Showing posts with label Letter of the Week. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Letter of the Week. Show all posts

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Lesson Plan for Week of October 8: The Letter G

This is a four day week as October 8 is a holiday.

This week we are going to read The Three Billy Goats Gruff storybook and Good Night, Gorilla storybook to help us on our GOAT and GORILLA days. Then we will explore the world of color with GREEN.  Friday we will have fun with GUMBALLS.

TUESDAY

MATERIALS
  • The Three Billy Goats Gruff storybook
    • Or read it online.  First School was links to different options
    •  SparkleBox has tons of printouts for this story, including story sequence cards and story cut-outs that can be used in the telling of the story
LESSON PLAN
  • Review A-F
  • Introduce letter G
    • This will be the Hard G sound.  We will talk about the "J" sound later.
  •  Introduce Goats by reading the story The Three Billy Goats Gruff.
    • Print out some sequencing cards or story cut-outs and use them during the story.
STORYTIME


WEDNESDAY

MATERIALS
LESSON PLANS
 STORYTIME


THURSDAY

MATERIALS
LESSON PLAN
  • Review A-G
  • Introduce G is for Green
    • Likely your child already knows his colors.  This will be a review, and an introduction to writing the names of the colors, as well as the color wheel
  •  Make Green Pudding, by Parenting Patch
    • The concept of three primary colors coming together to make three other color might or might not be too much for your child, but they will certainly love making pudding.  Talk about the color wheel as much or as little as you desire.
  •  Make a Green Collage, by Parenting Patch
    • Give your child some magazines and instruct them to cut out pictures of green things.
    • If the weather is nice, head outside and look for green things.
  •  Do Desired Printables
STORYTIME


FRIDAY

MATERIALS
LESSON PLAN
STORYTIME
**I'll have book recommendations up by Tuesday.  Thanks for your patience!
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Friday, September 21, 2012

Following the Plan Friday; the Letter E

It's Friday again!

Big deep breath!

I don't know about you, but I feel like I'm meeting myself coming and going lately.  I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that my older son has been needing a lot of help with his schoolwork lately, which we do while the little boys are sleeping, which means that I don't get that quiet time to get my busy work done.  So I am running behind on a lot of "home prep" things right now.  But, must remember priorities, right?  Even though oldest son would rather I just forget the division ;)

Unfortunately, I think some of this has spilled over into Preschool and I haven't been as organized lately.  Jason told me this week that Preschool was boring (ooops!)  Now, I know this is normal, and I also believe that kids have to learn that life isn't always fun, but I am going to make an effort to catch-up on things and be "available and hands-on" again.

This week was E week.  We did not do an Exercise and Energy day this week; we had to do some major grocery shopping that day instead.  I offered Jason some worksheets to do on his own and he refused.  We also didn't get to the story of Queen Esther as Friday is a longer chapel day and then the boys wanted to play some educational computer games.  Hey, it worked ;)

After all that negativity, I will tell you that we had a lot of fun with Egg Day.  The boys love playing "Find the Item", so hiding the eggs was a big hit.  We played several rounds with everyone getting to hid the eggs.  Jason was a master at hiding the eggs; he hid them in some tough spots!  Justin (2 1/2) was so funny because he would hide all of the eggs in the same place, then he would get all excited and lead us to the hidden eggs.

The boys enjoyed making a nest and putting eggs into it.
We also enjoyed Elephant day.  I printed out a colored elephants from Confessions of a Homeschooler and cut each one up into two or three pieces, each in a different way.  Then I gave them to Jason to put together.  It was very challenging and he did an excellent job!

Another thing he did was a color by number page.  I was so impressed by his coloring and how it has really improved.  He tries very hard to stay in the lines.  He's so cute because he sticks his tongue out when he concentrates.  I really wanted a picture, but I had to get too close and then he would notice and stop.




One thing that I wanted to point out, and that you can see by looking at these pictures, is that you don't always have to have the exact materials listed to do a specific project. 

This past week I had absolutely no money to buy materials, so I had to use what I had on-hand.  The instructions for the nest project includes making a bird out of feathers.  I didn't have any feathers, so I just printed a bird from the computer.

