* Ball Hoop Toss *

Come one come all!!! Step right up and try to get the ball in the hoop!!! Who doesn't love anything to do with bouncing balls and a hoop ring net. I chose this activity to do with the children because our class loves balls an they even more love throwing the balls.

What You Will Need

In this activity you will need balls and a hoop net whether its store bought or you decided to be creative and make your own.

   

After you have these materials together you let them choose their ball an let them throw and try to make the hoop. We had different types of balls smooth, spikey, and fabric balls so they could have their own choice in what ball they would like to use.

This activity was chosen because my children in class love balls and loves to do things with them whether they are throwing, rolling, bouncing, etc. Although I was not able to get an exact shot of them throwing at the hoop they enjoyed it very much so that they wanted to keep tossing the balls until lunchtime. This activity may seem like a simple thing to do but it helps them with their gross motor and also sensory because of the different feels of the balls. I would definitely keep this as an activity to do with them. Next time I could add in rolling the ball under the hoop and tossing it over the hoop. This activity I think is an open ended activity because their is so many different ways you can use the hoop and balls. 

* The Mixed Up Chameleon *

     I as an infant toddler teacher have a lot of favorite books to read to the children but one of my all time favorites is The Mixed-Up Chameleon. When I knew we was going to create a blog about activities I knew I wanted to do an art project with the kids based on the book The Mixed-Up Chameleon. Who doesn't love a color changing Chameleon?

What You Will Need

Two different colors that combined to make a new color, zip lock bags, a permanent marker, and a print out sheet of the chameleon.

Once you have everything you will need take the Chameleon print out and put it in the zip loc bag and trace it on to the bag. Once you have done that pour a quarter size amount of each color in the bag and zip it up.

Once you have completed that you give each child one and let them feel it, smack it, squeeze it, and spread it. As they watch an see the colors changing before their eyes.

Once the child decides they are finished the project is finished and when they are done we have a pretty mixed-up chameleon!!!

This activity was pretty cool watching the colors mix and turning into a whole new color. The children loved it. Overall it turned out great with no trial an errors. The older toddlers have been learning the colors blue and red the last three weeks so I decided to use these two colors to show them that two  familiar colors can make up a new color. This art activity introduced a new color but also had them working on their fine motor skills and sensory skills. I would definitely do this activity again.