Materials
- shoes
- large canvas bag
What to do
1. Ask each child to remove a shoe.
2. One at a time, the children come forward and put their shoe in the bag.
3. After all the children's shoes are in the bag, dramatically shake the bag to mix them all up.
4. Have the children take turns removing a shoe from the bag.
5. When all of the children are holding a shoe from the bag, tell them to find the owners of the shoes.
6. The children will have a blast as they try to find the owners of the shoes. This is a great activity for children to get to know each other and interact with each other.
-Jennifer Rydin, Milwaukee, WI
Instructions
1. Three-year-olds love to use glue, and they use lots of it. Why not turn usingglue into an art project?2. Give each child a large piece of wax paper.3. Encourage the children to squeeze glue all over their wax paper to make aweb design. Explain to them that it is a good idea to use thick lines of glueand to leave a few spaces in the middle of their glue globs.4. If desired, add glitter or food coloring to the glue.5. Allow the glue to dry completely.6. Peel the dried form off the wax paper.7. If desired, the children can glue their webs onto black paper or hang themfrom the ceiling with string.More to doLiteracy: Read The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle.Music and Movement: Sing "The Itsy, Bitsy Spider."Outdoors: Go outside with the children and look for a spider's web.