Inspiring links

The Big Book To Grow On with illustrations by Janusz Grabianski

Inspiring links:
... puddles as lakes at imagine childhood
7 Family Habits worth building and How to at Play Activities
Charlotte Mason Method: Adding Rhythm and Routine at Down A Rabbit Trail
When it Rains, Look for Rainbows . . . Homeschooling on Rainy Days at Teaching Stars
The One-Dimensional Mom at let why lead
6 Vintage Children’s Books That Formed My Views on Motherhood at Sara Bran's Notes From the Edge of Motherhood
The Lost Art of Lashing - by Gever Tulley at Make
The Art of Unblogging at Trina Holden
Eight Ways To Find Creative Inspiration at A Subtle Revelry
Spring Is Coming: A Sweet Story and Song for Spring and Easter at Song and Season
Cherry Blossom Picnics at Rhythm Of The Home
How to Draw a Dandelion at Art Projects for Kids

Chosen by Sunnyboy:
Lego Science: An Ice Excavation Experiment at Lemon Lime Adventures
How to build your own Time Machine at Science Channel
La Macchina Botanica at Anthology



We were featured at:
Free Spring Nature Hunt Printable at Free Homeschool Deals
Great Nature Activities for Your Spring Bucket List at KCEdventures
8 Unique Ways to Play & Create with Books at KCEdventures
10 Culture & Map Activities for Kids at KCEdventures
Fine Motor Activities with Recycled Materials at Fantastic Fun and Learning
Spring Activities at Inspiration Laboratories
Spring into Learning with Nature at Stir the Wonder

Inspiring links on Sunny Days Pinterest:
INSPIRATION, SPRING, CHILDHOOD & PARENTING, HOME EDUCATION, BOOKS, BLOGGING, PICNIC, PINNED FOR SUNNYBOY.

Rainbows

Rainbow collage with magazine pictures


Rainbow watercolours with Star Wars Lego stickers


Rainbow Duplo


What Makes a Rainbow?

"Well" said Mummy Rabbit to Little Rabbit,
"now you know what makes a rainbow:
RAIN,
COLOURS - Red, Orange, Yellow, Green,  Blue, Indigo, Purple and...
SUNSHINE!"
What Makes a Rainbow by Betty Ann Schwartz


Rainbow

If you have a post about a summer craft or any post with a summer theme, we'd love you to link up at our All Year Round Blog Carnival: Summer, which is open for new links until 31st August.



Click here to see the play, crafts and learning ideas blog link-ups we share at.
Summer Activities For Toddlers at Cheerios & Lattes.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar project (and caterpillar/butterfly links)

This year we've been making a spring project book which includes spring stories, gardening, weather and nature study, as well as other spring projects.



One of our favourite spring books is The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and we decided to do a project based on the book.

We played games,



we made a butterfly collage using Roses chocolate wrappers,



we used a page from an old copy of the book to make a clothes peg butterfly, inspired by Smiling like Sunshine,



and we cut up the rest of the old book to make more homemade bunting for the play house.





We've also been watching videos and reading about caterpillars and butterflies,

Usborne First Book of Nature by Rosamund Kidman Cox, Barbara Cork and Ruth Thomson


Lifecycle of the Holly Blue butterfly on the cemetery noticeboard


and we found a fun caterpillar, cocoon and butterfly game on Boowa & Kwala.

Official Eric Carle Web Site

Caterpillar and Butterfly links from the Spring Carnival:

Caterpillar to Butterfly Craft at Mama Smiles
Bursting the cocoon! Caterpillar Fun at Science Sparks
Bright butterfly window decorations at Sun Hats & Wellie Boots
Butterfly Foot Prints at We-Made-That.com
Handprint Butterflies at LLM Calling
Clothespin Butterfly at Smiling like Sunshine
Stained Glass Butterflies at Mama of Many Blessings
Lots of Butterfly Work at Mama of Many Blessings
Butterflies and Books at  Doodles and Jots



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If you have a post about a spring project or any post with a spring theme, we'd love you to link up at our All Year Round Blog Carnival: Spring, which is open for new links until 14th May.



More Nature Study inspiration on Pinterest.


Click here to see the play, crafts and learning ideas blog link-ups we share at.

Jackson Pollock for children

Recently we were given a large canvas that was going to be thrown out. We covered the original painting with leftover emulsion and this weekend we created our own Jackson Pollock inspired painting. Before we started we tried out some Jackson Pollock style painting online at JacksonPollock.org (which we discovered when it was recommended by Mama Smiles in her post Free Educational Computer Games for Kids). We also looked at images of Jackson Pollock and his art and watched this video.


Jackson Pollock 51, 1951 (excerpt)
Hans Namuth and Paul Falkenberg (directors)
Morton Feldman (composer)

Then we changed into old clothes and started painting.





















This is what we made.



Jackson Pollock 1912-1956



You may also like:

Vincent Van Gogh for children


Crafts inspired by a museum trip


Crafts with packing peanuts


Science experiments with plastic bottles


Nature books and nature journal


Rainbows


Click here to see the play, crafts and learning ideas blog link-ups we share at.

HOME EDUCATION: ART on Sunny Days Pinterest.