When we did Elephant day, I did not have do-a-dot markers or pom-poms for the "E is for Elephant" page.  I searched around and found those disks in Tyler's Math manipulative bag that we get from his school.  They were a little big, but did the job.  I also found some left-over stickers that had elephants in them, so I had Jason put an elephant sticker into each dot.  He was able to get fine motor skill training by peeling and placing the stickers.

So, don't automatically throw out a project if you don't have the extra materials.  Look and see if you can substitute something else.













Next week we are doing a review week.  We are going to revisit some loved activities and do lots of review work.  See ya next week!
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Lesson Plan for Week of September 24: The Letter F

This week we are focusing on the letter F.

 Since the first day of Fall is September 22, we will start our week with a focus on the seasons and a craft or two about fall.  I will admit that I am finding this a little difficult as Phoenix doesn't experience a "normal" fall, so I'm trying to find things that are relevant to our experiences as well as yours.  (Phoenix has two seasons:  Hot and Hotter.)

 I also want to focus on Fall as more than just a word for this week's letter, so I will be incorporating some other Fall days into the next few months.  This week's Fall day will focus mostly on Falling Leaves.

For the rest of our week, we will celebrate our Flag, jump like Frogs, go Fishing, and talk about our friends and family.  Join in the fun!


MONDAY

MATERIALS
OR

PREPARATION
  • Pick which craft you will do, or do both.  Gather the items for the craft you've picked.  Print out the template, as needed.
  • Print out the Basket Leaf Sorting Sheet.  Cut out leaves in assorted colors, or purchase.  You can write numbers or letters on the leaves, if desired.
  • Print out and prepare any desired printables.
LESSON PLAN
  • Review A-E
  • Introduce the letter F
  • Focus on F is for Fall.
    • Explain to your child that the season just changed on Saturday and we are now in the Fall season!  This may be an easy concept for your child as he can feel the weather getting cooler and see the leaves changing colors and falling.  For others, like us, it may still be HOT and leaves don't change colors until January.  However, the calendar does say its Fall, and we do see pumpkins and apples, and Thanksgiving is coming soon, so we'll have fun with it anyway.  Today we are mostly going to focus on leaves; we will pick up some other fall themes through the next several weeks.
  • Make the Fall Button Branch and/or the Fingerprint Fall Tree Craft
    •  Follow the directions to make the crafts, as desired.
  • Play with the Leaf Sorting Sheet
    •  You can use this to sort the leaves by color.  You can also write numbers and letters on the leaves and have your child find the leaves with the numbers and letters that you call out.
  • Do desired printables.
 STORYTIME



TUESDAY

MATERIALS
  •  Items for Roll and Cover game, by The Preschool Toolbox
    • Printable
    • dice
    • bingo markers, marshmallows, cotton balls, something to cover the flags
PREPARATION
  • Gather items for American Flag with Glitter
    • Set up the cardboard as described in the blog post
  •  Gather items for Star and Flag Match
    • Make stars or purchase some at the Dollar Store
    • Purchase flag toothpicks, or cut some out of construction paper
    • Write letters and/or numbers on the stars and the flags.  The stars and the flags should contain the same letters or numbers.
  • Gather items for Craft Stick Puzzle
    • If you are going to pre-paint the puzzle, do it the night before so that it can dry.
  •  Gather items for Roll and Cover game
    • Print out the game
LESSON PLAN
  • Review the letter F.
  • Focus on the Flag
    • The children might remember our discussion about the flag and the Pledge of Allegiance during our first week of school.
    • Talk about the flag, and what it represents.  There are 50 stars to represent each state in the union and thirteen stripes to represent the first thirteen states.
  • Make the American Flag with Glitter
    • Follow the directions given to make this fun sparkly craft.  It might be a good idea to do this outside, weather permitting.
  •  Play Star and Flag Match
    • Write letters and numbers on the stars and the same ones on the flags. Have your child match each letter/number on the star to the same letter/number on the flag.
  • Put together the Craft Stick Puzzle
    • You can have your child paint this puzzle first, or you can pre-paint it the night before.
  •  Play the Roll and Cover game.
    • Give your child some dice.  Have them cover the number that they roll with a marker of some sort.
 STORYTIME



