“Snip Up Some Silly Spiders”

 
It’s Magic Marker Monday again over at 5 Minutes For Special Needs. I found a cute and super easy Spider Craft in Woman’s World Magazine this week I wanted to share. 
What you’ll need for each spider…
Paper Cup
Black marker or dimensional paint
Scissors
Pipe cleaners
Glue
wiggly eyes
paper for fangs
pencil & yarn for hanging
If you plan on hanging your spider, use pencil to make [...]

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Goldilocks And The Three Bears.

“Mommy I have some very important news for you.”
“Okay baby what is it?”
“Come see”

“What a lovely drawing Meg”
“It’s the three bears and that… what’s that girls name mommy?”
“Goldilocks?”
“Yeah Mommy it’s Goldilocks and the three bears.”
“Who’s that one (pointing to the bear on the right)?  Is he sad because his porridge is hot?”
“No Mommy that’s poppa [...]

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Magic Marker Monday

 

Meggers best friend Kaya stayed over this weekend!  While I was at work, my friend Rachel did some cute crafts with them.  A scarecrow door hanger for fall and they learned about Australia and Koala bears.  Meggers was super excited to show me everything she’d done.

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Try This Tuesday – Recycled Crayons

 

So this week I thought I’d post a fun activity that can be used to learn colors, counting and sorting.  Do you ever wonder what to do with all those leftover broken crayons, here’s an idea…

How about making them last longer by creating fun new crayons with your kids. 
Gather all your broken crayons and have the [...]

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While I was at work..

 

I came home from work and was greeted at the door by Meggers holding a picture she’d made all by herself of hubby’s mom, that she fondly calls Mom Mom’s.  

 Meggers was super proud of what she’d made and started to tell me all about her creation.

“It’s a picture of Mom mom’s and I did it [...]

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Gross Motor Ideas for Try It Tuesday

While jumping came easy for many of Meggers friends, she struggled with this ability and at times would get very upset that she couldn’t do it.   Meggers fine and gross motor delays are largely related to the number of seizures she had during her first year and a half of life, not to mention the medications that she had [...]

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Magic Marker Monday

I love these two pictures Meg drew with her crayons of Me and Daddy.  Thought they’d be great for Magic Marker Monday, something that the ladies over at 5 Minutes For Special Needs started to showcase our children’s art.  Love It!!

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