Week 21

Day 1

Read Books:

Read Words-

Letters (and rhymes) - e
 

e - dash and a curve

Numbers (and rhymes) - Continue to write numbers 0-5 

Math - 5 Senses – Sight & Smell

Colors-  Orange

Sensory- Smell
 

Discuss: What part of our body do we use to smell? Talk about the nose and the job it performs. You may also wish to discuss how animals use their noses to find food.  (Idea from Tripod)

Activity:  Using different items in your refrigerator, pantry, and bathroom, discuss the smell using words like sour, sweet, etc.  Have your child close her eyes or use a blindfold and guess the item that she smells (lemon juice, milk, applesauce, rubbing alcohol, mouthwash, etc.).

Writing Skills-  A ,B      

Review Shapes- Label the shapes

Letter characters- Lower case c

Art- Finger paint (Edible paint)

Play-  Dress up

Information-   

 12 Months of Year (Author unknown)
Tune of:  “Twelve Little Indians”
January, February, March, and April
May, June, July, and August
September, October, November, December
There are 12 months in a year

Day 2:
 

Calendar Activity 

http://www.starfall.com/n/holiday/calendar/load.htm?f&n=main

Read Books

Read Words

Information-  You tube months of the year song.

letter writing practice-  

The letter "e" is a hard character to create because it is the only one with a horizontal line in the middle of the guidelines.  Start by drawing the middle line by itself.

Number writing practice- 7

Colors- Flash cards

Writing Skills-        C,D

Coloring-  Snow man

Math – Seven and Eight

Sensory - Sight

Discuss: Talk with your child about the function of their eyes.  Ask him/her to identify the job of the eyes. Explain that everyone has eyes. Some eyes are different colors and some are a different shape, but the function of the eyes is just the same.

Activities:
- Collect several items and place them in front of you. Have the child cover their eyes while you remove one of the objects.  After uncovering their eyes, have them decide which item is missing.  Start with a few items and gradually increase the difficulty.  (Idea from Tripod)
- Blindfold your child seated on the floor.  Place four or five objects in front of him.  Ask for a particular object.  Although he may be able to feel for the object, having similar objects makes it more difficult.  Discuss that some people cannot see, and that we should be thankful for our eyesight. 

Scissors-  Kites

Art-  Paint with bruch

Spatial:  Dinosaur Same of Different

Fine Motor Skill:

Using play dough, finger jello, or cookie dough, make letter or number cut outs with ABC/123 cookie cutters or roll the dough into ropes and snake it into the correct shape

 

Day 3:

Calendar Activity 

http://www.starfall.com/n/holiday/calendar/load.htm?f&n=main

Read Books:

Read Words-

Introduce Information( Write of 1 ½” tracing paper):  You tube months of the year song.

Colors-  http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/preschool/ngames/colors.htm

Sensory-  

Discuss the sights and smells you would experience at different places that you visit – park, grocery store, restaurant, zoo, etc.

letter writing practice-  E

Number writing practice- 7

Review Shapes-  flash cards

Character Education:  Forgiveness

 http://myyoungchild.org/stories/listen-alongs/rosa-learns-forgiveness-listen/Forgiveness

Block Activities -  Balls and sticks

Gross Motor Skills Activity- Play "Simon Says" using different gross motor movements and activities 

Print:

http://www.abcjesuslovesme.com/documents/1-1-2BlankTracingLines   -3

http://www.abcjesuslovesme.com/documents/Lowercase%20C%20Characters   -1

http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/Letter_Sheet_A-D.PDF   -1

http://www.kidslearningstation.com/colors/recognize-color-orange.asp   -1

http://www.tlsbooks.com/labeltheshapes.pdf   -1

http://www.first-school.ws/t/numbers/worksheets/seven-1.htm   -2

http://kidsturncentral2.com/coloring/xsnowman2cp.gif   -2

http://www.tlsbooks.com/beessevenandeight.pdf  -1

http://www.dltk-kids.com/t.asp?b=m&t=http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/miscellaneous/posters/bstraight-kites.gif   -1

http://www.tlsbooks.com/dinosamedif.pdf   -1

http://www.first-school.ws/t/alpha1/e.htm   -1

Week 20

Day 1

Read Books:

