Colors and Shapes Oh My!

Learning Board

Letter C

Color  ALL

Shape- ALL

Numeral- 4


Name Practice-Binder

Monday-

Story: Brown Bear

Poem: FSP Songs

Alphabet Study: Letter Punch

Fine Motor: Color tracing sheet

Science: Color Sort Tubes

Math: Frogs/Color Bears  

Free explore

Art: Brown Bear Pages  Maybe this year is the year we finally finish lol

Writing: Rainbow Salt Tray**

Paint bottom of tray, add salt

Theme/Life Skills: Circle Maps Red and Orange

Tuesday

Story: Elmer

Poem: Color Poem

Alphabet Study: Magnetic Letters 
Free explore

Fine Motor: Shape Clip Cards
Here are some!
I grabbed mine from Target!

Science: Magnets From Target or Dollar Tree

Math: Brown Bear Magnets

Art: Elmer Tissue Paper

Writing: Trace Shapes 
Use different colors.

Theme/Life Skills: Circle Maps yellow/green


Thursday

Story:Pete the Cat Shoes

Poem: Number Poem

Alphabet Study: Sort letters by colors

Fine Motor: Color Clips

Science: Color Milk experiment

Math: Roll and Take

Roll a number cube and a color cube.  Take that many of that color.
We are using frogs.  I roll a blue and a 4. I take 4 blue frogs.

Art: Color Hunt

Hide colors around the house.
Maybe use those color tubes.  Pick on piece of every color.

Writing: Shape Hop 

Using those felt shapes from Target, we are going to hop to them.
Call out a shape and have your child hop to that shape.

Theme/Life Skills: Circle Maps Blue/Purple


Friday

Story: Mouse Paint

Poem: Momma Circle

Alphabet Study: Letter Pix Magnets 

Fine Motor: Gumballs and Tweezers

Science: Color Mixing

Math: Pattern Blocks

Art: Paint- color mixing

Writing: Twister

We're working our fine motor and larger motor muscles here!
Fine- fingers- spinning
Large- body- stretching to reach

Or  

using those color boarders from Dollar Tree again, do a bean bag toss.

Theme/Life Skills: Circle Maps- Pink-Gray-Black

Shopping List:

Hole Punch

Markers

Colorful Bears

Paint

Clothes Pins

Magnets

Tissue Paper (Dollar Tee)

Dice
Tweezers
Pom-poms
Baster
Plastic Bins
Colored Paper

Food Coloring

Milk

Salt

Kinderpond Learns about Reptiles

Learning Board

Letter I

Color  Review

Shape- Hexagon

Numeral- 4

Name Practice- Snake and Turtle

Monday-

Story- What is a Reptile

Poem Video

 

Art~ Pony Bead Snake on a Straw 

Math/Life Skills/Science  Turtle Size Sort
I will have to quick make one up, there was no link available on their site.

Snack- I am going to use my Apple Peeler Corer Slicer from Pampered Chef to make an apple snake!

Tuesday-

Story- Verde

Fingerplay I'm a Little Snake (no link)

Art- Turtle Plate  
This will be more of a process art.  Have your child make the plate part first and when dry, add the legs, head, and tail.

Math/Life Skills/Science- Measure Snakes 

This will take a little prep to set up :)

Snack-Snake Biscuits
We made  ones last week with bread sticks, so you could do that again or this week, I will plan using Bisquick.

Thursday-

Story Mixed Up Chameleon

 

Fingerplays- Croc Snap

Music- Alligator Pie

Math/Life Skills/Science Mixed Up Chameleon  Clothes Pom-pom Pick Up

Snack- Alligator Pie

Friday-

Story  Color of His Own

Fingerplays- Silly Slippery Snake

Music- Teasing Mr Alligator

Math/Life Skills/Science Pony Bead Snake

Snack- Snake Cinnamon Rolls

So instead of rolling your cinnamon rolls into rolls, unroll them and place on pan like a long snake!

Shopping List:
Cinnamon Rolls
Mini Pie Shells
Pudding
Green Food coloring
Apple
Bisquick/breadsticks

Fancy Straw
Clothes pin
pom-poms
Pony Beads
Pipe Cleaners
Some sort of container (think Crystal Light container)

Thanksgiving in the Kinderpond

Learning Board

Letter T

Color Pink because aren't we all thankful for pink?!?!?!?!

Shape- Triangle

Numeral- 4


Name Practice- Turkey Feathers

Day 1-

Story- Hide Turkey Hide  
To make this book, fold in half so the back of the page is together. Stack the folds and staple on the opposite side.  It makes the pages stronger for little fingers.

Poem Thanksgiving Colors

 

Art~ Footprint and Handprint

Math/Life Skills/Science  Dominoes

Super Cute Turkeys

Life Skills- Turkey Baster Relay

Journal-Thanksgiving Sheet  
print off at 80% so it fits in the journal.

Snack- Pumpkin Seeds

Day 2-

Story- Our Friends

Fingerplay Going on a Turkey Hunt

Art- Turkey Number Sense Headband

Math/Science-  Build a Turkey pattern blocks 

Here are some plain ones

Life Skills- Trail Mix and Match

Journal- Triangle Tree

Snack- Blessing Mix

Day 3-

Story  Swallowed a Pie (yes it's in Spanish...still can tell the story)

Fingerplays- Hello Mr Turkey

Music-  Turkey Dance

Math/Science                         Cube Roll   the colorful one

the hard one

the semi-easy one

the middle one

and yes, I have used them all in the classroom :)

I copy one and glue it to an envelope and laminate the whole thing.  Cut out a slit in the top. Pop the recording sheets inside.  

Life Skills- Pumpkin Pies


These are my Pampered Chef mini pans.
Orange pom-poms for the filling and small tan felt for the crust.


Here you can grab some pieces. But honestly, I would just grab some real Dollar Tree mini pans.



Journal- I am Thankful Sheet

Snack- Turkey Graham Crackers

Day 4-

Story Look at the Turkey

Fingerplays- 5 Little Turkeys

Music-Turkey Pokey

Math/Science Racing Turkeys

Life Skills- Sandwich & Burrito Sets  Bring out your pretend food :)


I am also going to add felt sheets with a correct place settings. Cup on top, fork to the left, plate, and knife and spoon to the right.  It's not something Froglet usually sees and he should.  I am going to trace the outside of some toys that fit on the felt sheet.

Journal- Glue in Indian Corn

Snack-Peanut Butter Turkeys

Shopping List:

Paint- red, yellow, orange, brown

Turkey Basters

Feathers
Tissue Paper
Orange Pompoms
Felt- brown
Pie Tins
Clothes Pins


Snacks
Pumpkin Seeds
Bugles
Pretzels (with the three loops)
Candy Corn
Graham Crackers
Peanut Butter
Straight Pretzels