You will need:

• Two 4-ounce bottles of Elmer’s Washable School Glue
• 1 bottle of sta-flow starch
• Liquid food coloring

Steps and examples of how to add language:

1. Pour glue into a bowl
   • Label what you are doing! “we are pouring the glue!”
   • Have them help squeeze the bottle and label the action for them “squeeeeeeeze the glue!”
   • Ask them to describe the glue, explore it and talk about it!
     • Is it drippy? Wet? Dry? Gooey?
     • What color is it?
     • Do you like the way it smells?
     • Do you like the way it feels on your fingers?
2. If adding food coloring, add into the glue and stir well
   • Pick which color they want, label all of the colors
   • Mix one color and then add another, what happens when the colors mix? Talk about it!
3. Shake up starch to loosen up
   • Label this action as you do it “shake, shake, shake”
4. Pour starch into glue 1 tablespoon at a time
   • Have them help you, label “scoop and dump” with each one
5. Stir thoroughly with each tablespoon of starch
   • Label stirring action
   • Have them follow directions to do it themselves
6. Continue to add starch until the slime is not sticking to the bowl and forms a clump in the middle
   • Talk about the texture with your child, have them help decide when it is time for more
7. Knead and stretch with hands to finish completely mixing
   • Describe how it feels on your/their hands
8. Once smooth, stretchy, and uniform throughout, it is complete!
   • Describe the texture
   • How does it feel?
9. Play with your slime!
   • Add plastic toys
   • Hide toys in or under it, use prepositional terms
   • As “who” is in the slime or “where” the toys are
   • Ask “What are we doing?”