Shaving Cream

This was also a couple years ago and it's just as messy as my flour expeditions. So beware, I will not be held liable for any heart attacks on the other side of the computer screen.  I am not sure what this was, some kind of goo, goop or slime; maybe a failed attempt at one of them that turned into a learning tool.  The kids thought it would be cool until they stuck their hands in it... but momma made them do it anyway... it was ssssooo much fun watching them freak out.  Is that bad??  Anyway, amazingly the girly girl of the family had the most fun playing with the stuff.

Just like with my flour post you can use this stuff for all the same reasons plus color combining.  Which is what we did here, then we played with spelling words.  The more I think about it, the more I think it was just a thick flour and water recipe because we were doing it to mix colors and practice spelling.

Enjoy,
Momma

Fun With Flour

 Ha... more reasons I love to homeschool... 'cause you can do stuff like this... if you have a sensory kid or hands on child, this project is perfect.  This is not for the faint at heart.  Not all people are ok with doing this in their homes but I am kinda a unschooler at heart who chooses a "schedule", sort of, to help us stay on task... Anyway here are some ideas:

• Spelling words
• Letter recognition, -anything from 1,2,3 to 100 and 1000. 
• ABC practice - I give them a sound they write the letter, I say a letter they give me the sound while writing the letter. 
• Math problems - verbal give them a math problem/word problem and they figure it out in their head and write the answer or they write the whole math problem.  
• Definitions- give them the definition and they write the word down

Enjoy,
Momma