Gobble...Gobble!

A jam packed 2 days full of crafts, learning, and fine motor skills!

We began our day with a "Shared Writing" piece for the Lafayette Townshhip Fire Department.

A perfect Thank you!

After we Thanked them we signed it with our handprints!

Our Turkey Craft!

There were so many interesting things hese kiddos were thankful for...Here are just a few:  family, Mexico, our hand, and banana cream pie!

The finished product

Tommy the Turkey needs 10 feathers. This was our daily independent activity.

Not only did we have to count out 10 feathers, we had to pick them up 1 by 1 and use the glue bottle to put them on! All so very challenging for these tiny fingers! Perfection!!!

Our "Tt" work

The hunt for both capitol T's and lowercase t's has proven much more challenging for the eyes!

One of our "hands-on"math counting activities this week.  The kiddos had to pick a number...identify it...and count out that many noodles! Great for 1-1 correspondence. As I had said before...their counting can get ahead of their fingers. This was a great time to work on that!

Next we did a "domino parking lot"

Each child had to pick a domino and out loud count the dots. It is important at this stage to have them work on their 1-1 correspondence...this will really build their number sense!

After the dots were counted they had to find the right spot to put it.

They loved this!

Stilts...so hard for these tiny feet! But great for balance and control!

Spin!

Balance!

Jump!

Bungee Pogo

Another Bungee Pogo...Stand and hop!

Professional Skateboarder here! Great for rocking, pivoting, and balancing...

Throw!

Loving our NEW Minds-in-Motion Activities! Thanks parents!!

Painting a Turkey

We really put ourselves into our work...literally! Good thing it is washable!

The most challenging part of this is the kiddos had to pick up their own google eyes and put them on.

Along with the beak! So not just a craft but a chance to really manipulate those tiny fingers and pieces!

Such the artisits in my classs!

Mr. Turkey...Mr. Turkey...

On day 2 of this poem I had the kiddos locate any letter "Tt" they could find. Once they found it they used highlighter tape to highlight it!

This activity helps them to begin to see that these letters form words. The start of reading.

Practicing making and tracing the letter T.

One of my favorite activities of the week. I had NO idea this would be so challenging.

The kiddos had to tear small pieces to cover up the T. This really forced their fingers to work quite hard.

If they do have trouble tearing...you can start the tear for them.

I was so impressed with their work!

This is an easy yet great actvitiy for you to do at home!

Our independent work for day 2...The Tt book.

They have come such a long way with working independently...I am so proud! They follow directions and rules! What a super week we have had! It just flew by with all of the neat things we were doing! The growth of these kiddos in the last 13 weeks has been just  amazing! I can tell that they have wonderful parents, grandparents, and family members that work with them frequently! Keep up the great work!