S.A.B.

Or in other words ... the Spontaneous Activity Box!

What is a Spontaneous Activity Box you may ask???

Well, it's something new we're trying this year in our school day. I got a couple packs of cheap index cards and a plastic index card box ... had lots of fun decorating it with fun colored ribbons, and filled it up with spontaneous activities!

Basically the idea is, sometimes school gets boring, dull, and tedious. So every once in a while, at totally random times ... I will pull out the box and we will stop whatever we're doing and take 5-10 min to do whichever spontaneous activity is listed on the card.

Some ideas are:

• put a puzzle together
• do an I Spy book
• put on a puppet show
• pull out the playdough and create something
• go outside and hula hoop for 5 min
• play an educational game

etc, etc, etc ... you get the idea. I'm still looking for more ideas ... so if you think of any feel free to share!! Some ideas may take longer, or we might do after 'class' (like bake something with Mom today), and some might be something they do for the whole day (like wear dress up clothes or PJ's to school all day). We might even have a picnic lunch or snack outside ... either way they are all things that just help break up the day and bring in some variety.