Read Words-

Letters (and rhymes) -g, q

g - curve with a hook
q - curve and hook back

Math - 4 Seasons – Spring & Summer

Colors- Yellow

Writing Skills-             Join the dots

Review Shapes- Use blocks (have them identify)

Letter characters- Lowercase c

Art-

Play-

Information-   12 Months of Year (Author unknown)
Tune of:  “Twelve Little Indians”
January, February, March, and April
May, June, July, and August
September, October, November, December
There are 12 months in a year

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5enDRrWyXaw

Visual Perception Activitiy-

2-3 Worksheet

Day 2:
Calendar Activity 

 http://www.starfall.com/n/holiday/calendar/load.htm?f&n=main

Read Books

Read Words

Information- 12 Months of Year (Author unknown)
Tune of:  “Twelve Little Indians”
January, February, March, and April
May, June, July, and August
September, October, November, December
There are 12 months in a year

letter writing practice-  G

Number writing practice- Practice writing numbers 0-5

Writing Skills-             Practice writing

Math -  count and color dogs

Scissors-  different lines

Art- Marble Painting

Preschoolers love to paint. They paint with paintbrushes, stamps, and their fingers. They love the feel of the paint and the textures they can create with different materials. Preschoolers make sense of their world and the things that interest them through art. In a world that is largely too big for them, preschoolers can express their feelings and create something that is uniquely theirs. 

Painting of all sorts is a wonderful open-ended art activity. It allows the preschooler to take charge. They are in control and they can let their imagination run wild, rather than following strict cut and paste guidelines. 

What You Need

The bottom of a cardboard box
Large or small marbles

Paint

Paper

Paper plate or plastic bowl

What To Do

For this activity, you need the bottom of a cardboard box or the lid of a box with a rim around it tall enough to keep the marbles in the box. I find that the lids to printer paper boxes work really well for this. They are already the right size since they were designed to hold paper and you don’t have to do any additional cutting to make it small enough for preschoolers to control.

Place the piece of paper in the bottom of the box. Fill the paper plate or plastic bowl with the paint of your choice. You can either roll the marbles in the paint or paint them with a paint brush. Drop the marbles into the box, on top of the paper, and let the preschoolers hold the box with two hands and tilt it back and forth. The marbles will roll around and create an exciting design. 

Variations

For younger preschoolers, or if you don’t want to deal with the mess of coating the marbles in paint, you can follow the same instructions above. Instead of coating the marbles in paint, squirt some paint directly on top of the paper inside the box. Drop the clean marbles into the box and tilt the box so they roll around the paper. To create different designs squirt different colors of paint on different places on your paper. Try several variations and see what kind of designs you can come up with. 

Preschoolers enjoy painting with something a little different. It makes painting an entirely new activity. This art activity can be altered to fit several preschool themes. After you have used the marbles to paint the paper, allow it to dry, and then cut it into various shapes. Some easy formations are eggs, shapes, masks, hands, feet, and apples.

Spatial:  Same size

Fine Motor Skill:

Look through old catalogs or magazines for pictures to cut out that represent the different seasons.  Have a piece of paper for each season to glue the pictures on.  Check out Teaching How to Use Scissors for ideas.

 

Day 3:
Calendar Activity 

http://www.starfall.com/n/holiday/calendar/load.htm?f&n=main

Read Books:

Read Words-

Introduce Information( Write of 1 ½” tracing paper):

Spring
Months – March, April, May
Holidays – Easter, Mother’s Day, family birthdays
Weather – Cool, rain
Clothing – Jackets, long sleeve, jeans
Plants – Trees and plants begin to bud, grass turns green, plant garden and new flowers
Animals – Baby animals are born
Activities – Flying kites

• Summer
 Months – June, July, August
Holidays – Father’s Day, July 4th, family birthdays
Weather – Warm, storms, sunny
Clothing – Shorts, t-shirts, sandals
Plants – Growth, new fruit and vegetables
Activities – Swim, picnics

Color- Flash cards

Weather Bear activity

letter writing practice-  G

Number writing practice- Practice writing numbers 0-5

Review Shapes-  Follow directions

Character Education: Attentive Activities:
- Play Simon Says
- Play “I Spy” Spatial - Teach the child to pay attention to his/her surroundings.
“I spy something between the two lamps."
“I spy something that is in front of the blue chair.”

