This week: I am using the ABC Jesus Loves Me 2 yr old curriculum. Book of the week: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish Here is our craft for our book theme this week. Gluing on the tissue paper squares was fun for him, and super easy for me. I also put some nomenclature cards of ocean animals in our mini pocket chart for him to play with and learn the names of. Bible story: God made the sun, moon, & stars. Here is the craft we did: I improvised a bit & used stickers for the stars. He loved sticking those on. Verse, Song, & Rhyme: Genesis 1:1, Praise God, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Fine motor activity: put baby rings onto paper towel holder. I wasn't sure he would like this activity, but he actually played with it all week! Gross motor activity: We played red light, green light with a little homemade sign I created. He had so much fun running around saying "stop" & "go", but he didn't get the concept at all. lol We also made circles out of play-doh, worked on our "Circle Books", colored a yellow bus, and learned about # 2. His manners skill this week was saying, "thank you". Just for fun... here's a pic of him in his costume for the Fall Costume Parade at his children's program. Such an adorable monkey!
I've been wanting to post some of my projects that I've been doing with my alphabet books this year and I just haven't seemed to find the time. We've been putting together an alphabet book, but since it's first grade...we've written a super sentence to go with each one. The kindergarten version just has A is for apple, B is for bunny... I'm putting a freebie at the end of the pics. Try the apple by itself with your apple unit or get the entire book to do each week. Grab this freebie in my TpT store. Find this A to Z book HERE Find this Super Sentence book HERE Another project I just released are my first grade fluency passages. These booklets are great for reading groups, but I've also been using them with my whole class. We choose the booklet that works on the same phonics skill that we're working on that week. We read the passage several times, then answer the comprehension questions. The questions vary from explicit to implicit and they must find text evidence to support their answers. Their opinions are also asked and there they must draw from background knowledge. On the back of each booklet it a word work opportunity. I usually have the kids rainbow write the words on the back, but if you have extra time, they love stamping the words. I hope you like them. I'm working on my kinder booklets now. If you are working on Bossy R, I am offering "ir" as a freebie. Check it out and see if you like it. I have a few more days of spring break and then back to a very busy week. Open House is the Wednesday when we return. I'll do a post of my room...Dr. Seuss theme this year. Love, love, love. Reading Passages - First Grade Bossy R - Freebie
My collection would not be complete if I left out the little ones!!! Here are some gift ideas I saw that might make a good last minute gift for the half-pint in your life! Some take more time than others, but these are things that would work for birthdays too if you don't have time this week. Roll-up Kitchen Playmat {tutorial} This would even make a good gift for Grandma! A kitchen she can pull out when the kids come over, then put away in a tiny closet until the next visit. Folding PVC chairs Cute chairs that wouldn't be too much money or work, but get great response from you kiddos. Fort Kit Charming! I LOVE imaginative play kits :0) This is super cute and ready to be played with for hours. It would be enjoyed for hours on Christmas day. I can see the fort being set up, all the presents drug inside and kids giggling and playing for hours. On my list! Tutu Using Crocheted Headband What a great way to make a tutu!!! It is so adjustable and easy to make. LOve! ABC Book This book is cute and could be given as a kit, rather than finished. With the book put together, an outing can be planned to go take photos of alphabet items. That is a gift that keeps being fun even after the wrapping hits the curb! Color Matching Cards I have seen a lot of paint chip activities, but as a clothes pin junkie, I am totally making this one! Great gift for preschool-aged friends with very little prep time or cost!!! Felt Mr. Potato Head Activity I don't have time to make this for Christmas, but I can see Emmers loving the potato head family in felt. She is crazy about the original version and this one is even more portable. Marshmallow Guns Years I have been wanting to make these. Here is a great tutorial. PVC is very cheep. The connectors my husband says are expensive {they are like $.50 each-I have a different idea of what is "expensive"} These guns can be made for a couple dollars and enjoyed for years. My aunt made these for all the grandkids, then made bigger ones for all the parents and had a mega marshmallow WAR on Christmas day a few years