12 Activities for Chalk: Kid's Co-op

Nothing says summer like seeing colorful chalk decorations on the sidewalk. If you're looking for new ways for your kids to play with chalk, the Kid's Co-op has you covered.

Gross motor phonics games from Train Up a Child

How to chalk hair from Housing a Forest

Chalk shadows from Reading Confetti

Gross motor addition game from Train Up a Child

Disappearing letters from Reading Confetti

Make a rainbow from And Next Comes L

Chalk targets from Reading Confetti

Book extension activity from Play Trains!

Hopscotch from Toddling in the Fast Lane

DIY chalkboard from Super Mommy

Though these activities originally used other materials, they could easily be adapted to use with chalk:

Outdoor surface rubbing from Adventures at Home with Mum

Create your own flowers from Edventures with Kids

Thanks so much to everybody who linked up great ideas for kids last week.  Can't wait to see what you've got this week!

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The Kid's Co-Op features the best of the best kids' ideas of the week. Follow on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest & visit each of the awesome Bloggers who co-host this link party.  By linking up your post will be viewed on over 15 great blogs. *Also by linking up, you agree to your images being pinned & shared with credit.

1. Let's Dance - keep fit with kids	2. Snesory Play Frog Pond	3. Crochet Doll	4. homemade Butter Experiment
5. Everyday Fun Ways to Teach Counting	6. Learn about Cells w/ an edible cell	7. Salt Dough ad Lavender Hearts ad Outside Fun!	8. Popsicle Stick Sunflowers
9. 20 useful math games	10. Sawdust Clay: Reprise	11. Handwriting Free Printable: Rainbow Writing {c}	12. Mud Day!
13. Our Daily Rhythm: 7 Day Update	14. Starting Solids: A Tale of Two Brothers	15. Fail Proof Brownies: Baking with Kids	16. Washing Toddler Security Toys!
17. Deodorant Roller Bottle Painting!	18. Budget Toddler Marble Matching Mat!	19. 12 Chalk Activities	20. drawing on laminator pockets!
21. Preschool botany p.1 - plant basics	22. Water bead science activity	23. Sensory fun with oobleck	24. Favorite Books of a Four-Year-Old
25. Crafts and Activities with Corks	26. Encouraging Creative Confidence in Children	27. Summer Bucket List	28. Tot Fun: Letter H
29. Shark Lapbook	30. Acorn Number Blancing Game	31. Quick & Easy No-Cook Playdough Recipe	32. Reinventing Toys - Rice Discovery Station
33. Creating with flowers, twigs and leaves	34. Emily Morgan	35. Dinosaur small world	36. Kid made flower planting kit
37. 10 simple ways to play outdoors	38. Stacking cups games	39. Tips for messy painting expo's	40. Crayon outdoor surface hunting
41. Free Flower Printables and Activities	42. Literature-Based Activities for Preschoolers	43. Craft Template | The 10 Plagues of Egypt	44. Nature Art Hunt Painting
45. Pipe Cleaner Trees for Wooden Train Layouts	46. Steam Streamers for Active Train Pretend Play	47. 6 Books to Make About a Trip to the Park	48. U is for Underground Animals Resources
49. Leo Lionni Book Resources	50. 12 Dinosaur Small Worlds	51. Catching a spider: Catch and Release for Kids	52. 10 Farm Theme Activities Kids Love
53. Farm Sensory Bin	54. 5 Fun Ideas Kids Will Love to Learn and Play	55. Safari Small World Sensory Play	56. Which one is different? pack (free)
57. Let's...paint!	58. Aussie KoolAid Playdough	59. Spring TableTime	60. Garden print painting
61. Explore BIG numbers with small children	62. 19 Ways to Use a Learning Maze	63. Father's Day Footprint and Shoe Print	64. Spider Web Gardening Trellis
65. Pipe Cleaner Bubble Wands	66. Father's Day Breakfast	67. 18 Favorite Books and Related Activities	68. Clay modelling
69. Teaching Toddlers Letters	70. Going on a Shape Hunt	71. Seashell Crab craft	72. Odd Characters
73. Where Do We Live activity	74. Building the Gruffalo	75. Spring Bird Wand for Kids Play	76. Free Bee Maze Printable
