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 Shape Hokey Pokey

Objective: To identify a variety of two-dimensional shapes

Materials:

KinderJam Shape Mats

Scissors

Directions:

1. Print and cut out the shapes on the KinderJam Shape Mats.
2. Discuss each shape with your child.
3. Give your child the shape cut outs.
4. Sing the Hokey Pokey Shape Song 

Song:
Put your circle in,
Put you circle out,
Put your circle in and shake it all bout.
Do the hokey pokey and turn yourself around that's what its all about!

Put your square in,
Put your square out,
Put your square in and shake it all about.
Do the hokey pokey and turn yourself around that's what its all about!

Put your oval in,
Put your oval out,
Put your oval in and shake it all about.
Do the hokey pokey and turn yourself around that's what its all about!

Put your rectangle in,
Put your rectangle out,
Put your rectangle in and shake it all about.
Do the hokey pokey and turn yourself around that's what its all about!

Put your triangle in,
Put your triangle out,
Put your triangle in and shake it all about.
Do the hokey pokey and turn yourself around that's what its all about!

Extention:

For older preschoolers make shapes such as hexagon, octogon, rhombus, and trapezoid to use in your Shape Hokey Pokey.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.