WEDNESDAY

MATERIALS
  • Items for Lilypad Hop
    • Green Construction Paper
    • Scissors
  • Items for Frogs on a Lilypad game, adapted from Teach Preschool
    • Green Construction Paper
    • Plastic Frogs (they sell these at Dollar Tree)
    • Dice
PREPARATION
  • Gather items for Lily Pad Hop
    • Cut lily pads from green construction paper
    • If desired, write letters and/or numbers on the lily pads
  •  Gather items for Frogs on a Lilypad game, adapted from Teach Preschool 
    • Use the lily pads from the Lily Pad Hop, or cut out more.
  •  Print out desired printables
LESSON PLAN
  • Review the letter F
  • Focus on F is for Frog
  • Play Lily Pad Hop
    • Scatter the lily pads around your living room floor.  Your child can pretend to be a frog and hop from pad to pad.
    • Make it a little more challenging by calling out a letter or number and having your child hop to that specific pad.
  •  Play the Frogs on a Lilypad game, adapted from Teach Preschool 
    • Give your child a lilypad, a dice or two, and at least six frogs.
    • Have your child roll the dice, then place the correct number of frogs on the lily pad.
  •  Do desired printables
STORYTIME



THURSDAY

MATERIALS
PREPARATION
  • Gather items for Go Fishing!
    • This will depend on what you choose to use for this activity
  •  Print and prepare desired printables
LESSON PLAN
  • Review the letter F
  • Focus on F is for Fish
    • If you can, visit the pet store and look at all the fish on display.  Fun and free field trip!
  • Play Go Fishing!
    • Let your child "fish", using whatever you have devised.
    • You can make this challenging by writing letters and numbers onto the fish and having your child try to catch a specific one.
    • Or, make it fun by putting different "surprises" onto the fish, like "get a chocolate chip", or commands, like "roll on the floor".
  • Do the Tissue Paper Fish Craft, from All Kids Network 
    • Remove the backing from the contact paper and place sticky-side-up on a flat surface.  Have your child place pieces of colored tissue paper onto the contact paper to make a pretty fish.
  • Do desired printables.
STORYTIME



FRIDAY

MATERIALS
  • Items for My Family Tree, by DLTK Bible
    • Template
    • printer
    • paper
    • scissors
    • something to color with (if using the B&W template)
    • glue
    • marker
    • OPTIONAL:  photos of the family members
  • Items for Friends Collage
    • Poster Board
    • Pictures of friends
PREPARATION
  •  Gather items for Friends Collage
    • Gather pictures of friends
  •  Print out desired printables
LESSON PLAN
  • Review the letter F
  • Focus on F is for Friends and Family
    • Talk with your child about the people in his life; who are his family members and who are his friends.
  • Make a Friends Collage
    • Attach the pictures of your child's friends to a poster board.
  • Have a Play Date with some friends, or get together with a family member!
  • Do any desired printables
STORYTIME

 


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Monday, September 10, 2012

Lesson Plan for Week of September 17: The Letter E

Welcome to the letter E.  Wow, we're five letters into this already!  Can I confess that I had a hard time finding five things that started with the letter E to focus on this week?  And they don't all start with the same sound :(  Hopefully I don't confuse the kids too much.

We will start the week off studying our Eyes and Ears.  Then we will talk about Eggs.  This one will be fun if your kids like Hide and Seek.  Wednesday we will focus on Elephants.  Thursday we will release lots of Energy by Exercising.  Finally, we will turn to God's word and the story of Queen Esther.  Hope you have fun!
 
