Sunday, September 28, 2014

Fire Safety, the letter L, and number review 1-5

This week we spent a lot of time talking about fire and how to be safe if we are ever around it. We also worked on how to make the proper sound of the letter "Ll"... And continued to work on our number sense 1-5...counting slowly and pointing to each number!

 Thursday:
My Sweet buddy for the day!

We practiced "Stop, Drop, and Roll" After reading our "Poem of the Week"

We then carried it over to our daily craft time...the kiddos got to practice cutting. They sequenced stop drop and roll.

Cutting is hard...we worked with the sweet buddies on the proper scissor hold.



Perfection!!!
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/84794405457597083/
http://www.pre-kpages.com/firesafety/

Our weekly 4 box sheet...these kiddos are rocking this activity! They are becoming so independent and smart!


L is for Lollipop! Lots of Ll's in that yummy word!






http://www.pinterest.com/pin/84794405457604870/


Our independent letter dot sheet! 



We talked about if there was ever and emergency what to do...we dial "9-1-1"
We also talked about what an emergency is!



Fun ways to make the letter Ll..."highway letters" and pattern blocks

http://www.makinglearningfun.com/themepages/RacecarABCcards.htm


http://www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/blog/2013/07/free-bw-alphabet-pattern-block-cards.html

A few of our books of the day...


Friday.....                                                                                                                                   
Love this smiling buddy!

Practicing putting out fires! We have some excellent firefighters!!



http://lalymom.com/2013/10/3-easy-fire-safety-activities-for-kids.html

Every firehouse needs a dalmatian! 


http://terrific2s.blogspot.com/2013/03/fire-truck-day.html

A snack and a bit on Eric Carle...we watch a little bit of his biography! I was amazed that many of the kiddos could recall a few of the books he was written! Many loved The Very Hungry Caterpillar!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmiBW305rsE


Is it hot or not? We talked about each picture and worked on sorting them...

So smart!
Our letter hunt and some "Lime-Green Lacing for the letter L...


L is for lacing! This is a fantastic fine motor skill! Here is the link along with other fun things to do for each letter of the alphabet:
http://amomwithalessonplan.com/letter-activities/

L is for Legos!! 


http://www.frogsandsnailsandpuppydogtail.com/2013/10/the-letter-l-is-for-lego-craft-and.html#_a5y_p=1014182

A fun way to show how quickly fire can spread. I paired the kiddos up with a friend and gave them a white flame and added some paint into it...as they rolled the marble around they noticed that the "fire" moved all over the shoe box lid.





A neat way to show that fire is dangerous...and can move fast!
http://www.cereschildcare.com/fire.html


After reading Eric Carle's The Greedy Python we sequenced what the Python ate during the story. A fun way to retell this book and a fun way to end our Author Study with Eric Carle!


                             
                                                                    

Monday, September 22, 2014

Wonderful Weather! A bit on the W and the number 5...

Another fun week! This week I did a few weather science experiments...I love incorporating science when I can...such great exposure for the little ones! We also did our weekly word study with the letter Ww and our number sense with the number 5.

Thursday...

My buddy of the day!


Ww is for Watermelon...We are going to make Watermelon sun catchers! For when the weather is sunny!
(just in case you were wondering "what in the world are these things) 
First we counted out seeds...I had asked them to count out 5 seeds for our number of the week!


Great 1-1 counting buddy!

Next I added gel hand-sanitizer and red food coloring...The squished it around to make it look like the inside of a watermelon.

Perfection!
http://www.teachpreschool.org/2012/05/simple-watermelon-suncatchers/

Painting a whale!


Ww is for weather! I gave each kiddo a strip and we worked together to make the letter W. We then talked about each piece of weather and added that to it!

Such hard workers!!

Of course...picking up those tiny snowflakes proves to be tough work for these little fingers!

http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/originals/e1/68/22/e16822dc607c92aeb72977cee18db4c6.jpg

Our letter W 4-box sheet!


Making the letter 4 different ways is not only fun but a great way to learn!

Let's talk wind!

We made our feather move by making wind!

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/84794405459683946/
A fun carry over activity would be "wind-feather" races!

Next...rain! What makes rain? When clouds get full of moisture...they need to release the water. So we used cotton balls and water to do just that!


http://www.makedoandfriend.uk/2012/03/learning-about-clouds-sensory-style.html

Friday...
My sweet girl for the day!

Such sweet friends!

More about the wind. Let's make some kites!

See mom...I am not using my hand with the boo-boo! :)

Thank you for the toilet paper rolls...we put them to great use!

She is ready to fly her kite!

Time to take them for a spin! We didn't have much wind.

Taking a running start!

http://blog.gummylump.com/2013/07/up-in-air-making-kites-summer-camp-at.html

Our number 5 book
This website has many fun and educational activities. They are free downloads.
Here is the main website: http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/
Here is the website for the book: http://resources.sparkleboxres.co.uk/sb3355.pdf


Adding seeds to our watermelon.

peeling and counting stickers is tough! But this sweet buddy can handle it!

Time for some tornadoes! I LOVED how many of the kiddos were calling these "tomatoes"
Before we started this experiment we read a book about tornadoes and talked about tornado safety. I even showed them a picture of a tornado that came a bit tooooo close to my house!

My neighbor took this picture...The tornado came through our driveway. I was busy practicing safe tornado procedures! I did see it...as I was running to the basement! Yikes!

Easy experiement Just water and dish soap! 




A hint...If you shake it "up-and-down" you get bubbles! So shake it "side-to-side" in a circular motion
http://elliemoon.typepad.com/blog/2012/02/tornado-in-a-jar-diy.html
My awesome builders!!! They were so proud of this tower...it was as tall as them!