Spice Play Dough

Ingredients:

- 1 cup salt

- 1 cup water

- 1cup flour

- 1 tbsp cream of tartar

- 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice

- extra flour

- orange food coloring

Directions:

- In a medium saucepan, combine the salt, water, flour, and spice over medium heat.

- Add the food coloring to get the shade you desire.  

 - Stir the mixture together until it's thick and sticky.

- Remove from heat and let the dough cool.

- Dust counter top with flour.

- As soon as the dough is cool enough to handle, dump the dough on the floured counter top and knead in the flour until the dough is no longer sticky. Add flour until you reach the desired consistency.

- Store in an air-tight container.  

Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt





Thanksgiving  Scavenger  Hunt

Can you find:
  •    Something rough?
  • Something cold?
  • Something in the shape of a circle, a rectangle and  if you’re really lucky, a heart.
  • Now, can you find a piece of trash?
  • Something yellow and something orange?
  • How about two seeds?
  • A pinecone?
  • Something a bird would use for their home?
  • Something that makes a sound?
  •   A stick?
Have fun and good luck!   
 
 
 

Thursday, November 14, 2013




Native American Culture & Giving Thanks
Ten Little Rabbits
By Virginia Grossman & Sylvia Long
Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message 
By Chief Jake Swamp 
Raven
By Gerald McDermot
Rattlesnacke Dance
By Jim Arnosky
I'm Thankful Each Day 
By P.K. Hallinan
The Quilt Story 
By Tony Johnston and Tomie dePaola
Twas The Night Before Thanksgiving
By Dav Pilkey
Everybody Needs A Rock
By Byrd Baylor
The Ledgend of the Indian Paintbrush
By Tomie dePaolo
Little Brother Moose
By James Kasperson
This House Is made of Mud
By Ken Buchanan
A Turkey for Thanksgiving
By Eve Bunting
Baby Rattesnake
Adapted by Lynn Moroney

Native American Culture

Our Native American theme is in full swing here at Harmony Preschool.  Preschoolers have enjoyed building tepees, dying fabric, cooking corn bread, creating pinch pots and much more!  We have had so much fun exploring Native American artifacts from the University of Colorado's Museum of Natural History.  We look forward to continuing to learn about the Native American culture over the next couple weeks.     

The Cupcakes Making Tepees

Lacing Work

Painting With Berries


Fun in the Tepee

Weaving Work



Let me read you a story about Native Americans! 

I made a snake!  

Leaf Stamping 

Creating a drum

Decorating a totem pole  

Painting with Feathers 

Painting a pinch-pot 

Decorating Turkey Feathers