MONDAY

MATERIALS
  • Children's Bible
 PREPARATION
  • Gather items for Elmo Cut and Paste Face Activity
    • Print out Elmo Face Printable
    • If you are going to cut it out before, do that now
  • Gather items for Eyes on E Activity
    • Draw a block E on a piece of paper
  •  Gather items for Listening Ears Craft
    • Print out a left ear and a right ear (I had a hard time finding matching ear images, so you may need to photoshop one)
  •  Print out Coloring Page
LESSON PLAN
  • Review letters A-D
  • Introduce the letter E
    • We are going to focus on the short e sound, like in egg, however some of these words do use the long E or other sounds
  • Focus on E is for Eyes and Ears
    • Talk with your child about their face.  Let them look at themselves in the mirror and point out their eyes and ears.  Make silly faces in the mirror.
    • Talk about the function of the eyes and ears.
    • Who made the eyes and ears?  God!  The Bible says that we are made in his image.
  • Do the Elmo Cut and Paste Face Activity
    • Have your child put together Elmo's face by gluing the pieces of Elmo's face onto a piece of paper.
  • Do the Eyes on E Activity
    • Let your child look through old magazines and cut out pictures of people's eyes.
    • Have the child glue the pictures to the letter E.
  • Do the Listening Ears Craft
    • Have your child color the ears.
    • Attach the ears to the paper plate.
    • Cut the paper plate in half.
    • Attach the pipe cleaner to each half of the plate.
  •  Color the "I Am Thankful" pictures
STORYTIME



TUESDAY

MATERIALS
PREPARATION
  • Gather Items for Egg Hunt
    • Print out and laminate eggs, if needed
  •  Gather Items for Egg Nest Craft
    • Draw a nest outline on a piece of construction paper
    • Draw egg shapes on another piece of paper.  Cut out, or have your child do it.
    • Cut out a beak for the bird
  •  Print out worksheets
LESSON PLAN
  • Review the letter E
  • Focus on E is for Egg
    • Hide plastic eggs or paper eggs around the room and send your child on an egg hunt.  Then, let them hid the eggs and you find them.  My boys loved this when we did it with bears a few weeks ago.
    • Talk about where eggs come from, the different animals that lay eggs, the different sizes (robin eggs versus dinosaur eggs), different colors.  Talk about how we cook with eggs, whether or not your child likes eggs, what dishes have eggs in them.
  •  Make an Eggs Nest, from Ceres Childcare and Preschool
    • Give your child a length of brown yarn.  Have them cut it into pieces and glue it into the nest outline.
    • Allow your child to cut out the eggs, if desired
    • Glue the eggs into the nest.
    • Add some feathers, eyes and a beak to make a mama bird.
  • Do Printables listed above
    •  The Egg Color and Match Game can be laminated and cut out and then used as a Memory game. 
STORYTIME



WEDNESDAY

MATERIALS
PREPARATION
  • Gather items for Letter E Elephant Craft
    • Print out printable
    • Cut out the pieces, if desired, or have your child do it during the craft
  • Print out Elephant Tracing Page
  • Print out any desired printables
LESSON PLAN
  • Review the letter E
  • Focus on E is for Elephant
    • Does your child like Elephants?  Talk about all things Elephant
STORYTIME



THURSDAY

MATERIALS
PREPARATION
  • Prepare for any activities that you are going to do.  Refer to the websites that you take activities from for instructions
  • Print off any worksheets
LESSON PLAN
  • Review the letter E
  • Focus on E is for Energy and Exercise
    • My kids have tons of energy; how about yours?  Today we are going to focus some of that energy into doing fun exercises.  Talk with your child about the importance of exercise and how energy works.
  • Do lots of exercising!
    • I'm going to let you decide based on what supplies you have, the space you have, and whether you can go outside or not (I'm praying it's finally cool enough for us to go outside!).  Set up obstacle courses, prepare games, or whatever you desire.  If you don't have space and the weather is nice, set up a play date at the park.
  • Do the What is Being Active Worksheet, and any other desired worksheets.

