Commissary/Grocery Store Hunt!

Turn your next trip to the commissary or grocery store into a fun learning experience with our KinderJam Grocery Hunts. Click on the image below and print. Happy Hunting!!!!

Video of the Week!

Try this super cute Days of the Week Song with your little one, Today!!!

Arts & Crafts Jam: Tissue Paper Ghosts

Tissue Paper Ghosts



These tissue paper ghosts are an inexpensive and easy project for you and your little to make for Halloween.  Little hand slove making our Tissue Paper Ghosts! 

 

Supplies:

• 2 facial tissues (white)
• Yarn or ribbon (white, black, or orange)
• Black permanent marker
• Scissors

 Directions:

1. Ball up one facial tissue and place it in the center of the second piece of tissue.
2. Wrap the second piece of tissue around the ball of tissue and gently tie it closed with the yarn or ribbon, making a bow.
3. Draw a face. Be creative!

Tips:

• No facial tissue in the house...in a pinch you can substitute the facial tissues with paper towels, gifting tissue, or a white wash cloth.
• Make spooky decorations.  Make several tissue paper ghosts and string them together with fishing line and hang them high. 
• Make your ghost fly.Tie fishing line to the yarn around its neck. Hang from a ceiling fan blade and turn the fan on low.
• Turn your ghost project into a fun math activity.  Make several then play the How Many Jam.

Math Jam: Shape Sorting

Teaching your little one about shapes is an important activity that can be made into a fun play time for you and your little one. Identifying shapes is a necessary skill needed for kindergarten. Make learning fun with KinderJam's colorful shape sorting activity.

Directions: 
Discuss each shape with your little one.  With your little one, cut out the shapes on Page 2. Match the shape cut-outs to the shape on the shape mat (Page 1).  For older children, Print Page 1 twice and cut out the shape boxes on the shape mat and make a fun match game. Enjoy!

  

Page 1

Page 2

Hints:

*This activity can be use to introduce and reinforce color recognition.

*Print an additional Page 2 and practice scissor skills with your little one.



Recipe Fun: Cookie Witch Hats

Cookie Witch Hats

Looking for a treat to make with your little one to bring to that Halloween party or just to spend some time with your favorite ghoul or goblin? Use chocolate chip cookies as the brim of this hat, sugar cones can be frosted, decorated and attached to make these deliciously cute cookie witch hats.

Ingredients:

• 24 sugar ice cream cones
• 1 container (16 oz.) prepared chocolate frosting, divided
• Assorted Halloween decorator sugars and sprinkles
• 24 Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Quart-size plastic food storage bag
• Assorted decorator icings (optional)

Directions:

1. LINE large baking sheet with sides with wax paper. With a small metal spatula or butter knife, spread a thin layer of frosting on each cone (Be sure to save some frosting to adhere cones to cookie hat base! About 3/4 cup will be needed.) Place frosted cones on baking sheet. Sprinkle with sugars and sprinkles. Let stand for 1 hour to allow frosting to set.
2. MEANWHILE, PREPARE cookies as directed on package. Cool completely.
3. FILL plastic bag with remaining icing; seal. Cut 1/4-inch corner from bag. Squeeze bag to pipe icing around bottom of each cone; adhere cones to each cookie to form hats. To decorate base of hat, use different colors of decorator icings and sprinkle with additional sugars or sprinkles.

Commissary/Grocery Store Hunt!

Turn your next trip to the commissary or grocery store into a fun learning experience with our KinderJam Grocery Hunts. Click on the image below and print. Happy Hunting!!!!

Math Jam: The How Many Jam!

The How Many Jam!
Objective: One to One Counting
Materials needed: Ten hand sized objects, i.e. matchbox cars, blocks, crayons, counting bears, or the like.

Procedures:

1. Help your litle one line the objectives in a row. The number doesn’t matter. The number of objects your little one chooses to start with will be fine.
2. Sing the song below to The Adams Family theme song. Where you see (SAY), have children say, rather than sing, "Let's count!" and the numbers.

(SING)
How many cars? clap clap
How many cars? clap clap
How many cars? How many cars? How many cars? clap clap

(SAY)
Let’s count!
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
EIGHT cars!

(SING)
How many cars? (SEVEN cars!)
How many cars? (SEVEN cars!)
How many cars? How many cars? How many cars? (SEVEN cars!)

(SAY)

Yaay!!!  You did it!!!!!!

Repeat using a different amount of objects.

Listen to The How Many Jam!

Extention Tips: 

1. Use this activity to work on shapes.  Cut out paper shapes and count out the circles, squares, or triangles.
2. Use this activity to reinforce healthy foods.  Count out carrots sticks, raisins, or grapes.

Recipe Fun: Open Faced Jack o'Grilled Cheese

by Tara

(Breckenridge, CO)

 Open Faced Jack o'Grilled Cheese

 Tired of all the sugary Halloween treats? Try sprucing up a healthy dinner for the kids. My one-year-old son loves grilled cheese so I put together these cute jack o'lantern style open faced sandwiches. Older kids can assemble them on their own. It's a good way to have fun with veggies and a simple tasty dinner when mom is busy!

makes 4 sandwiches
Ingredients:

4 slices of bread

4 slices cheddar cheese

tomato slices for mouths

olives for eyes

celery for stems

Pumpkin shaped cookie cutter (although a plain circle will do in a pinch)


Directions:

1. Place slices of cheese on bread slices. Cut with pumpkin shaped cutter.
2. Slice veggies in a variety of shapes. (see photo for ideas). Let kids decorate their Jack o'Grilled cheese with assorted veggies.
3. Place on rack in toaster oven or regular oven.
4. Remove when cheese is melted and enjoy when cooled off enough!

Here's a tip - cut extra veggies and let kids play around with the faces for a while before cooking. Otherwise, they will want to make 3 or 4
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The Hip Hop Tooty-Ta by Jack Hartmann

Parents, you asked for it and here it is!!!!  Jack Hartmann's Hip Hop Tooty-Ta is a KinderJam favorite!!!!  For more fun and educational music by Jack Hartmann visit his website filled with CDs and DVDs your little ones are sure to enjoy!!!

Commissary/Grocery Store Hunt!

Taking your little one to the commissary or grocery store can be a daunting task for all parties involved. Turn your next trip grocery shopping into a fun learning experience with our KinderJam Grocery Hunts. Click on the image below and print. Happy Hunting!!!!

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