Alphabet Antics

Here are some of our alphabet books.  I always want you to remember that you need to use the books you have at home :)  My son loves to read, I've known that I wanted to be a teacher since forever, so  I have been collecting books for most of my life and my mom is also a teacher. I buy books all of the time.  I often try to find books on line to share as well.  This week is really no different.  Use the books you own! :)  

Learning Board-

Color Orange

Trace the Shape- Rhombus/Diamond

Numeral- 16


Name Practice- Cute CCBB letters

Monday-

Story- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Poem- Then listen to it!!!

 

Art~CCBB Tree

I am going to paint Froglet's foot and his hands and add foam letters.

(broken link)

Math/Life Skills/Science Sensory Bin with Letters 

I bought some alphabet pasta at Walmart.  I hope to dye it :) If not, no big deal.

Snack- Scrabble Cheez-its

Tuesday-

Story- Animal Alphabet

Fingerplay- Magnet Match

I am going so high-tech here lol I am going to write on index cards and see if Froglet can match them on our oil drip pan :)  I plan to use my big chunky LeapFrog letters... even though the dog has eaten some of them lol

However, I might print these, because they are cute and I love her artwork. I am going to cut them apart and tape them to the oil drip pan. 

Or use the ones I bought from Target... decisions decisions 

Music- Have Fun Teaching

Math/Life Skills/Science- Bean Bag Toss  

I bought these at Dollar Tree.  They are bulletin board sized.

I am starting with the ones on top.

Lay them out on the floor, so them make a rectangle with them.

Have your child toss a bean bag or pom pom.  Whatever letter they land on have them say the letter.  Or in my case, if my son doesn't know the letter, after giving him time to think, I will say the letter and have him repeat it.

I will use the number ones and the other letter ones at a different time :)

Snack-Alphabet Cookies 
Grabbed these at the Dollar Tree

Thursday-

Story  

Fingerplays- Lettercise

Phonersize 

Alphahardy

Art- Gel Tracing  

Put some hair gel into a zip bag seal with tape unless you're feeling adventurous lol Use the playdough mats underneath.

Math/Life Skills/Science

Alphabet Soup- I am going to dump out some letters and see if Froglet knows any :) I am guessing he will like the dumping out more than anything.
I am going to line a box with felt 
1) to make it softer and 
2) to contain them.

Snack-Alphabet Cereal

Friday-

Story 

Fingerplays- Letter Motions 
I printed them together on one page :) 

Art-Alphabet Letters in dough

Math/Life Skills/Science
Foam Letters with hammer
Remove the letters let your child pound them in to where they belong :)

Snack-Alphabet Shaped Cookies
I thought there were some at WalMart, but I can't find them on the app :(

Shopping List:
Scrabble Cheez-its
Alphabet Squares
Alphabet Cereal
Alphabet Cookies skinny shapes
Rice or alphabet pasta
Food Dye 
Bean bags or large pom-poms
Hair Gel
Zip-Loc bag
Letters
Container
Dough
Foam Letters
Paint
Hammer

Week in Review: Legos

Funny story... well not funny at the time. :(

I brought the Lego bins down.

I had the mixed one that we keep all the different add-ons

you know, the pink, purple, brown ones, the cars ect.

I had the blue bin, the green bins too 

BUT

no red or yellow!! how does one person loose the red and yellow ones but not the fun one?!?!?!?

So we had to adjust our plan and not do the red/yellow/blue sort until later.

Anyone surprised at the frog bin?  lol

Lego snack

The extra that I got to eat lol

I ended up using a decorator bottle tip and that long thing 

is a Pampered Chef cake tester.

Roll and build a tower.

Learning Board

I picked up the calendar from Dollar Tree,

but I bought another one from Target's Dollar Spot because

it was Dr Seuss themed. 

I grabbed the words:

*letters

*number

*color

*shape

HERE

I got the weather part HERE

I will add more for the weather later.

We use that blue Sticky-tac to attach the numbers and weather.

I started with only three 

"How I feel today"

grab your set HERE

I will add others soon.

I did color the Vel-Cro dot 

so it was easier to see. 

I started using letter magnets and felt numbers

from Target's Dollar Spot. 

I started this with the ice cream unit and I've already changed it lol

Here is what the side looks like today:

Here's where I store my pieces:

the envelope came from Dollar Tree

Here how I store the weather pieces.

I got the box at Dollar Tree.

I'm already planning on things to add on the side and then the back as well.

It might change to 

"All About a Number"

changing the alphabet line to a number line

Not sure about the Upper/lower case one yet... ;)

The number before and after.

Is it even or odd.

Write number sentences for the "words that start with."

(user upload)

Other things to add:

*Seasons
*Today is, Yesterday was, Tomorrow will be
*Months

Back to School

Binder-

Alphabet Practice-

Color- Yellow 

Trace the Shape- Triangle

Numeral- 15


Name Practice-School Bus

Monday-

Story- Lady Who Swallowed a Book (print your own)

Poem- Paint Stick Retell

Art~ Bingo Dauber Letter B 

Math/Life Skills/Science

Count the Room

Snack-Pencil Cookie

These are not as easy as they look, but they are SUPER Cute!!!

Tuesday-

Story- School Supplies

Fingerplay Where is _______?

Art- School Bus

On their site you can print off black pieces, but I will cut out shapes from black construction paper.  

Math/Life Skills/Science- Memory Match

Snack-School Bus Graham Cracker

Thursday-

Story- Pete the Cat Rocking School Shoes  

Fingerplays- Listen to the song

Art- Decorate shoe  

Print off the shoe and paint or color as your child wishes.

Math/Life Skills/Science 

I am going to let froglet start cutting out scraps. Put scissors and scrap paper in a bin and let them cut!

OMG!  who thinks of this stuff?????

Snack- Mini- Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches

Friday-

Story Pete the Cat Too Cool for School

Fingerplays- Who Hid the Button

Art-Button Bingo Dauber  
I am going to have Froglet identify the colors and I will write that color on the line using that color.  So if he picks up a blue dauber, I will write blue on the line or I might write the color words on the line and have him match. 

Math/Life Skills/Science- I Spy

I have something in the works for this... STAY tuned, I promise it will be worth the wait!!!

Snack-

Shopping List:
Paint Stick
Velcro
Bingo Daubers
Wafer Cookies
Candy Melts- pink white
Black Gel
Graham Crackers
Frosting- white
Yellow Food coloring
Bread
Peanut butter (or your fav spread)
Jelly
Bananas
Chocolate