Letter D- Dinosaur and Dog Preschool

So, today we did Letter D. Here's what we did:

-Played with connectagons, fed the dinosaur box

- Talked about Letter D, had d objects, felt in the bag to figure out the object (without looking, so hard!)

- Fed the dinosaur box (a tissue box with cut out opening, painted green) - picked up a number card, counted out that many "leaves"- fed it to the dinosaur

-Played Puppy Pals bingo (matching shapes and patterns and colors to a doghouse)

- Sang "We are the Dinosaurs" by Laurie Berkener

- Read "Fun Dog Sun Dog" and "From Puppy to Dog" (non-fiction about how dogs grow)

- Played "Doggy Doggy where's your Bone?" Bone was hiding under ABC cards, had to say the letter to look under it. From Dog Preschool pack

- Ate donuts (recipe here at the Curvy Carrot, I'd shape them and then let them rise for at least 2 hours or more so they're fluffier than just sweet rolls texture)

 

- Made dog ear craft

- Simon Says, dog style- howl, beg, bark, come, sit, sleep.

-Traced letter D and did tracing from dog to ball (Dog preschool pack- this site is full of preschool and older kids printables pdfs, all geared towards homeschool. And she has links to other bloggers with more preschool packs. You have to check it out!)

- Ate our lunch!

 

Hooray for the Letter D!

Letter A and B- Preschool

This year for preschool I’m doing two days of school- one day with 5 kids, another day with just my Natalie and our friend Jacob. They’re both off to Kindergarten next year, so we’re focusing on the ABC’s and 123’s with them.

A is for…Army and Apples

For math time we counted Risk LOTR army men, counting out each amount for each number. We got to 8 and then got tired of it.

We made some apples out of construction paper and paper bags (on the inside), taped around.

Then we played store and bought some apples with our pennies.

We also made applesauce ornaments- equal parts cinnamon and applesauce (small batch- 1 cup each) with a tablespoon of glue mixed in. They smelled so yummy. We’ve added them to bathrooms and drawers to make our house smell like Christmas.

 

Letter B…banana bread, body, blocks, beans, balloons, blockus, 10 in a bed…

I taught Letter B twice- so we’ve got double the fun.

We made Banana muffins as a preschool- those mini muffins made it so everyone could bring some home. I pre measured the dry ingredients out so they could mash and mix as we counted strokes and measured the wet ingredients.

We also talked about our bodies….we

READ- Head to Toe by Eric Carle

SANG- Hokey Pokey, Head Shoulders Knees and Toes

PLAYED- Simon says

CREATED- a crayon drawing of our bodies on newsprint paper.

I pulled the blocks out to play as kids arrived- but Natalie and Sophia played with them for over an hour after their dance class that night.

 

Pre-K Letter B

We counted blocks (1 inch square construction paper) and marble beads to our number charts.

We played “10 in a Bed” with 8 stuffed animals (they were the last two). They had fun throwing the animals off the couch and scooting over.

We played charades with B words- I copied clipart (and a sweet pic of my baby boy) and printed out with simple words- then they picked and tried to act it out. It was a good exercise in keeping a secret. We had a lot of fun hopping around and figuring out how to show that word.

We also glued Beans on our letter B.

And bounced balloons around and said B words each time we bounced it.

Last but not least, played Blockus (prek way, filling in and making shapes).

Hooray for letters A and B!