STORYTIME



FRIDAY

MATERIALS
PREPARATION
  • Gather items to tell the story of Esther
    • Print out the puppet template from lds.org
    • Color as desired
    • Laminate the page
    • Cut out each figure
    • Attach the figures to craft sticks
  • Gather items to make a crown and a royal scepter
  • Gather items for Praying Hands craft
    • Print out a Bible Verse
  • Print out the Esther Coloring Page
 LESSON PLAN
  • Review the letter E
  • Focus on E is for Esther
    • Ask your child if they know the story of Queen Esther.
  •  Read the Story of Queen Esther to your child.  You can use the Bible, a Children's Bible or a Printed Story.
    • Use the stick puppets to act out the story.
  •  Make a Royal Crown
    • Using construction paper, cut out a crown to fit your child's head.  You may need to combine more than one page.
    • Allow your child to decorate the crown.
    • They can pretend to be Queen Esther or King Xerxes.
  • Make a Royal Scepter
    • Decorate an empty paper towel tube
    • Attach a small ball, or a ball of paper, or something from your collection to the end.
    • Pretend to be King Xerxes allowing Queen Esther to come into his throne room.
  • Make Praying Hands Craft, adapted from Sowing Mustard Seeds
    • Fold a piece of construction paper in half
    • Cut out the paper in the shape of a hand (maybe use your hand as a template), being careful to place the outside of the hand right at the folded edge.
    • Trace your child's hand onto the larger hand.
    • Open up the linked hands and paste a Bible Verse about prayer into it.
    • Talk with your child about the importance of prayer.
  • Color the Esther Coloring Page
STORYTIME

 

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Monday, August 27, 2012

Lesson Plan Week of September 3; The Letter D

Wow, can you believe that we've made it to the letter D?

This will be a four-day week as there is NO SCHOOL on Labor Day!!

We are a little animal-heavy this week, partly because Jason asked me during A week when we were going to do dinosaurs.  I was a little surprised as he had never indicated a preference for dinosaurs before.  But, I put them in there.

I also choose dogs, because I found the cutest game on Pinterest, and ducks because I love Jez Alborough's Duck books.  Finally, we toss in dump trucks because my boys love them.

Note:  I did away with the "X is for WORD" signs.  They were driving me crazy.  I will write the word on the dry erase board and only insert a picture if I need to.

TUESDAY

MATERIALS
PREPARATION
  • Gather Items for Dino Feet
    • Prepare the feet as much as desired.  You may want to make the whole thing and just have your child play in them, or you may want them to help you make all or part of it.
  •  Gather Items for Dino Bones Dig
    • Paint the dog bones white.
    • Fill the dish or tub with sand.
    • Bury the bones.
    • If using plastic dinosaurs, bury them.
  •  Print off desired printables
LESSON PLAN
  • Review the letters A, B, and C.  
    • Do not go forward if your child is not recognizing the differences between the letters, their shapes and their sounds.  Go back and review as necessary.
  • Introduce the letter D.
    • Show your child the letter D on the alphabet sign.
    • Make the D sound and have your child copy you.
    • Sometimes children confuse the letter D with the letter B.  For upper case letters, point out that the letter B has two openings and the letter D only has one.
    • See how many D words that you can come up with.
  •  Focus on Dinosaurs
    • Talk with your child about Dinosaurs and see how much they know about them.  Discussions can lead to talks about great family memories (like seeing the Dinosaur Mountain at our local natural history museum, or the Dinosaur Diorama at Disneyland), or remembering books read, or maybe your family are Dinosaur fanatics.
  • Make and/or Play with Dino Feet
  • Have a Dino Bones Dig
    • Hide the bones and/or the plastic dinosaurs in the sand and let your child dig around and find them.  Provide little tools like shovels, sticks, or paintbrushes.
  •  Allow your child to do any desired printables, linked above 
STORYTIME



