Our long break ...

          I wanted to apologize to those of you that subscribe to our channel.  Wecreate is a project that my sister and I initiated together.  The past two years have been eventful for both of us.  My sister got married and had a baby.  I am planning my wedding and I started a full time masters in Education with the College of William & Mary.  While we haven't had the same time to work on our blog and YouTube channel that we would like, art remains an important component to our lives as does our belief in its importance to the lives of children.  More recently I was required to complete reviews of several children's books.  If you are interested in some quality literature to share with your children, I encourage you to check these posts out:

Children's Book Reviews

Branching Out

I recently decided to start a new blog to share lesson plan ideas and activities for two-year-olds.  I've been teaching this age group for awhile now, but initially when I started I felt a little out of my element as the majority of my work experience had been in the 3-5 range.  A lot of resources that you can find online have to be modified to be developmentally appropriate.  I decided I wanted to share the activities I use in my class and resources I've found to be useful as there were most likely other educators or parents in the same predicament.  Take a peek at Teaching Twos.

Frozen Chalk

Frozen chalk is a great winter activity to make with your students or children. My preschool class made this for an "Ice" theme and it is even appropriate for toddlers. We continued to refreeze the pieces and let the children use them throughout the week until there was nothing left. They absolutely loved this! Using cornstarch, water, and some food coloring gives you a fun project that serves as an art, sensory, and science activity in one. 

Materials:

To complete this project you will need cornstarch, water, food coloring, and an ice cube tray.

Here is our YouTube video if you are interested in watching the process: