Preschool At Home: Exploration Light Table

I have been wanting to do this for 

quite some time 

but finally got my act together

yesterday afternoon. 

"C" and I set up a light table,

discovery center

in our playroom!

I put my light box

on our little Ikea table 

in the corner of the playroom, 

with a basket of

interesting,

colorful,

 and transparent 

objects in it. 

I put a basket with 

Sea Shells, 

Polished Rock Slices 

(from my Grandpa's collection),

Glass Beads/ Stones 

(like the ones from craft stores/Dollar Tree),

Transparent Colored Blocks,
Leaves,

Resin Specimen Bug Blocks,

and this little 

Colored Water and Oil Game. 

The Polly Pockets had to check it out too. 

Our colored blocks

look really cool 

with rocks,

shells, 

and occasional Polly Pocket dolls 

under them! 

Our plexi-glass bug specimen blocks

are really fun on the table too! 

"C" (age 3) spent 2 HOURS 

playing at the table yesterday....Can you believe it? 

Happy Exploring!

If you don't have a light box at home (or in your classroom)

I've seen people make their own with 

plexi-glass and a box,

 or a glass top table --

add white velum/paper to it 

and make sure your light source won't get hot

(use something like LED xmas lights)

you don't want to burn your kids or

start a fire! 

Go check out Filth Wizardry's Blog

here for transparent art activities

and 

here for fun with sand

on their great homemade Light Table ! 

If you want a set of
20 Colorful See-Through blocks 
like ours...
I got them from
Oriental Trading Company here.

Fondly,

pink and green mama,