Garden in a Jar: Have your child put rocks, leaves, sticks, flowers, berries, needles, pinecones and other natural items in a mason jar. These activities continue to take inspiration from falling leaves and cooler weather. It can be done repeatedly and can extend to other play activities. This activity is festive and easy for you to set up. A variety of loose parts can be used over and over again to decorate the tree – buttons, rocks, crepe paper, yarn, small toys, cookie cutters, sea shells, corks, bracelets, necklaces, ribbons, corks, and bow tie pasta are all thinks you may have around the house for this activity. Tree Decorating: Draw out a tree with chalk outside or use masking tape to create a pine tree on the floor. Encourage your child to move the drops by tilting the cookie sheet. Let them watch how the droplets interact.
Your child can experiment with color mixing, water tension and gravity. Give your child a few jars or bowls of colored water, then have them put the water on the wax paper with an eyedropper or syringe. An old towel or sponge is recommended for cleanup. Provide your child with a cookie sheet with a sheet of wax paper on it. Water On Waxed Paper: This activity is more experiential in nature. Your child can use leaves with their chalk art, thoughtfully laid out in the grass, floated on muddy water, or even taken indoors and laid out on a horizontal mirror. Other natural items (leaves, sticks, stones, pinecones, flowers, etc.) can be used, but this activity as described is to take advantage the colorful variety of leaves falling in our neighborhoods and backyards. Ephemeral art is impermanent and often is nature-based. With leaves changing colors and falling, you can get a great collection to use over and over. It’s a great way to personalize gifts and to display your child’s prolific art.Įphemeral Art with Leaves: This is a great activity for this time of year. Tip: Use some of your child’s art as gift wrapping paper this season or for whenever the gift giving feeling comes along. Safety reminder: If your child tends to put objects and materials in the mouth, please choose larger materials that are not a choking hazard. Change an item or two or put them in a different location to keep them interesting and fresh. These activities can be cycled every few days. Screen time can be used to assist parents and caregivers during part of the day, but children need a break from these devices. One of the goals of these activities is to give children an alternative to computers or phones. ECEC Executive Director Danielle Waite is providing ideas for activities that use materials commonly found at home.
With so many UC Merced parents and caregivers working from home because of the coronavirus pandemic, the need to keep children engaged, entertained and, quite frankly, busy is important.
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