Kinderpond travels to the beach

Here is last year's Beach Plan.


We have swimming lessons in the morning, so we have been doing school after dinner.  :)

Learning Board

Letter B

Color  tan I am going to color with a tan marker on an index card. Write the name "tan" in tan :)

Shape- rectangle Think beach towel :)

Numeral- 13


Name Practice-                New Sheet           Morning Work

Monday-

Story- Seashore Shine a Light

Poem Beach Ball 
Pocket Chart

Art~ Beach Ball Plate  

I am going to use those cute squares from the Dollar Tree.

Math/Life Skills/Science   Beach ball 10 frames  or Sandcastles

                                 

Theme- Build a Crab

Snack- Snack Mix  We're going to have our snack in a bucket lol

Tuesday-

Story- Swallowed a Shell

Fingerplay Summer Sequence  
(This is a paid resource, so just talk about which would be first, next, last)

Art-  Shell paper plate

Math/Life Skills/Science- Seashells

I would really like to find some real shells to touch and smell and listen to!
We would go to the ocean every summer and collect shells, now we live by Lake Michigan... not the same lol



I left a link for sortable shells, but the real ones are best :)

Theme- Puzzles                   Aloha Girls         and         BOYS!!!!!!!

  Puzzles

 Puzzles

Snack- Starfish Sandwiches

Thursday-

Story   Pete at the Beach

Fingerplays-  Waves in the Sea

Art- Surf Boards   
I  love these!  They are so cute!  There are no patterns provided, but she does show step by step directions on how she made the surfboards.

Math/Life Skills/Science Puzzles  

Pool Pals

 Puzzles

 Puzzles

Theme- Kinetic Sand

Snack- Blue Dipped Pretzels

Shopping List:
Snacks (whatever you have on hand- pretzels, cereal, ect)

Sandwich Makings (meat, cheese, PB, whatever your child likes)
Bread
Pretzel Rods
Blue Candy Melts

Clean sand bucket Dice
Seashells
Paper
Paper Plate
Watercolors
Tissue Paper
Glue

Kinderpond Learns About Seasons

Learning Board

Letter Z

Color Gray 

Shape- Rectangle

Numeral- 20


Name Practice- Binder  
I was trying to make some that would fit the seasons but I didn't like anything I made lol

Monday-

Story-4 Seasons Booklet

Poem Seasons YouTube

 

Art~ Seasons Tree Using a Q-Tip use THESE trees.  I am going to print 4 per page. Check your printer's settings.

One per day.

Math/Life Skills/Science  Paper Dolls 

There are boy versions too :)

Snack- Banana Sushi

Tuesday-

Story-4 Seasons Flip book

Fingerplay Winter Spring (this old man)

Art- Seasons Tree Using a Q-Tip

One per day.

Math/Life Skills/Science- Spin and Graph

Snack- Apple Parfaits

Watch the video here.


Thursday-

Story  My Seasons Book

Fingerplays- Seasons

Art- Seasons Tree Using a Q-Tip
One per day.  

Math/Life Skills/Science Seasons Sorting

Snack- S'mores
Good old fashioned yumminess that tastes like summer!

Friday-

Story The Four Seasons

Fingerplays- Count to 20.

Art-Seasons Tree Using a Q-Tip

One per day.

Math/Life Skills/Science Snowman Science

Snack- Snow Cones
I have this ridiculously cute snow cone machine that I registered for when I was wedding planning many moons ago.  My mother didn't approve... I actually use it all of the time.  In the summer months and warmer months during school, my grade school students earn ice cubes to make snow-cones.

Shopping List:
Bananas
Toppings (cookies, mini chocolate chips, sprinkles, ect)
Apple Pie filling
Cool Whip
Sugar
Cream Cheese
Caramel Sauce
Butter
Graham Crackers
Chocolate Bars
Marshmallows
Snow Cone Syrups
Ice

Zip Close bags
Alka-seltzer 
Clear Cups
Q-tips
Paint

Let Go My Lego

Binder

Alphabet-

Color Red

Trace the Shape- Rectangle

Numeral- 14


Name Practice- Lego letters

Write a letter on different Legos.

Here are the books we will use:

Monday-

Story-I have been wracking my brain and searching for Lego books... while I was scanning books, I came across these.  I mean I just bought them, you would think I would remember I had them!  :)


Poem- 
New Red Lego had to build, using many bricks.
With a green one here and a red one there,
here a yellow, there a blue, everywhere a Lego. 
New Red Lego had to build a shiny new tower.

Sung to Old MacDonald Written by yours truly!

  

Art~ Free choice Lego painting
Put some paint out on small paper plates and put a Lego on each plate.  You could get all fancy and match the Lego to the paint :)

Math/Life Skills/Science Brick Math

Snack- Lego crackers 

Spread (peanut butter or cream cheese or whatever) on long Club crackers and cut up some grapes into circles. Attach on top like a Lego. 

Tuesday-

Story- Choose a Lego book

Fingerplay- Sing "New Red Lego" Song using real Legos. 

Hold out a colored Lego and have your child say the name of the Lego.

Art- Lego's in dough

I might bring out these small blocks in addition to the large Duplo ones :)

Math/Life Skills/Science- Roll a Duplo Tower
Roll a number cube. Take that many blocks.

You could roll a certain number of times and stop. You could race to a certain number. 

We will play until Froglet gets board.

Snack- Cracker with circle cheese I'm trying to figure out what I can use to cut such small circle... like the size of a test tube.

Thursday-

Story- pick a Lego book 

Fingerplays- 

Art- L is for Lego

I am going to draw a large capital L on paper and have Froglet paint inside (yeah who am I kidding, he's not staying inside the lines lol   That is PERFECTLY fine!)   

Math/Life Skills/Science Match Lego Towers

Grab some HERE and HERE

Snack-Crackers with Cheez Wiz (I think I am going to soften some cream cheese and put in my Pampered Chef decorator bottles and make my own)
I am also hoping to find some Mini peperoni too :)  They are hit and miss at my store.

Friday-

Story  Pick a different Lego book

Fingerplays- Repeat the poem from yesterday.

Art- Lego person

It was just a jpg, so when I went to print, I chose "scale to fit" option to fill the page.
I plan to bring out the markers :) 

(I don't usually bring out the yellow one lol)

Math/Life Skills/Science- Spin and take 

Snack- Graham Crackers with M&M's or chocolate chips or maybe Rice Krispy Treats!

Shopping List:

Legos
Paint
Club Crackers (only ones I can think of that are long and rectangle)
Fruit- I have some grapes and blueberries left from last week
Cheese block cheese
Cheez Wiz
Graham Crackers
Frosting or peanut butter
M&M's or chocolate chips