More COLORS

Again I will say it...
"I love Garage Sales and Goodwill!!"

I got the colorful counting bears for 50 Cents at a garage sale.

I got the colorful plates (w/ matching cups) at goodwill for 3 dollars.

Eli spent all morning playing with the bears and plates - matching colors and then being silly and mixing them up... he even put the bears to sleep. 
In a few days when I give them to him to play with - I will use the color cups with the bears to make it an all new game:)

Elijah was matching the colors correctly -
for about 5 minutes...
then he started acting silly.

Elijah went and got the blanket because
he wanted the bears to go to sleep:)
How sweet!

Andre couldn't resist - he had to play with the bears too...
Again - after about 5 minutes - they were both acting silly
and the bears were EVERYWHERE

Here is an EASY science experiment...

Cut some white flowers from your garden, or your neighbors, or even from a park...
or you can buy white carnations...

Put them in a vase with some colored water (just add food coloring).  Within a day, the flower will have changed to the color of the water.

This shows kids the purpose of the stem - to bring water up from the roots to the flower.

More Colored Water Fun:

This time I gave the kids eyedroppers and ice cube trays to mix their water with

First - I let Eli play with the water all by himself -
I let him make a great big mess and have fun
(so the big kids could experiment without him)

Let the Experimenting begin...

MAD SCIENTIST Simone

Eddie is clean & tidy  - in this picture

Eli got to check out magnets for the first time -
I had to keep him busy...

Aahhhh - the messes that kids can create...