Mix equal parts of flour, salt, and water in a bowl. Add pink or purple tempera paint. Pour the mixture into plastic squeeze bottles. Show the students how to squeeze the paint onto a heavy piece of cardboard or heavy paper in lines and dots. Encourage designs and patterns.
Puffy paint hardens when it dries.
Use pretzels for counting activities. Introduce the penny. Do a graphing activity on favorite kinds of pie. Do a graphing activity on favorite kinds of pizza. Arctic Animals Have a unit on the animals in the Arctic, especially the polar bear and the penguin.