String art

Have fun painting- use string to make stripes on a zebra.  Just dip the end into paint and swish it across a picture of a zebra.  Looks cool, and kids love to paint using string.

Glue dot idea

Here is an idea to teach kids how to make a glue dot. It seems that most kids squeeze, and squeeze, and squeeze a glue bottle until someone makes them stop.  Children have a difficult time understanding how to just make a dot.  Try this- put hole page hole protectors onto a paper and tell the kids to put dots inside the holes.  May take a few times for them to completely grasp the idea, but it gives them some tangible way to understand the idea of a dot.

Patterns and textured games for feet!

Try using things around the house to make patterns, like colored cups, nuts and bolts, fruit loop cereal, or small toys! Scour the clearance section of craft stores for things like these textured foam pieces. We used magnet strips to turn it into a matching sensory game for the young students' feet on the side of a filing cabinet!

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Easter egg spinner

Try a spinner for dying eggs!  It's much neater, and the eggs come out looking pretty cool!

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Carseat Harness Option

Well, here's our final choice... the EZ On harness.  No car or booster seat necessary!  Kids cannot fall out, tip over, or release themselves as it zips in the back and is connected to the LATCH system in your 1999 or newer car.  The company makes a bolt in the back or floor option for vans and cars made before 1999.  Easy to order an additional tether for your second car or Grammy's car and definitely portable for travel!

EZ On Adjustable Travel Vest

Car booster seats with five point harnesses

I've been researching this topic with a parent for a few days, here's where we started:

• Her son needs the support of a five point harness to prevent him from sliding out of the seatbelt in his standard belt-positioning booster with a back.
• Almost all of the harness/belt booster combos on the market today end the weight limit for the harness at 40-50 pounds.  This little guy is already over that.

Guess what, Britax makes 3 harness/belt booster options that accommodate the use of the harness up to 90 pounds!  Hoping by the time he reaches this limit, the need will not be there, if so then investigation into options for larger children will be explored.  Use this link to compare the models:

Britax booster seats to compare

Happy carseat hunting!