Letter B

Crafts:

Finger Paint Balloons! Fill paint cups with 5 different colors of paint. Have child dip one finger in each color and use them to make ballloons on white paper. After paint has dried, add lines (ribbons) to the balloons.

Binoculars: Use empty toilet paper (or paper towel if you have them, we don't use paper towels in our home so I'll use tp) rolls. Glue the rolls together. Punch holes in the outside of the rolls on one end to tie a string around. Decorate the rolls.

Bird feeder: Use peanut butter spread on tp rolls or pine cones rolled in birdseed. Hang outside.

Fingerbugs: using ink pads make finger bugs on paper; give them antennae and legs.

Bubble painting! Best used as an outside activity probably. Mix paint and bubble solution. Lay out a large piece of paper (you could put it inside a box if doing it inside). Dip the bubble wand into the mixture, and blow bubbles onto the paper. When they pop they leave different colored bubble prints.

Glue Beans onto the letter B

Social Studies:
This week we're going to work on learning parents names and possibly phone number.

Math:

Counting blueberries. Draw (or print) a picture of a pail. Draw (or print) pictures of blueberries, number the blueberries according to how many you are learning to count (or which numerals you are learning to recognize). Make a blueberry bush, and have the blueberries "growing" on the bush. Give the child a number: "Pick 6 blueberries" and have them add the correct number of blueberries to their pail. Glue/tape them into the pail.

Numberal recognition: I put the numbers on an index card, along with stickers for the appropriate numbers. I show a card, and he jumps the appropriate number of times after telling me what number is on the card.

Sorting buttons

Below: we do this with stickers in the number book: Put the stickers BELOW the number. Then we'll move to ABOVE, and beside.

Review number book, add a number if the child is ready.

Shape: Review of Square and Triangle and Circle. Will sort the buttons into categories by these shapes.

Reading:
Little Boy Blue
Blueberries for Sal

Concepts:

Same and different (I have some worksheets that go along with this). Also, point out how things are the same, and different. Example: Blue beanbag and red beanbag. They are both square (same) but they are different colors.

Colors: Play twister! If your child is ready to learn left/right this is a great game for that as well. We'll just be playing it with a "put ANY foot/hand on..." whatever color way to reinforce the colors red, yellow, green and blue. I'm going to make an entire post dedicated to the ways you can teach with Twister!

Dramatic Play:
take care of babies (give the baby dolls a bath, dress them, feed them, etc)

Building/Block Play:
Just with regular blocks this week (last week we used castle blocks to build castles for the king!)

Fine motor:

Lacing beads. lace large wooden/plastic beads onto a string.
Lacing the Letter B
moving beans from one bowl to another using small tongs (from a bug kits I got a $Tree).

Sensory:

Beans! playing in beans is suprisingly relaxing. My big kids still love to do this. We'll put cars in there too and run them around.

Science:
Birds. We are lucky enough to have a birds nest right on our front porch. We'll continue to observe her as she sits on her nest (which we can't see into, but are assuming there are eggs in). We'll talk about how all birds are similar (all have wings and a beak) and how they are different (not all birds can fly). We'll look at pictures of birds, and listen to some bird calls (I have a friend who has a CD set of bird calls from all over the world).

Gross Motor:

Bounce balls
balance bean bags on your head
walk on a balance beam
Bowling (we have a small set great for inside), but you could make a set really easy with empty water bottles (or on a larger scale 2 liter bottles).
Walking backwards

Nursery Rhyme:
Baa Baa Black Sheep and/or Little Boy Blue

Music:
Bubbles (tune: twinkle twinkle)
Bubbles floating all around (pretend to catch the bubbles)
Bubbles fat and bubbles round (make a big circle with arms)
Bubbles on my toes and nose (point to toes and nose)
Blow a bubble...up it goes! (pretend to blow bubbles; point up)
bubbles floating all around (pretend to catch the bubbles)
Bub...bles fall...ing to...the...ground (sing slowly and sink to the ground)

Little Bunny Foo Foo (this is only the first two verses, google if you want more)

Little Bunny Foo Foo,
Hopping through the forest
Scooping up the field mice
And boppin' 'em on the head
Down came the good fairy and she said
"Little Bunny Foo Foo,
I don't want to see you
Scooping up the field mice
And boppin' 'em on the head.
I'll give you three chances,
And if you don't behave
I'll turn you into a goon!"

Have a Band!

Snack:

banana splits!
blueberry banana bread
make your own butter (easy...whipping cream and a touch of salt in a glass jar and SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE)
Make brown cows (root bear floats)

Toddler Time:
Life Skills: filling and emptying
Art: finger paint
Color: Colors Book
Vocabulary building: The colors book that I have is a great vocabulary book. It has great pictures and we'll be talking about and naming all of the objects in it.
Fine Motor: Stacking blocks
Song: Little Bunny Foo Foo
Spanish: Music CD
Outside Play: Bubbles Bubbles Bubbles
Sign Language: Ball and Bath
Gross Motor: Bowling and blowing


Materials Needed:
Paint (in 5 different colors)
Paint cups
White paper
Crayon
Empty Toilet Paper/paper towel tubes
Stickers
Markers
Birdseed
Ribbon
Peanut Butter
Plastic knife
Pinecone
Ink pads
bubble solution (or make your own)
beans (you can buy a wide selection for very little money)
glue
buttons
blocks
lacing beads/letters
small tongs
bowls (for sorting)--I actually use empty plastic fruit cups (they are a great size) or yogurt cups
pictures of birds
bowling set
pictures of birds
baby doll
small wash cloth
bowl of water
baby doll clothes
baby doll food
building blocks
balls
musical instruments
ingredients for whatever snacks you choose