WEDNESDAY

MATERIALS
  • Items for Dog Dress Up
    • Construction Paper
    • Glue, Tape, Staples
    • Markers, Crayons
PREPARATION
  • Gather items for Dog Dress Up
  • Gather items for Feed the Dog Game
    • Make the Dog, following the directions here
    • Make the bones, following same directions
  • Gather the items for Color Matching Doghouses
    • Print out the dogs and doghouses
    • Cut them out
  • Print off desired printables
LESSON PLAN
  • Review
  • Introduce "D is for Dogs"
    • Does your child love dogs or are they terrified of them?  Talk about all things dogs:  types, sizes, colors, but (most) all have four legs and a tail.
    • If possible, swing by the pet store or the humane society and enjoy the dogs.
  • Dress Up Like Dogs
    • Using your supplies, make doggie ears, tails, dog tags, and anything else that sounds fun.
    • Pretend to be dogs.  You can even have "obedience school" and have your dog child practice following directions.
  • Play the Feed the Dog game
    • Pretty Simple, but you can number the bones and ask your child to feed the dog the bone with the correct number on it.
    • If you make the mouth big enough, you can have the child roll a dice and feed that number of bones into the dog.
    • What else can you come up with?
 STORYTIME



THURSDAY

MATERIALS
  PREPARATION
  • Gather materials from Letter "D" Duck Craft
    • Cut all pieces out
  •  Gather items for Footprint Ducks
  • Print out desired printables
LESSON PLAN
  • Review
  • Introduce "D is for Duck"
    • Have you ever taken your child to feed the ducks?  (Are children even allowed to do that anymore with all the HOA rules nowadays?)  Talk about all things ducks:  their different colors, how they can survive on land and water, their webbed feet and beaks, anything your child finds interesting.
STORYTIME



FRIDAY

MATERIALS
PREPARATION
  • Gather items for Egg Carton Dump Truck activity
    • Cut and prepare egg cartons as directed
  •  Gather items for Basic Shapes Dump Truck
    • Cut out shapes from assorted construction paper
    • Tear a large pile of tissue paper confetti
  •  Print the Truck Roll and Stamp game
    • If necessary, cut at least a dozen small cards and label them numbers 1-6
  •  Print out the Dot-to-Dot Truck
  • Gather items to Play Trucks in the Sand
    • Fill the sand table, if necessary

LESSON PLAN
  • Review the week
  • Introduce D is for Dump Truck
    • My kids love running to the window on Garbage Day and watching the truck pick up the trash on the street.  It's not exactly the same kind of truck, but close enough that they call out "garbage truck" whenever they see a dump truck, which we see lots of.  Talk with your child about the different kinds of trucks and tractors, work equipment that there is.  
STORYTIME




See this week in active here!

Dressed up like dogs, playing Feed the Dog game!

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Monday, August 20, 2012

Lesson Plan for August 27: The Letter C

I am so excited about this week, the letter C!  I have some fun things planned.

"C" can be a hard letter because it can make three different sounds.  For this week, we are going to concentrate on the hard /k/ sound.

A collection of fun printable will help us have a cool cat day.  Cars will be the theme on Tuesday.  Wednesday we will look at things that "Moo".  Thursday we will revisit the caterpillar.  We will end our week will a candy unit!  If candy is not your thing, feel free to substitute with carrots and corn.

Note:  Though we will still be doing them, I will no longer be writing Pledges and the Alphabet Song into my lesson plans.

MONDAY

MATERIALS
  • C is for Cat sign
  • Bonus:  Ingredients for Cupcakes
    • Here is a round-up of cat cupcakes ideas

PREPARATION
  • Print out the "C is for Cat" sign
  • Gather items for Handprint Cats Activity
  • Gather items for Cat Sorting, if desired
    • Cut pictures out of magazines, or print off of the computer
  •  Print desired activities from the Cat Printable Pack
  • Gather ingredients and items to make cupcakes, if desired


LESSON PLAN
  • Review the letters A and B with your child.
  • Introduce the letter C
    • Show your child the "C is for Cats" sign.
      • Allow your child to color the sign, if desired.
  • Introduce C is for Cats
    • Talk with your child about cats.  According to their interest, you may pull out a Picture Encyclopedia and look at pictures, or maybe find something on the computer.
  •  Make Handprint Cats, from Reading Confetti
    • Dip your child's hand in washable paint.  Press the hand onto construction paper, holding all four fingers straight up, but open, and the thumb out to the side.
    • Turn the paper around.  Use a little bit of paint to draw a tail.  Use markers to draw a face and whiskers.
    • Embellish the picture as desired. 
  • Bonus:  Cat Sorting, from Reading Confetti
    • Cut pictures of different things, including cats out of a magazine, or print pictures off of the internet.
    • Give the child the pictures and ask them to take out all of the cats.

