{"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\n
\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
\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
\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
\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
\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
\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