ONE mistake... FOUR weeks of fun!

Becoming a mother and early childhood educator has allowed me to reconnect to the childlike persistence and resilience that we so often have to fight for as adults.  The night I spilled cornmeal became a defining moment in my personal and professional journey as I learned to see more.  And although it has been almost two years since that lesson, I continue to see more (from the creation of a "Who Spilled the Cornmeal?" child development workshop, to an article proposal for an online child care publication that has been accepted,) my message to you is...

"Don't allow one mistake to keep you floored

Get up and use THAT to make something beautiful"

Please read the entire original post here

to discover how one mistake led to four weeks of fun!

The activities for the first three days included using our sensory table for...

Cornmeal and funnels

Beans and Cornmeal

Cornmeal racetrack

On days four and five the children enjoyed...

Cornmeal and colored sand art

Cornmeal tracing 

During week 2 we introduced...

Cornmeal and rainbow rice

Cornmeal maracas

Blindfold sensory game

Cornmeal sand castles

Cornmeal textured painting

Click here to read the interesting thing that happened

during week 3 when we made cornmeal play dough

and finally click here for week 4 activities and a video... 

Cornmeal letter search

Cornmeal goop

Play dough sensory pie

Cornmeal and shaving cream

We had such a great time making the most of one mistake, but we

know that there are even more activities that we could have done!

How would you have used the spilled cornmeal?

Sharing this over at No Time For Flash Cards and also at
Living Well Spending Less for the 1-year anniversary of Thrifty Thursday!