STORYTIME

 

TUESDAY

MATERIALS


PREPARATION
  • Print out the "C is for Car" sign
  • Gather items for Painting with Cars Activity
  • Gather items for Car Wash
  • Print off desired printables


LESSON PLAN
  • Review "C is for Cats", as well as the letters A and B
  • Introduce "C is for Cars"
    • Show the "C is for Cars" sign
    • Talk about cars.  You can be general, or if you child is a fan of the Disney Cars, be specific.  Discuss the different colors and shapes of the cars, and the different kinds of vehicles, such as trucks and vans (which I call cars!)
  • Do the Painting with Cars Activity, from Preschool-Plan-It.com
    • Dip different toy cars into paint and drive the car along paper, making different scenes with the tire tracks.
    • Use cars with different tire tracks, if available.
  • Car Wash, from Preschool-Plan-It.com
    • Those messy cars need a car wash now!  Use water tables, water bins, kitchen sinks, tubs, whatever to wash those cars all up!
  • Do Desired Printables

STORYTIME



WEDNESDAY

MATERIALS

PREPARATION
  • Print "C is for Cow" sign
  • Gather Items for Cow in the Field Activity
  • Gather items for Contact Paper Cow
    • Cut a piece of contact paper into the shape of a cow.  Do not remove the backing yet.
    • Cut white and black tissue paper into lots of small pieces.
  •  Print desired printable

LESSON PLAN
  • Review
  • Introduce "C is for Cows"
    • Ask your child if they have ever seen a cow.  Talk about the size, colors, and, especially about what they give us:  beef and dairy products!

STORYTIME (thanks to Everything Preschool for today's book recommendations)



THURSDAY

MATERIALS

PREPARATION
  • Gather items for C is for Caterpillar Sign
    • Print a block "C" onto one piece of construction paper.  You can cut it out now or have your child cut it out later.
  •  Gather items for Fork and Cup Caterpillars Activity
  • Gather Playdough

LESSON PLAN
  • Review
  • Introduce "C is for Caterpillar"
    • Talk about caterpillars.  Remind your child about the Alphabet Caterpillar that we did the first week of school.  Talk about the shape of the caterpillar:  long with circles.  Also talk about how caterpillars turn into butterflies.
    • If you have never done a butterfly garden with your child, this is the perfect time.  We did the Insect Lore Live Butterfly Garden last year for Tyler's Science class and everyone got interested and involved in it, even the little guys.  A wonderful visual experience.
  • Make the C is for Caterpillar sign
    • Today we are making our sign, using this activity from No Time For Flashcards
      •  Give your child the block C.
      • Have them glue pom-poms or cotton balls onto the C.
      • If not already done, cut out the C.
      • Glue it to another piece of paper.
      • Attach eyes and pipe cleaner antennas.
      • Write "C is for Caterpillar" on the sign.
  •  Do the Fork and Cup Caterpillar Activity, from Teach Preschool.
    • Follow the instructions here
  •  Play with Playdough
    • Have your child roll the playdough into balls and make caterpillars.

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FRIDAY

MATERIALS

PREPARATION
  • Print desired printables, including C is for Candy sign
  • Gather items for Lacing Lifesavers Activity
  • Bonus:  Gather Candy Land Board Game

LESSON PLAN
  • Review
  • Introduce "C is for Candy"
    • What kid doesn't like candy?  
  •  1+1+1=1 has a huge Candy Printables Pack, so today we are going to spend time working on these.
  • Get in some lacing practice lacing lifesavers into a thin lace or a Red Vine.  You don't have to let them eat all of them in one sitting ;)
  • If you have it play the Candy Land Board Game with your child.  They will love it.

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Click here for a Printable PDF of the Materials List

Click here for a Printable PDF of the Preparation Guide

Click here for a Printable PDF of the Lesson Plan

Read about the fun we had with the lesson on Following the Plan Friday: The Letter C

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