Letter Ff

"F" topics...fish, fox, flowers, fire, feelings

{Circle Time}

Calendar...Talk about the month and days of the week and put sticker on the day we are discussing.

Reading...days of the week book...Where Does Thursday Go? by Janeen Brian

...theme books...My "f" Book by Jane Belk Moncure

The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

Fish, Swish! Splash, Dash! by Suse MacDonald

The Little Red Fish by Taeeun Yoo

Hooray for Fish by Lucy Cousins

Happy, Sad, Silly, Mad: My World Makes Me Feel by John E. Mitchell

Songs/Rhymes...The F says...

{Letter Craft}

F is for Fox...inspired by this blog

{Activities}

Coloring...Letter Ff

Fish...F is for fish dot to dot. This was a great exercise for getting letters in the correct order and drawing lines! Little Bit loves dot to dots....so I keep incorporating them into our weekly plans!

...I saw an idea to make a fish out of a paper plate. So after reading The Rainbow Fish we decided to make our own rainbow fish! We took a white paper plate and cut a triangle out to make a mouth. Then Little Bit glued colorful paper squares all over {similar to the Elmer project we did last week}. We finished it off with a googly eye.

Letter Identification...used craft sticks to build the letter F

...find the letter worksheet

...do a dot letter printables

Spelling...We worked on spelling FOX this week. I wrote the word and drew a picture on our dry erase board. Each day I had Little Bit spell and sound out the word.

...tray with magnetic letters and cards with words {FOX, FUN, FIN}. Little Bit placed the corresponding letters over the letters on the cards...while sounding out each letter.

Library Time...The theme at Library storytime this week was fire safety! This worked perfectly into our school week. The librarian read No Dragons for Tea by Jean Pendziwol. One of the town Firefighters came in to talk to the kids about fire safety, showed how he gets dressed in full fire gear, and handed out some goodies to the kids.

Puzzle time...We talked some about feelings, read a book about them and then Little Bit did this puzzle. We talked about the different faces of the bears and how they were feeling.

Practical Living...Little Bit helped me fold laundry. She loves "folding" her shirts and matching up her socks!

...We have 2 shelves set up with activities that can be done in free time....after we have finished the days lessons. One item is flower arranging. I got a sugar shaker at the Dollar Tree and cut some floral stems for Little Bit to poke in the holes. She can make her own little arrangement...and this is great for hand-eye coordination!

Computer time...Starfall {we worked in the ABC section with the letter F} and Fisher Price{they have some great learning games and online coloring pages}.

...Little Bit also loves to get in some computer time when we go the library. They have computers set up in the children's area with games, stories, etc. Her favorite one to do is Just Grandma & Me by Mercer Mayer. She puts on the headphones and watches/listens to the story!