Monday we will begin the week by Hammering away at the letter H. Our hat day will include the different hats that our community helpers wear. Wednesday's Hippo theme takes a look at these hefty animals. Our Cowboys will enjoy horsing around. Then Friday, The Hermit Crab gets a Home.
MONDAY
MATERIALS
- Items for Carpenter Puppet, by Making Learning Fun
- Printable
- Crayons
- Scissors
- Empty Toilet Paper Roll
- Glue
- Items for Smashed Baked Cotton Balls, from Time for Play
- Cotton balls
- Flour
- Water
- Food coloring
- Hammer (children's hammer would be fine)
- Cookie Sheet
- Items for Hammering Golf Tees and Styrofoam, from Happy Brown House (and lots of other places)
- Piece of styrofoam
- Golf tees
- Hammer (children's hammer would be fine)
- Hammer and Nails Count and Clip Cards, from Making Learning Fun
- Tool Color by Number, from Making Learning Fun
- Printables
- Review A-G
- Introduce the letter H. Children will enjoy walking around making the "Huh" sound in each other's face (ask me how I know!) If it's cold enough to see your breath, go outside and do it. Fun!
- Focus on H is for Hammer.
- Talk about hammers and tools. Who uses hammers? What kinds of things can you do with a hammer?
- Practice Hammering with the Smashed Baked Cotton Balls, from Time for Play and/or Hammering Golf Tees and Styrofoam, from Happy Brown House.
- Gage your child's abilities, but you could even provide some wood and nails and have them go at it. Or pick up a wooden kit from Hobby Lobby or Joann's.
- Make the Carpenter Puppet, by Making Learning Fun
- Here are some fun songs to sing, while hammering and creating, from Preschool Express.
- Do any desired printables.
TUESDAY
MATERIALS
- Items to Make a Hat
- Here are some different Hat crafts:
- Make a paper hat, by Delightful Learning
- Various Hats, by Everything Preschool
- More, by Enchanted Learning
- Printables about Community Helpers:
- Match the Helper to His/Her Vehicles, by Miss Kindergarten
- Homeschool Creations, various specific community helper packs
- Community Helper Tools Match-up, by Kelly's Kindergarten
- Review A-H
- Focus on H is for Hat
- Go through the house and see what hats you can find. Talk about what kind of hat it is and when a person is most likely to wear it.
- Lead the conversation to a talk about our community helpers and how they are identified by the clothing and hats that they wear.
- Go back through the house and find other things that relate to the hats that you found. For example, if you found a fireman hat, find a firetruck (or whatever you have in the house).
- Make a hat using one of the links above.
- Do desired printables about Community Helpers
WEDNESDAY
MATERIALS
- Items for Paper Plate Hippo Masks, from DLTK kids
- Printable
- Paper plate
- Gray paint, crayons or markers
- Scissors
- Glue
- Craft Stick
- Printables
- Review A-H
- Introduce H is for Hippo.
- Has your child ever seen a Hippo? I'm not sure that my littles know what one is! This would be a great opportunity to pull out a children's encyclopedia and look at pictures, or find information online. Or, even better? Head to the zoo!
- Make Paper Plate Hippo Masks, from DLTK kids
- Do any desired printables
THURSDAY
MATERIALS
- Items for H is for Horse, from Miss Maren's Monkeys
- Brown and black construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Googly Eyes
- Items for Hobby Horse *(this blog is in Swedish, but the picture give you the basic idea)
- Long cardboard tube or a yardstick
- Construction paper
- Scissors
- Packing Tape
- Crayons
- Yarn
- Printables
- Farm Theme
- Cowboy Theme
- Review A-H
- Introduce H is for Horse
- Has your child ever seen a horse? If you go to the zoo this week, take some time to look at the horses, too. I'm trying to remember if Jason has ever seen one!
- You can go a couple of different directions with a horse theme, or do both! Horses are common on farms, and cowboys ride horses. Personally, I think I'm going to concentrate on a cowboy theme, maybe even get out some cowboy hats, make some lariats, and walk with a swagger, as we've already done lots of farm stuff, but I'll be looking everywhere for any usable printables.
- Make H is for Horse, from Miss Maren's Monkeys
- Make a Hobby Horse and act like cowboys!
- Do any desired printables
FRIDAY
MATERIALS
- Items for a Letter H house. Pick one:
- A House for Hermit Crab Printables, from 3 Dinosaurs
- Items for Make a House for Hermit Crab
- Items for Cardboard House, by No Time For Flashcards
- Cardboard box
- Strong Scissors
- Marker
- Tape
- Crayons or Markers
- Toy People for your house
- Review A-H
- Introduce H is for House.
- Talk about houses. This would be a great time to read A House for Hermit Crab and talk about the different houses that different things have. You can also say that toys and things have houses and they like to go there every night to sleep and that is why we need to put our toys away!
- Make a Letter H house, according to the directions given for the craft you've decided to make.
- Make a House for Hermit Crab and/or a Cardboard House and play away.
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