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PAPER
PLATE SUNS
Invite your children to try one of these
art activities.
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Cover paper plates with small pieces of glued-on
yellow tissue paper. Add strips of yellow tissue
for rays. |
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Paint paper plates yellow. Make rays by cutting
slits around the edges. |
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Draw smiley faces on small yellow paper plates,
and glue on yellow yarn pieces for rays. Turn the
suns into puppets by attaching craft stick handles.
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SUN
PICTURES
Give each of your children a piece of blue construction
paper and a yellow paper sun shape. Have the children
glue their suns onto their papers. Then have them draw
pictures on their papers incorporating the sun shapes. |
SUN-MADE MATCHING GAME
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Place a piece of dark blue construction
paper on a tray. On top of the paper, arrange several
familiar objects with distinctive shapes, such as a
key, a comb, a pair of scissors, a plastic knife, and
a clothespin. Place the tray in direct sunlight for
several hours until the paper has faded. Then remove
the objects and give them to your children to place
on their matching silhouettes on the paper.
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TEDDY'S
SUN DAY
Select a large teddy bear or other stuffed toy. In a box,
place items of hot-weather attire that will fit the teddy,
such as a sun hat, a bathing suit, sandals, and sunglasses.
Also include a few items of cold-weather attire, such
as snow boots, mittens, a jacket, and earmuffs. Let your
children take turns dressing teddy for a day in the sun
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THE
SUN IS SHINING
The sun is shining all around,
It shines on land and sea.
It shines on cars, it shines on boats,
And shines on you and me.
Each time you recite the rhyme, let your children substitute
other words for "cars" and "boats."
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LET'S GO OUT AND HAVE SOME FUN IN THE SUN
Tune: "If You're Happy and You Know It"
Let's go out and have some fun in the sun,
Let's go out and have some fun in the sun.
Let's go out and have some fun.
We can hop and jump and run.
Let's go out and have some fun in the sun.
Continue singing about other fun things to do in the sun.
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SUNSHINE
SNACKS
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Make sun tea by adding two herbal tea bags to a quart
jar filled with water. Screw on the lid and place the
jar in direct sunlight for about four hours. For extra
fun, make two different flavors of tea and encourage tasting. |
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Serve lemonade for sipping in the sunshine. Thread
a yellow paper sun shape onto each child's straw. |
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