Hidden object worksheet

Block Activities -  Build with zoob

Play-  Dress up

Gross Motor Skills Activity

Play Twister - While the real game will probably be too hard now, have fun matching colors and body parts.

Print these worksheets for this week:

http://www.tlsbooks.com/happyturtleangryturtle.pdf     -1

http://www.kidzone.ws/prek_wrksht/cutpaste-seasons1.htm  -1

http://www.tlsbooks.com/countandcolordogs.pdf   -1

http://www.tlsbooks.com/hiddenpictureshowmany.pdf   -1

http://www.abcjesuslovesme.com/documents/Lowercase%20C%20Characters   -1

http://www.hslaunch.com/mypage/downloader.php?file=userfiles/0/77441767390.pdf&id=3571   -1

http://www.abcjesuslovesme.com/documents/Connect%202-3.pdf   -1

http://www.kidslearningstation.com/colors/recognize-color-yellow.asp   -1

http://www.positivelyautism.com/downloads/cutting04_differentlines.pdf   -1

http://www.tlsbooks.com/samesizeatthebeach.pdf   -1

http://www.first-school.ws/t/alpha1/g.htm  -2

http://www.tlsbooks.com/followdirectionsshapes.pdf  -1

http://preschoollearners.com/New_Worksheets/Pre-Writing/Patterns/aja00014.htm   1-

Week 19

Print:  (print the number of copies after the link)

http://www.christianpreschoolprintables.com/files/BibleColoringPages/WiseMen/WiseColoring16.pdf   -1

 http://www.tlsbooks.com/countingtofiveworksheets.pdf   -1

http://www.kidslearningstation.com/colors/recognize-color-green.asp   -1

http://www.abcjesuslovesme.com/documents/drawingcircularlines   -2

http://www.tlsbooks.com/primarycolorshapes.pdf  -1

http://www.first-school.ws/t/alpha1/q.htm   -2

http://www.first-school.ws/t/numbers/worksheets/one-1.htm  -2

http://www.positivelyautism.com/downloads/cutting03_curvedlines.pdf   -1

http://www.tlsbooks.com/happyturtleangryturtle.pdf  -1

Day 1

Read Books:

Read Words-

Letters (and rhymes) – Use large letter (foam)

Math – Counting worksheet

Colors- Green worksheet

Writing Skills-             circles

Review Shapes – color shapes

Play-  Going on a Long Trip (Source unknown)

Have the child repeat each line after you.

We're going on a long trip (pretend to ride a camel)

Do you see that shining star? (point to the sky)

Saddle up your camels (pretend to ride a camel)

Because we are going very far (place hand at forehead to look off)

We're going on a long trip (pretend to ride a camel)

Look!  The star is overhead (point to the sky)

I see the sweet, baby Jesus (pretend to rock a baby)

In the manger as His bed (place hands on side of head like asleep)

We've come from a long trip (pretend to ride a camel)

The star showed us the way (point to the sky)

To worship our true Savior (hands in prayer)

And, I'll praise Him every day (hands lifted in the air)

Information-  

First & last name

- Phone number

- How to dial the phone and correctly answer it

- Full address

Visual Perception Activity-  Stack blocks in a pattern and have them copy it.

Day 2:
Calendar Activity 

 http://www.starfall.com/n/holiday/calendar/load.htm?f&n=main

Read Books

Read Words

Information-

 First & last name

- Phone number

- How to dial the phone and correctly answer it

 Full address

letter writing practice-  Q

Number writing practice- 1

Writing Skills-  circles

Coloring-  Wise men coloring page

Math -  Counting worksheet

Opposite Character Traits

Discuss various character traits learned during the past seventeen weeks.  Focus on the positive and negative aspects of each.