ago. Sounded totally fun. Gotta DO! Tire See-Saw How cute is that!?! I can make this! I have an endless supply of old tires out at the tire dump I take pictures at. This see-saw promises hours of fun in the back yard. We need a little more of that around here. StarWars Peggies Princess Peggies I am totally making these dollies. They are so cute! I am going to give the boy and the girl versions a try. I am not sure I can make mine look this good, but I am headed to Hobby Lobby on Thursday to pick up some wooden pegs. I will keep you posted. TeePee Bag w/CowBoys and Indians This idea is a winner to me for the mere reason it includes STORAGE! Brilliant!!! I also love any toy that inspires kids imaginations and mimics play like way back when I was a kid. I wish my baby boy were still little enough to sit around all afternoon playing with little army guys or tiny plastic cowboys and Indians...*sigh* Why did my little boy have to grow up. Make this for yours while he is still young enough to play with it! Rocket Man Rocket/Dress-up Fun addition to any dress-up collection. Marble Maze {LoveIt!!!} This right here is probably {in my mind} the most brilliant thing in this whole post. You can bet I will be making these. It is a maze made by sewing lines in the fabric, then a marble is sewn inside. You push the marble around the maze with your fingers getting it from one end to the other. What a fabulous quiet activity for the church bag or for children that need an isolated, concentrated activity or simply need to be kept busy to sit still. Love IT! SleepOver/RoadTrip PillowCase So cute. If I were a grandma, I would make these for all the grandkids...and one for me. We are nuts about having pillows with us while traveling. I never once put it up at my head, but use it as a desk for working while we travel. A nice little pocket sewn on there and a handle for easy carrying would be fabulous. Car Caddy {Tutorial} I have long been in love with these car rolls. Whoever invented the first one was a genius. Thanks for letting the rest of us copy you :0) Now if I could only find a little boy to make one for... Felt Car Map {Of your city!} I would make him one of these too. I love it when people make these car maps personalized to their particular city or town. The local diner, bank, and grocery all shown with name. Super fun. Washcloth Puppets Love the idea of wash puppets for baby. These can be whipped up for pennies and in less than an hour for basic ones. Nice last minute craft fix. Felt {Paper} Dolls These are going to take me too long for this week, but a great idea. Paper dolls that are not paper at all! Make them out of felt and fabric for a much longer-lasting toy. These babies will be around for your kids and then your grandbabies. Cute Crayon-Holding Apron Super cute apron. This would be great for at church or the restaurant where there isn't table space for the crayon roll. Everything is held by the apron so you don't have to worry about crayons rolling all over the place. Matching Apron for Barbie Travel HopScotch Another fun activity that is totally portable and store-able. Great idea and affordable too. Kids can make other kids... Monster Book Marks These monsters will make your monsters look forward to turning pages in their favorite books. They make great little gifts for friends and don't take too much time to make. Marshmallow Shooters How fun is that!?! Your kids can put together a shooter kit in no time and their friends will be totally excited to play with it for hours. I can see my son's friends really enjoying this one. I Spy Bottle I don't know if anyone on the planet has a supply of extra charms, buttons, and do-dads like I do {part of clippie madness} but I am certain you could find enough thing-a-ma-jigs at the bottom of the toy box and in the junk drawer to make one of these I Spy Bottles. The kids will have a blast looking for items to include. AngryBirds Game Yep, you need to make the Angry Birds game. You know you do. Any kid would love a game kit. Painted Tic-Tac-Toe Personalized Soap super cute idea. This would be great for Teachers {maybe with alcohol gel...or would that work. Someone try it and let me know :0}, Grandparents, or even friends. Have the kids create a work of art, then color copy it onto a transparency and insert it into the bottle. Easy. Paper Blocks These paper blocks are fun and easy to make, then completely customizable by decorating the side as with markers or what-not. Great for anyone, really. Storing those toys that take over your already bulging playrooms... Peek-a-boo toy bags Great! Love that you can see what is in each bag. Fabulous idea. Lego Storage Mats I am liking this mat. Open, spread out all the legos, build, then pull the string and the whole disaster is cleaned up. Brilliant! OK, hoping to come back with at least one more list before Christmas. One about creative gift wrapping maybe. We shall see. Good luck on your last minute prep and Merry Christmas!!!
