Are you a hoarder?
So, if you had to ask my husband to define a hoarder, he would probably do so my mentioning my name. I keep all kinds of packaging which may be useful in activities for my children. There are toilet rolls in a kitchen cupboard and plastic disposable containers in a bedroom cupboard – all ‘meticulously’ sorted, but none the less, filling all the little spaces I can find.
There are so many interesting shapes in packaging, that I can’t bare to throw them away. Call it recycling if you must.
I found this container in a supermarket containing two hot dogs. It was the perfect snack for my children on a busy day out but also caught my eye for another reason…
“Hmmm I’m sure it would be perfect for a CVC center I am planning for my daughter!”
And this is what I did with it…
I printed a colorful cover…
CVC centers come in all shapes and sizes!
I converted some recycled bottle tops (yes, I have a jar of those squeezed in a linen cupboard) into letter disks with craft letters from our craft box. I placed them on one side with CVC pictures from a CVC reading center…
I filled one of the sides with Kinetic sand and…
…this was the result…
The container sealed beautifully and is easy to store. We had a lot of fun building CVC words in the kinetic sand using the easy to handle bottle tops.
Learning CVC words:
These CVC sentences are also fun as they encourage comprehension and independent reading. You can check them out here.
