Silly Slime Dough and Jiggly Jellyfish

We are learning all about jellyfish, and you can too. Not only that, check out this super cool, stretchy, silly, slime dough we made. My kids love sensory play, so I try to incorporate that into a lot of our learning. Since we have chosen to use Five in a Row as part of our curriculum this year. I knew just what we were going to read and explore this month. So come along as we share our Night of the Moonjellies experience.

Let's make Jiggly Jellyfish out of slime, doesn't that sound like fun!

I absolutely love this picture, honestly it shows how easy it can be to incorporate all ages into a learning experience. While the older boys write on their flow charts and read about the life cycle of the jellyfish, Little B and Bells are enjoying the Montessori Jellyfish cards I made into a book for them. 

You can check out how I make books for the little's here.

The life cycle of a jellyfish. Amazing cards and flow charts can be found on Montessori Print Shop. (Affiliate links means easier for you to find things and a small percentage for my family to get new books. Thank you!)

Did you know that Jellyfish have been around for over 650 million years and that they aren't fish at all. They belong to a group of animals Scientists call cnidarians. Most only live for 3-6 months but some have been known to grow HUGE and live much longer...
These were our favorite books.

They played and played because sensory slime time is the best. 

Are you ready for the recipe?

Making Slime is soooooooo easy, lets get to it. 

First you need 8 oz. of white school glue (Elmer's)

1 teaspoon of Borax (I use the natural Borax, you can find this in the laundry detergent area of your store)

Food color or gels

optional essential oils for an added sensory experience

To start you pour the glue into a bowl, then you will fill the glue bottles (8oz) with warm water. Add the water to the glue and stir. Add your color.

Next take 1/2 cup warm water in a cup/bowl and add your teaspoon of Borax, mix until the Borax is dissolved. Slowly add that to your glue mixture, stir, and viola! Slime

If you would like to check out some other slime recipes, you can find them easily on my Sensory Play Board.

The slime was awesome, but we weren't done exploring. 

Next stop in our jellyfish journey was the marina. 

Look at all of the super cool things we saw. Schools of fish, turtles, crabs, and of course Jellies.
The boys explored the boats, ran along the pier (scaring mom to death) and learned all about what goes on at a marina. This was such a great experience and guess what? This was only the first part of our slimy jellyfish adventure. I still have much more planned for our Night of the Moonjellies. Make sure to follow us so you don't miss part 2, and all of the other great adventures we have planned for the year.

I hope you enjoyed reading about our learning adventures with Jellyfish, If you'd like to check out some of our other unit studies click on a link below.
Arctic and Antarctica Frozen Foam Dough

Seahorse Adventure  

Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening

This is part of a wonderful 12 month series on Sensory Dough.
 Have fun checking out some of the other fabulous bloggers joining in. 

Lemon Lime Adventure~Look! We're Learning!~Glittering Muffins~Still Playing School~ Little Bins for Little Hands~Natural Beach Living~The Eyes of a Boy~Powerful Mothering~ Wildflower Ramblings~I Heart Crafty Things~Delightful Learning~Life of Jennifer Dawn

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