We started out the week with a sick Kaleb and did manage to squeeze in some school time {and were really getting on a roll}…and are now in the midst of
Here are a few flashback photos from earlier in the year when Blonde Warrior was learning letter "A." Although it is the first letter of the alphabet, it was the THIRD letter that I introduced. He made apple prints on his "A" page with an apple half and finger paint. The key to getting a good print with an apple is to cut the apple in half vertically to expose the seeds and stem and then let it sit to dry out for a few hours. If you try and apply paint to a freshly cut apple, the natural juices will repel the paint. If you are just joining us and have missed the previous ABC book posts, head on over and check out Letter "I."
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Last Thursday I posted that we started the ABC Countdown to the end of the year! I am going to use this post to update and post pictures ...
This week: I am using the ABC Jesus Loves Me 2 yr old curriculum. Book of the week: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish Here is our craft for our book theme this week. Gluing on the tissue paper squares was fun for him, and super easy for me. I also put some nomenclature cards of ocean animals in our mini pocket chart for him to play with and learn the names of. Bible story: God made the sun, moon, & stars. Here is the craft we did: I improvised a bit & used stickers for the stars. He loved sticking those on. Verse, Song, & Rhyme: Genesis 1:1, Praise God, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Fine motor activity: put baby rings onto paper towel holder. I wasn't sure he would like this activity, but he actually played with it all week! Gross motor activity: We played red light, green light with a little homemade sign I created. He had so much fun running around saying "stop" & "go", but he didn't get the concept at all. lol We also made circles out of play-doh, worked on our "Circle Books", colored a yellow bus, and learned about # 2. His manners skill this week was saying, "thank you". Just for fun... here's a pic of him in his costume for the Fall Costume Parade at his children's program. Such an adorable monkey!
Kindergarten is the start of a life of learning. Give them the tools they need with our free Kindergarten coloring pages and worksheets. We have a LOT for you to choose from. Numbers, letters, colors, tracing, and much more. Get them excited for the classroom...
This week: I am using the ABC Jesus Loves Me 2 yr old curriculum. Book of the week: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish ...
Use Alphabet Posters as your kids gain letter knowledge. Learning the letters will help them develop pre-readings skill that they need before they can read.
These alphabet coloring books are an amazing and fun free printable that can be taken on the go or when at home! They are amazing and so fun!
Make this letter j is for jewels craft to teach letter recognition and phonemic awareness. Alphabet crafts are so much fun!
Check out these fun preschool space activities, space centers, and space theme printables to use in your space theme lesson plans.
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Looking for ways to work on the ABCs? These preschool alphabet games work on letter recognition and are hands-on fun!
BABY SHARK ABC LEARNING TOY that is shaped as a bus with a handle and the iconic Baby Shark as its driver! Plays 47 Pinkfong songs and over 300 sounds, including a colorful lyrics booklet for an engaging, early abc learning for toddlers. Content-heavy blue school bus toy to enjoy songs for each alphabet, play with LED lights, intuitive learning with quiz time, and many more! OFFICIAL PINKFONG BABY SHARK EDUCATIONAL TOY that plays the iconic Baby Shark song (doo doo doo doo doo)! 37 circular buttons (+10 touch buttons on screen) with 6 learning modes (Letters, Words, Phonics, Quiz, Songs, and LED Light Play) in addition to 38 LED lights for a vibrant learning experience! Features a round blue take-along handle for babies to have a tactile experience as well as carry the sound toy wherever they go! MUSICAL TOY THAT PLAYS FULL, CLASSIC CHILDREN'S SONGS that are easy to read and sing along! Features fun music with quality sound, child-friendly designs for kids' hands, take along handle, adjustable volume, as well as an on-off button. Requires three AAA batteries (not included). BEST EDUCATIONAL TOYS FOR 1 YEAR OLDS, 2 YEAR OLDS, 3 YEAR OLDS that introduce multisensory experiences and assist in developing fine motor skills. Practice matching by pressing correct buttons to quiz and light play. Singing develops listening, memory, and pronunciation skills, which are important to early literacy as well as creativity. PERFECT GIFTS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS on any occasion - birthdays, parties, baby showers, holidays, and more! Great learning toys for newborns, babies, toddlers going into preschool or kindergarten.
