The Calm Down Jar
I went to a store called Garden Ridge in my area to pick up a cheap jar. I then headed over to Archivers for tube of glitter and some glitter glue.
I got the recipe from this page.
The issue I had was not enough glitter glue. I read that I only needed 1 tablespoon and didn't notice that it said for 1 cup of hot water. This jar holds quite a bit more than that. I can't fix it because I caulked the lid shut. So although I still love it, I will not be using it as an alternative to time outs in my home because I think the glitter settles in about two minutes. When my kids a little older though, I think I will make a new one. When they are old enough to be at least a little introspective.
Science + Reward Chart = Awesome
Preschooler Task Organizer
My daughter has a hard time staying on task when it comes to cleaning her room, and really who wouldn't with all those cool toys to play with? I made this board for her and so far, she loves it.
The board has two sections; "Out of Place" and "In it's Place" I sectioned off a magnetic board with some decorative tape, and used some stickers to spell out the words. I picked up some credit card sized canvases at Joanne Fabrics and some magnets to glue on to the back of them.
Each canvas represents a category of toys she has.
My daughter can't read yet, so I made sure to use pictures with the words to help her remember which magnet is which. It took her all of 5 minutes to get it. When I come in and ask her to clean her room, I move the appropriate magnets of to the "Out of Place" section. When she cleans something up, she gets to move the magnet over. For example, if her dress up clothes and dolls are on the floor. I move the dress up and the dolls magnet over to the left side of the board. When she puts away her dress up stuff, she gets to move the magnet back. When the left side of the board is free of magnets, it reads "all done"
Once the novelty of of the magnet board wears off, I'll let you know how this one works out. Now I have to frost my St. Patrick's Day cupcakes for my post tonight.
2 comments:
oh I like your board Idea my Daughter has the same problem with staying on track while cleaning her room ;P i think I might use this if its okay?
Oh of course! We have now come to a compromise and I clean one category.
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