Monster Fun from Kinderpond

Learning Board-

Letter M

Color Green

Shape- hexagon

Numeral- 10


Name Practice- I am going to try these out this week.  Jackie from Pocket of Preschool, uses them daily.  I will write using yellow marker (follow the yellow brick road) for Froglet to trace.  By the end of the week, I will want him to trace all of his letters. He only has 6 letters :) 

Here are some of our monster books:

Missing- Nibbles, Tickle Me, Boogie Monster, Monsters in Underpants

Monday-

Story: Monster Book

Poem: 5 Little Monsters

Alphabet Study: Letters from the Alphabet

Fine Motor: Letters Punch Sheet

Science: Magnets I just got these so that's what we're going to try out.

Math: Cube Roll              Monsters            Monsters Outline

Art: Crayon Shaving Monsters 

I am going to print a monster out.  Cut it apart with two pages together.  Later glue in the waxed paper in between.

Grate crayons on to waxed paper.  Put between two sheets, cut out monster shape. Iron to melt crayons.

Writing: Monster tracing

Theme/Life Skills: Monster Rice Krispies 

Tuesday

Story: Where the Wild Things Are

Poem: Letter formation poem

Alphabet Study: Bingo Sheet

Fine Motor: Monster Clips with pompoms

Science: Monster STEM

 

Math: Monster Positional Words

Art: Straw Blown Monsters (no link)

Writing: Writing 

Theme/Life Skills: Monster Bowling
I got these from Melissa and Doug

Thursday

Story: Monster Book

Poem: Number Formation Poem

Alphabet Study: I am going to print these out on fun paper. Then write letters on them.  I will put some letters into a monster bag and have Froglet pick a letter and match it to a monster.

Fine Motor: Lacing Monsters 
these came from Target

Science: Slime

Use slime from last week!

Math: Monster Roll and fill
Use monster erasers if you have them

Art: Monster I Spy Numbers

Writing: Easel Writing

Draw with yellow the letter, number, and shape for this week on an easel. Let child trace them with pencil, marker, crayon :)

Theme/Life Skills: Scissor Skills

Friday

Story: 5 Silly Monsters

Poem: Monster Hunt

Alphabet Study:  Monster Mash

Fine Motor:Tweezer Monster Sorting

Science: Sensory Bin

Math: Spin to 20

Art: Squish paint

Writing: Tara West Letter Tracing

Theme/Life Skills: Light Table Monsters

Shopping List:

Rice Krispies

Marshmallows

Candy Melts

Eye Balls (craft section at WalMart)

Pom poms

report covers (cutting up)

Crayons (old)

Straws

Magnetic items

wiggly eyes
paint
playdough
popsicle (craft) sticks
toothpicks
eyes
pipe cleaners

Kinderpond Gets Musical

Learning Board-

Letter M

Color Green

Shape- Cone

Numeral- 8


Name Practice- Binder

Monday-

Story- Play Louis Play 

I couldn't find anyone reading it on YouTube :(

This sounds good too!

Poem- Instrument Families 

Show Brass slide today.

Music-  Flight of the Bumblebee

Math/Life Skills/Science  Mini Dominoes 
but really any dominos will work!
I grabbed these at Dollar Tree.  OMg, they are sooooo cute!

Theme- Music Freeze
Play like musical chairs without the chairs.

Play music, when it stops, child stops. Move again when the music starts.

Snack- Yogurt Drops
I had leftover yogurt so I needed to use it up.  So I am going to draw some "sheet music" on paper.  Like lines and a treble clef. Place the drops to pretend they are the notes :)

Tuesday-

Story- Swallowed a Cello 
Skip the annoying puppet lol

Instrument Families 

Show Woodwind slide today.

Music- Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

Math/Life Skills/Science- String Instruments

You could glue the strings on or leave them off for for additional practice.

Theme- Instrument Sort

Use real instruments to sort. Grab your musical toys and see how your child sorts them!

Snack- Music Graham Crackers (user upload)

Thursday-

Story  Max Found Two Sticks

Instrument Families 

Show Percussion slides today.

Music-  Drumline

Math/Life Skills/Science  Music Bingo
Take any of your pieces and print a second set. Make your own BINGO board :)

Theme- Jingle Bell paint 

Think marble paint, but use bells instead!

Snack- Guitar Krispie Treats (user upload)

Friday-

Story Zin Zin Violin

Instrument Families 

Show Strings slide today.

Music- Beethoven

Math/Life Skills/Science  Music Memory

Take your second set from Bingo to play memory. 

Theme- Music Sort

Use these cards to sort in the cards into the sorting tray.  I got mine at Dollar Tree.

Here are several choices to print:

Set 1        Set 2           Set 3          Set 4        Set 5



Snack- Xylophone (user upload)

Shopping List:

Yogurt
Sprinkles
Graham Crackers
Peanut Butter or other spread
Pretzel Sticks
Raisins/chocolate chips
Rice Krispies
Marshmallows
Butter
Frosting
M&M's

Dominoes

Brown Paper

String/Yarn

Jingle Bells

Paint

Monster Fun!!

Learning Board 

I am going to make a monster pointer to point at our learning board. I printed extra monster from the names sheet.

Letter M

Color  Blue

Shape- Crescent 

Numeral-  1


Name Practice- Monsters 
I am going to print on green paper because it's his favorite color. You could print on white and color them different colors. 

Monday

Story- Tickle Monster

Poem Monster Hunt

Art~ Monster Puppets

Math/Life Skills/Science  

Monster Clip Cards

Journal- Color in Crescent Shape

If you want to be fancy, you can draw a crescent on a separate piece of paper, cut it out and glue it in your journal or just draw in journal. 

Snack- Monster Mash Mix

Tuesday

Story- Boogie Monster

Well buggers... I can't find any readings of Boogie Monster :(  It's from the same author as Tickle Monster.

Here is another good one though:

Fingerplay 7 Little Monsters

Art- Invitation to make a Monster  

Create construction paper pieces and let your child create a masterpiece!

Math/Life Skills/Science- HUGE eye balls

I am going to cut up a plastic tablecloth from Dollar Tree to make our monster.  You could put anything that you wish on the plates.  

For example: numbers or letters or shapes or colors.

Journal- Roll a Monster  
Look way at the bottom.  I printed mine 2 per page.

Snack- Pretzel Monsters

Thursday

Story  Monsters Love Underpants

Fingerplays- 5 Little Monsters

Art-  Gumball Daubers

Math/Life Skills/Science  Monster Plate  

I grabbed my plates at the Dollar Tree.

You could do part part whole.
Roll put that on one side.  Roll again and add eyeballs to other side. Add together for the bottom.

We will be rolling and adding the eye balls to each section of the plates.

Journal- Glue in Gumball sheet

Snack- Monster Slime Popcorn

Friday

Story Monster in the Tree  or

Fingerplays- Monster BOO!

Music-If You're a Monster and You Know It

Math/Life Skills/Science Monster Cube Roll

I have two choices:     Low ink version

Journal- Glue in Monster

Snack- Monster Teeth

Shopping List:

Pretzels

Candy Melts (several bags of different colors min 4 bags)

Mini Marshmallows

Candy Eyes (I've found them by the candy melts at WalMart)

Popcorn

Lime Jell-O

Sugar

Corn Syrup

Butter

Cap'n Crunch Cereal

Bone sprinkles... if I can find them lol
Chex Cereal- chocolate and vanilla  (I had no idea about the vanilla ones lol) 
Powdered Sugar

Non-food items:
clothes pins
table cloth (Dollar Tree)
plates
Pom-pom or puffball (like from the shower)
Construction paper