Grow a Yam Plant Print a Y with a marker on a glass or clear plastic cup. Pass around a yam and let the children examine it. Stick several toothpicks into the side of the yam around the middle. Balance the toothpicks on the rim of the cup and fill the cup with water. Place the cup in a sunny spot.
Every day have the children check the yam for signs of root and leaf growth.
Add more water as necessary. Yellow yarn mobiles Put white glue in an open bowl and invite the children to dip the yellow yarn in the glue using a popsicle stick to saturate the yarn completely except for the end the child is holding. Then have the children arrange the yarn on waxed paper in interesting designs. Ask children to bend the end of the yarn to use as a hanger and cut off the end they were holding since it has no glue on it. When the glue is dry, remove the mobiles from the waxed paper and hang them in a window or from the ceiling.