Scissors-  curved line

Art- Snowman Necklace or Ornament Make a snowman that you can wear as a necklace or use as an ornament.

SUPPLIES NEEDED:

• White glue (like Elmer's glue)
• Paper clip
• Waxed paper
• Scraps of construction paper: black, and orange
• A hole punch (for cutting eyes, and buttons)
• Scissors
• Googly eyes (from a craft store) - optional
• Tiny buttons - optional
• 2 very tiny twigs (for arms)
• String or yarn (for hanging it)

Working on waxed paper, spread 2 or 3 blobs of white glue in the shape of a snowman. Unfold a paper clip into a V-shape (to use as a hanger).

Cut a tiny hat from black construction paper and put it on the snowman on top of the paper clip hanger. Put the ends of the paper clip into the glue at the top of the snowman. For the snowman's eyes, use black paper circles cut with a hole punch, or use googly eyes. Put the eyes on the snowman. Add a tiny orange (carrot-shaped) nose. Add a few paper buttons (or small real buttons) down the front of the body.

Let the glue dry - it will take a few days. When it dries, the glue will become transparent. When it is completely dry, peel it gently off the waxed paper. String the snowman on some yarn for a cool necklace or use a shorter string to use as an ornament.

Spatial:  turtle

 

 

Day 3:
Calendar Activity  

http://www.starfall.com/n/holiday/calendar/load.htm?f&n=main

Read Books:

Read Words-

Introduce Information( Write of 1 ½” tracing paper):

Dial 911

Continue to have your child practice dialing 911, tell the "dispatcher" their name, the emergency, and his/her address.

Story-  http://www.storylineonline.net/

letter writing practice-  Q

Number writing practice- 1

Review Shapes-  flash cards

Character Education: Self-Control, Gentleness, Kindness, Love - Review Meaning

Craft-   Real Crystal Snowflake Make an amazing snowflake from real crystal (borax). This is a beautiful project (and also demonstrates some basic principles of chemistry).

Supplies needed:

Wide mouthed jar 3 white pipe cleaners String Scissors Pencil Boiling water (have an adult do this part) Spoon Borax (called 20 Mule Team Borax Laundry Booster - the product called Boraxo will NOT work) Optional: blue food coloring Make a giant snowflake frame from 3 white pipe cleaners and string. Twist the 3 pipe cleaners together in the center to make a 6-sided, spiky figure. Make sure this figure fits inside the wide-mouthed jar. Tie the string around the pipe cleaners to look like a snowflake shape. Trim the excess string. Tie a few inches of string to one of the pipe cleaners. Tie the other end of the string to a pencil, so that the snowflake will hang from the pencil and dangle inside the jar. Take the snowflake out of the jar. Pour boiling water into the jar (have an adult do this part). Add the 20 Mule Team Borax Laundry Booster to the hot water in the jar. Keep adding the Borax until you have a supersaturated solution (you will see undissolved Borax at the bottom of the jar). You'll have to add about 3 tablespoonfuls of the 20 Mule Team Borax Laundry Booster to each cup of hot water in the jar. Optional: Add a few drops of blue food coloring for a bluish snowflake. Hang the snowflake in the jar and wait at least overnight. In the morning, your snowflake will be covered with beautiful crystals. As the supersaturated solution cools, the borax comes out of solution (less of the borax can dissolve in cool water) and forms crystals on the pipe cleaners and string. You can do the same type of project using supersaturated sugar-water and a string, making edible rock candy (but the crystals take longer to form).

Play-  Play the “Opposites Game”

“I am going to say a word and I want you to say the opposite.”

Day/Night

Off/On

Over/Under

Gross Motor Skills Activity

Balloon Fun - keep it afloat, bat it with both hands clasped together in one large "fist", bounce and catch the balloon - always use both hands together