3.18.2011

Letter Tt

"T" topics...train, turtle, time, teapot

{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...Seven Spunky Monkeys by Jackie French Koller
...theme books...My "t" Book by Jane Belk Moncure
Freight Train by Donald Crews
Inside Freight Train by Donald Crews
William and the Night Train by Mij Kelly and Alison Jay
Emma's Turtle by Eve Bunting
The Clock Struck One by Trudy Harris

Songs/Rhymes...The T says..., I'm a Little Teapot

{Letter Craft}
T is for Turtle...{this one is my design}

{Activities}
Coloring...Letter Tt

Letter Identification...
find the letter worksheet
...do a dot letter printables
...build a T with craft sticks

Spelling...We worked on spelling TOP 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 {TOP, TEN, TAN}. Little Bit placed the corresponding letters over the letters on the cards...while sounding out each letter.

Transportation...dot to dot train. This is a great exercise for getting letters in the correct order and drawing lines!
...T is for truck letter tracing worksheet.
...train coloring page
...played with trains....used them to transport her dolls and ponies!


Turtles...shape count worksheet...Little Bit identified the shapes and then counted how many of each there were.
...turtle coloring page

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 T}
...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!

3.16.2011

a {hoot} of a baby gift...

This past weekend Little Bit and I traveled to a baby shower for my cousin's wife. She is such a cute little preggo! She is not finding out the gender of the baby so gifts had to be neutral. I chose to go with an owl theme...cause they work for girl or boy and who doesn't love owls?!

I decided to embellish a white onesie with a little owl. I just freehanded a pattern and cut out all the pieces, using brown and green fabric. I used Wonder Under to adhere all the pieces to the onesie. I then sewed green buttons on to enhance the eyes.

I also made a couple burp cloths. I found a cute owl print at JoAnns that looked pretty gender neutral and paired that with some fabric I had on hand. They coordinated great! Here are some girly burp cloths I made a while back....{tutorial link is in that post}.

Little Bit helped pick out 2 books with owls in them to complete our owl themed gift!

I also included a little zipper pouch filled with some {new mommy necessities}!...hand sanitizer, lip gloss, lotion, kleenex, shout wipes, ibuprofen & gum.

3.15.2011

Menu Plan Monday









Tuesday ~ hot dogs, mac & cheese, fruit

Wednesday ~ pork broccoli mushroom stir fry, rice, fruit

Thursday ~ pasta w/pesto & mushrooms, salad, bread

Friday ~ honey teriyaki salmon, green beans, baked potatoes

Linking up with Org Junkie...check them out for more recipes!

3.10.2011

Letter Ss

"S" topics...sun, sheep, spiders, shells

{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...Seven Spunky Monkeys by Jackie French Koller
...theme books...My "s" Book by Jane Belk Moncure
Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw
Go to Sleep, Russell the Sheep by Rob Scotton
Can't Sleep Without Sheep by Susanna Leonard Hill
Ladybug Girl at the Beach by David Soman
The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle

Songs/Rhymes...The S says..., The Itsy Bitsy Spider

{Letter Craft}
S is for Snake...{this one is my design}

{Activities}
Coloring...Letter Ss, sheep

Letter Identification...
find the letter worksheet
...do a dot letter printables

Snake...dot to dot snake. This is a great exercise for getting letters in the correct order and drawing lines!
...S is for snake letter tracing worksheet.

Seuss...cat in the hat coloring sheet.
...cat in the hat snack....blogged about that here
...enjoyed some Dr. Seuss favorites...The Foot Book; One Fish, Two Fish; Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?...

Shells/Sand...story sequencing...We read a story about building a sand castle and then put the pictures in the right order.
...Ladybug girl printables.....sand castle coloring page, counting shells worksheet
...shell sorting by size...I traced one of the larger and smaller shells on cards. Little Bit sorted through a container of different shells. She put them in 2 piles based on their size.

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 spongebob suction mat; heart stringing; "love" sensory box {filled with all things red....silk rose petals, heart buttons, jewels, heart erasers, pom poms, red bowl, heart containers}; 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 S}
...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!