77. Kid Made Nature Book	78. 4 Caterpillar Crafts for Toddlers	79. 50+ wonderful ways with play dough	80. Silly Star Pasta Salad for Kids to Make
81. Simple Color Sorting from the Dollar Store	82. Teaching a Range of Abilities	83. Dollar Store Lesson on Wind	84. Color Sorting Cut and Paste Activity
85. Creating an Awesome Summer Bucket List	86. Books & Activities for Gardening Fun	87. Summer Reading Programs for Kids	88. Connecting Books w/Real Life + giveaway
89. 15+ Name Activities for Preschoolers {Updated}	90. What We're Reading Now!	91. Frozen Jewels {A Skylanders Party Game}	92. Counting by Fives Handprint Wall Art
93. Preschool Circle Time Tip-Video	94. Invisible Chicka Chicka 123	95. Cornstarch Painting!	96. Cellophane stained glass house
97. letter learning through baking	98. Play Blocks	99. Dry-Erase Markers on the Fridge Learning Numbers	100. Over 30 Toddler Themes Curriculum 2013-2014
101. Dinosaurs Unit for Preschoolers Part 1	102. Dinosaurs Unit for Preschoolers Part 2	103. Small World: Building Site	104. Montessori and Composting With Kids
105. Plastic Lid Stamps	106. Leather Choker for Pendants	107. Garden Tic-Tac-Toe with Painted Rocks	108. 5 Favorite Goodnight Picture Books
109. Mama Bird Spanish Lesson	110. M is for Mountain	111. Perfect? HA!	112. Angry Bird Birthday Party Ideas
113. Butterfly Lapbook	114. Botany Activity for Kids	115. Parts of a Flower Activity	116. Mother's Day Book/Card with printable
117. Facts About Soccer/Football	118. Graduation Handprint Keepsake with Poem	119. Salt Play	120. Keitha's Story Themed Lunches
121. Family mealtime makeover	122. Butterfly project and keepsake lapbook	123. Letter N Sensory Bin	124. Demolition Derby for Crawling Babies
125. Caterpillar Snack Wrap	126. Genesis Lapbook & Worksheet Printables	127. Montessori Tot School Essentials	128. Water Mirrors and Reflections
129. Easy Pureed Baby Food	130. Traveling with Preschoolers - DIY Games	131. Heart Bird Feeders	132. {FREE} Dinosaur Matching Preschool Packet
133. #KidsforKindness Water Balloon Fight Delivery	134. DIY Art Palette	135. FREE Brown Bear Printables & Craft	136. Caldocott Award Winner Recommendations
137. Dramatic Play Ice Cream Shop	138. Sugar Art	139. Backyard Blue Whales and books by Adam Rex	140. Road Signs - Car Party
141. Jake & the Neverland Pirates Theme	142. Most Holy Trinity Link up	143. bling in the sensory bin	144. Backlog of Play Trays
145. Play Dough Cupcakes	146. Real-Toy	147. Make Your Own Colored Sand	148. Spring Nature Hunt and Craft
149. How to Catch a Monster	150. Patriotic Foods for Kids	151. Learning with a Lemonade Stand	152. 10+ Haunting Holocaust Books for Kids
153. Children's Choice Book Awards	154. Teaching history through museums	155. Exploring Flowers with Kids~ Discovery Moments	156. Moo, Quack, Baa Obstacle Course
157. Rubber Band Splatter Painting	158. Weeding & snails	159. Fathers Day Face Biscuits	160. Music Sensory Bin (And Next Comes L)
161. Tips for Flying with Toddlers	162. Imaginative Play Toy	163. How to know if you child is ready to learn the piano	164. Shaving Cream Car Wash
165. Make Stalactites and Stalagmites	166. Concept Word Sort	167. Sorting game free printable	168. Butterfly Sponge Magnets
169. Starry Night Art Activity	170. Screen Free Fun for Kids	171. Preschool Matching by shades of Color	172. Let's...Fight!?
173. I'm plenty of bones!	174. Discovering time is going on	175. Frog Pond Sensory Bins Several Ways & More	176. June Table Topics
177. Daycare Communication Time Saver Tip	178. Homemade Rainbow Xylophone	179. Musical Hide and Seek	180. Giant Chalk Keyboard
181. Piano Quiet Book Page	182. Early Literacy : Handwriting	183. Felt World Map	184. Early Learning about Bones &Organs
185. Tissue Paper Fish Bowl Lanterns	186. flicking physcial art process	187. Creating a Musical Environment for Baby	188. Instrument Exploration with Baby: Piano & Tape Resist Piano
189. Instrument Exploration with Baby: Drums	190. Exploring Percussion with Baby & Music Sensory Bottle

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