"U" topics...umbrella, unicorn, under
{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...Dinosaur Days by Linda Manning
...theme books...My "u" Book by Jane Belk Moncure
Goldilicious by Victoria Kann
The Thingamabob by Il Sung Na
One Rainy Day by M. Christina Butler
Underwear! by Mary Elise Monsell
Underwater Counting by Jerry Pallotta
Songs/Rhymes...The U says..., Under the Sea {We've been on a Little Mermaid kick lately!}
{Letter Craft}
U is for Unicorn...{this one is my design}
{Activities}
...Little Mermaid page {for underwater}
...Unicorn
Letter Identification...
find the letter worksheet
...do a dot letter printables
Spelling...We worked on spelling UP 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.
...Little Bit has learned to spell her name! She was watching an episode of Blue's Clues where they were focusing on the alphabet and spelling things. She has known most of the letters in her name for a while but I was surprised when she got them all in the right order. Now she wants to type on the computer. So I open a blank Word document and she types her name, MOM and DAD. The other day she asked how to spell OCTOPUS and has been working on it too....guess she doesn't want to start small! ;)
Umbrella...dot to dot umbrella. This is a great exercise for getting letters in the correct order and drawing lines!
...U is for umbrella letter tracing worksheet.
...Little Critter with an umbrella paper doll. Little Bit colored the paper doll pieces and I cut them out. Then she had fun pretending it was raining and getting Little Critter all dressed. She liked this one so much I printed a couple more of the outfits for her to play with!
Under...I set up a little obstacle course for Little Bit to work through. I placed felt squares on the floor so she would have a path to follow. She had to go UNDER the chair, around the stool and over the beanbag.
...Little Bit loves to play Hide & Seek. One of her favorite places to hide is {under} the table!
Activity shelf...sorting shells by big and little; pom pom transfer w/tweezers into a strawberry ice cube tray, color shade matching; pom pom transfer to suction mat; clock puzzle; tower building with green and yellow foam cubes;green sensory box {filled with green things....shape buttons, jewels, pom poms, bottle caps, foam animals, green dish}; rice bin with rake and race car; shape matching using our shaped buttons and dollar store banners that I cut apart.
Computer time...Starfall {we worked in the ABC section with the letter U}
...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. She loves working on Jump Start PreK!