After making our uppercase letter Y craft, it took us a bit to figure out what we wanted to make for the lowercase version of the letter for our alphabet book.
This week: I am using the ABC Jesus Loves Me 2 yr old curriculum. Book of the week: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish ...
The Most Adorable ABC Coloring Pages For Little Ones What better way to learn the alphabet, than with ABC coloring pages? It's like learning while having fun! The benefits of coloring are vast, so it's a great idea to get your little one coloring every day. These Alphabet coloring pages below are fun and engaging. Your Free ABC Coloring Pages Can Be Printed: individually. See below. Printing Your Alphabet Coloring Pages Your ABC coloring pages can be printed out individually, or print them in batches. (No need to clog up your computer with downloads that you may only need
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Resources, activities, and free printables to go along with books by Laura Numeroff. Includes ideas for the If You Give series.
Feodor Rojankovsky from Animal tales, 1944, thanks to art.crazed Having fun with some favorite artists and books and a few new ones... Alphabeasties Bruno Munari's ABC Jessica Hische at the Daily Drop Cap Paul Thurlby Virginia Tiffany, ABC, 1967 thanks to Try-whistling-this Sebastiano Ranchetti Patrick Hruby, ABC is for Circus, thanks to Delicious industries 1970s matchbox cover, thanks to Grain Edit Lucho Rodgriguez C. B. Falls, The Book of ABCs, 1923 thanks to Vintage Kids' Books My Kid Loves Lotta Bruhn Flora Chang at Happy Doodle Land Art Seiden, The Nonsense Alhabet, 1959 thanks to try-whistling-this Grace Gabler, A Child's Alphabet, c.1945, thanks to Chris Mullen Lisa Dejohn Art Seiden, My ABC Book, 1953 Vladimir Radunsky, An Edward Lear Alphabet Cornelius DeWitt, The Little Golden ABC, 1951 Patric Hudson, Circus Alphabet, 1954 thanks to Julia Bailey Tana Hoban, 26 Letters and 99 Cents Iwona Chmielewska Staffan Wiren, thanks to P–E Fronning Ema Pinner, Animals from A to Z, thanks again to Chris Mullen William Wegman, ABC The ABC's of Origami: Paper Folding for Children by Claude Sarasas, 1964, thanks to Kindra is here
Practice beginning sounds with the Letter J Words Printable Mini Book.
I work at a local Preschool and Kindergarten, my official job is PE, but I also do the bulletin boards. I always find great Hand-Me-Down ideas on the world-wide internet. Here are a few of the disp…
I picked up this gorgeous second-hand childrens book a few weeks ago, as I couldn't resist the wonderful bold animal illustrations. It's wr...
Super Tot is 32 months old. Here are some activities I have planned for this week, as we work on the letter Dd. Do-A-Dot Color Match Place one dot in each circle/box below the colored circle of the same color. Printable available below the photograph. ~color matching, one to one correspondence, fine & gross motor~ Count the Dogs Count the number of dogs in each row. Place the correct number disk in the empty box in front of each row. I made the number disks by placing round number sticker on the front and back of transparent plastic counters. You could also have your child write the correct number in the box or place a number sticker in the box. The printable for this activity is available below the photograph. ~counting, number recognition, fine motor if writing or using stickers~ Counting with Little Quack As we read Little Quack, place one duckling from the cup onto the blue pond mat with the mommy duck as each new duckling in the story leaves the nest and braves the water. Little Quack is one of Super Tot's favorite books. I thought it would be fun to have an easy read-along activity to do to go along with Dd week. The duck printables are available here. ~counting, creative play~ David & Goliath "Big & Little" Sorting After reading the story of David & Goliath, place the little items in the "David" bowl and the big items in the "Goliath" bowl. I printed off large & small versions of 10 different pictures (all starting with the letter D) for this activity. I thought it would be a fun way of reenforcing the difference in size of David & Goliath. ~Bible lesson, sorting by size~ Feed the Dogs Place the bones into the correct dog's mouth based on the case of the letter Dd on the bone. I made the dogs by covering empty food boxes with construction paper and cutting the mouths out with a craft knife. ~letter recognition & sorting~ Sorting Dinosaurs Sort dinosaurs by type. The dinosaurs were in a bag of Halloween treats in the seasonal section of Target. There are 5/ea of 6 different dinosaurs. ~sorting~ Alphabet Puzzles Complete the Alphabet Puzzles for the letters we have covered so far this year (Aa-Dd). The puzzles are available here from Confessions of a Homeschooler ~letter recognition, problem solving~ Shape Puzzle Complete puzzle by matching shapes. ~shape recognition, matching, problem solving, fine motor~ I SPY the Letter "Dd" Circle all Uppercase and Lowercase Dd's. This continues to be one of Super Tot's favorite activities each week. ~letter recognition, fine motor, pre-writing~ Super Tot will also be doing the following 2 letter crafts from our Letter Book, which you can read about here. "D" is for Dog and "d" is for dinosaur. Letter Dd Bible Verses for the week: "Delight yourself in the Lord." ~Psalm 37:4 "Depart from evil, and do good. ~Psalm 34:14 Linking to: 1+1+1=1 Montessori Monday Sun Scholars No Time for Flashcards Preschool Corner Mom to 2 Posh Little Divas Our Country Road ABC & 123 Living Montessori Now
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I've been working on an alphabet book with my preschoolers since January. With the help of pinterest and my imagination I have come up w...
When my son was two he came home from a morning at Mother’s Day Out with a cute little red handprint apple. While I didn’t think he was ready to learn the alphabet yet, I did cherish that […]
For the past couple of months, I have been doing some ABC activities with my boys. I thought I'd post each one separately, but time is short...
Looking for a fun way to play with the ABCs? Try this easy alphabet activity for toddlers & preschoolers learning their letters. It's a fun way to learn.
Monday is officially our first day of the new school year, and I can hardly wait! This year, I will be working with Super Tot on learning his letters. We will be doing one new letter each week, and having a review week every 6 weeks. I have always loved the letter crafts that I have seen on various blogs, and I knew I wanted to incorporate that concept into our lessons. Some of the crafts I have seen use the letters at different angles, which I thought might confuse Super Tot during the time that he is initially learning them. I hope to do this type of activity each year, so I know I will use those in the future. However, my creative side also wanted to create some new crafts that I hadn't seen before. I was unable to be original with some of the letters, but you might find some new ideas and inspiration here. Super Tot will be doing these crafts as he learns the letters, but I have put together an ABC Book for him that shows my examples. Here they are: Cover: A is for Angel: a is for apple: B is for Beaver: b is for balloon: C is for Clown: c is for clock: D is for Dog: d is for dinosaur: E is for Eagle: e is for electric eel: F is for Flag: f is for flower: G is for Goose: g is for grapes: H is for Hair: You can't tell in the picture, but the hair is fringed on both the top and bottom. h is for hive: I is for Icicle: i is for inch: J is for Jar of Jelly: j is for jaguar: K is for Kite: k is for kangaroo: L is for Lighthouse: l is for ladybug: M is for Mittens: m is for microphone: N is for Nails: n is for nest: O is for Otter: While I am generally fairly artistic, I botched drawing this otter 3 times. I ended up finding this one online and printing it onto brown construction paper. o is for orange: P is for Peacock: p is for pumpkin: Q is for Queen: q is for quilt: R is for Raccoon: r is for rainbow: S is for Swan: s is for scarf: T is for Table: t is for turtle: U is for Unicorn: u is for umbrella: V is for Vase: v is for vine: W is for Watermelon: w is for worm: X is for Xylophone: x is for x-ray: Y is for Yolk: y is for yarn: Z is for Zebra: z is for zipper: Now I know my ABC's! I hope you are inspired! Linking to: 1+1+1=1 Sun Scholars No Time for Flashcards Mom to 2 Posh Little Divas Preschool Corner Our Country Road The Ultimate Alphabet Collection ABC & 123
These fun and easy alphabet coloring pages are a great way for little ones to become familiar with the letter L! There are three unique letter L coloring pages included in this printable - one with an uppercase L, one with a lowercase l, and one with both an uppercase L and lowercase l. All three variations include a picture of a lion and the word 'lion'.
