Week in review: Habitats

I grabbed this at Dollar Tree.

I really wanted it to be used more than once,

so I stuck the stickers on paper and

then laminate them instead.

Fork cactus.

Game spinner

Desert Game

Snake Safari

So my Dollar Tree had only these two snakes and they were growing snakes.

Not putting them in water to make them grow lol

Since there were only 2 snakes, I grabbed some lizards too,

I grabbed these Glad XL storage containers for our sensory bins this week.
I grabbed the trees from my dinosaurs and the little critters, I think they came from the dollar spot.

The kids are supposed to glue the animals in,

but I glued around the outside and left it open at the top. 

Here was our Tall Tall Grass activity.

I just drew some grassland animals. 

Here were the games that I got from Target.

I put a different colored dot on the cards 

and matched them with the set they belong.

Here was the chart for our learning board.

I used extra forest pieces,

I used the extra pieces from the cactus printable too.

Here Froglet is putting the animals that go in the forest.

The extras are on the side.

Biomes/Habitats

Learning Board

Letter E

Color White

Shape- Circle

Numeral- 5


Name Practice-

Mini Sensory Bins

Monday-

Story- I might start with this first and then read the book.

In the Forest

Music-  Habitats Song

Math/Life Skills/Science  

Forest Graphing

Sorting Forest Mat

or Forest Biome Sorting

Mini Sensory Bin- trees, owls, insects, deer, eagle, bear, possum, raccoon, fox, turkey, squirrel, toad, wolves, moose, birds, beaver

Journal-

Stamp E's in an E.

Snack- Nuts- you know like Pine(Tree) Nuts :)

Tuesday-

Story- Who Lives in a Cactus

Fingerplay Sally the Camel

Art- Cactus fork

Make a green cactus and dip a fork into green paint.  We may or may not use sand lol

Math/Science- Desert Board game

Life Skills- Cactus toothpicks

Mini Sensory Bin- sand animals(camel, lizard, coyote, fox, bird, snake) 

Journal-Color in number 5

Snack- Chips and salsa.

Thursday-

Story  In the Tall Tall Grass

Fingerplays- Move like an Animal

Art- Tall Tall Grass
Fold a green paper in half. Older kids can cut using a line or no line.  You could print out the desert pictures twice if would like and glue them behind the green grass.
  

Math/Science Pattern Block animals


Life Skills- Snake Safari

Toss some snakes into the center of your room in a pile.  Use a grabber to pick them up and move them. I got my grabber at Target. I've seen it in the toys section and the party section.

Mini Sensory Bin- green grass (paper shreds or Easter grass)

Journal- Trace the shape

Draw some circles on your paper and have your child trace them with different colors.

Snack- Giraffe String Cheese

Friday-

Story Polar Bear

Fingerplays- Arctic Animals

Music-Waxed Paper Skates

tear off some waxed paper about the size of your feet.  The goal is to "skate" with your feet still on the waxed paper.

Math/Science- 4 paper sort  

I was thinking of just 4 colors of paper for the 4 biomes/habitats we are studying and having Froglet put animals correctly in each square. Of course switch ocean for grassland. 

Although I picked up these at Target. I am so glad that I got two! I put a colored dot on each card, so we would know which card went with each mat and we didn't have to worry about what was on the other side of the cards.

Life Skills- Animal Home Clip it cards

Mini Sensory Bin- glass rocks "ice cubes" from Break the Ice.
penguin, polar bear, blue whale, snowy owl, reindeer, walrus


Journal- Where do they live?  (older)

or

Where do they live? (younger)

Snack-Ice Cream

Shopping List:
Waxed paper
Paint
Toothpicks
clothes pins
stickers
construction paper
snakes
grabber (I found some at Target)

Items for sensory bins (if you want)
Sand
Trees
Grass
glass rocks
Don't Break the Ice ice
animals-


Food:
Nuts
Chips
Salsa
string cheese
pretzel sticks
ice cream