{"id":985,"date":"2014-10-13T20:07:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T20:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/index.php\/2014\/10\/13\/were-going-on-p-hun-2\/"},"modified":"2018-05-17T09:06:40","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T08:06:40","slug":"were-going-on-p-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/were-going-on-p-hunt\/","title":{"rendered":"We’re going on a ‘P’ hunt…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nOur after school activity today was all about learning the
\nletter \u2018P\u2019, This was to help reinforce what my middle son has been learning at
\nschool in a fun way at home. We actually managed to do this activity one-to-one
\nas well which made a nice change.  <\/span>We
\nlove to do our arts and crafts altogether, but it is nice to indulge them all
\nwith some one-to-one time as well sometimes. I prepared most of the activity
\nduring the morning; I then just had to put the finishing touches to it whilst
\nhe had his snack of a plum and some popcorn to get us in the mood for the \u201cP
\nHunt\u201d<\/div>\n
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\nHere\u2019s what I did:<\/div>\n
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  1. Emptied
    \n a packet of pink and a packet of purple waterbeads into a jug of water and
    \n left them to \u201cgrow\u201d.<\/li>\n
  2. I
    \n then went on the hunt around the house for lots of small objects beginning
    \n with P. I found a penguin, a polar bear, a pirate, a prince, a peg, a
    \n paintbrush, a pig, a pen, a P shaped cutter and a magnetic letter P.<\/li>\n
  3. I
    \n also selected a few objects not beginning with P to add in as well. I
    \n collected a dinosaur, a dog, some marbles and a sheep.<\/li>\n
  4. Once
    \n we returned home from school I added the waterbeads and small objects into
    \n a plastic container and then squirted over some shaving foam and gave it
    \n all a good mix up.<\/li>\n
  5. I
    \n also prepared a large dish of warm soapy water to go with the activity and
    \n took a plate over to the table as well.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    \n After he had gobbled up his snack he was then eager to get
    \nstarted.  <\/span>I explained that I had hidden a
    \nseries of objects for him to find and I asked him to place all of the objects
    \nbeginning with the letter \u2018P\u2019 into the soapy water and the objects not
    \nbeginning with \u2018P\u2019 onto the plate.  <\/span>He
    \ndid quite well with this and only needed a hand working out where a couple of
    \nthem needed to go. I then set him on cleaning the shaving foam off all of the objects
    \nin the soapy water with a sponge. Playing with water is a great calming after
    \nschool activity and I d hoped it would mean one less job for me to do. <\/div>\n
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    \nWhilst Freddie was washing away I was having a look though his
    \nhomework sheet for the week. One of his fine motor skills activities is to use
    \nkitchen tongs to move objects from one dish to another.  <\/span>This seemed the perfect opportunity to get
    \nstuck into this with him.  <\/span>I took the
    \nkitchen tongs out of the drawer and asked him to use them to add all of the
    \nobjects back into the waterbeads and shaving foam mixture and then back again
    \ninto the water. He then decided to transfer all of the waterbeads across into
    \nthe water using the tongs as well! This did make a bit more mess than I had
    \nanticipated, but it was a very successful fun learning activity overall, so I
    \ndidn\u2019t really mind.<\/div>\n
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    \nWhat kinds of after school activities do you like to do with
    \nyour children at home?<\/div>\n
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