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Friday, March 21, 2014

January Week 4: Alphabet {letter Nn}

Letter of the week box: newspaper, note pad, ninja mask, numbers, noodles, nuts, necklace, letter N flash card

Letter Song {U Tube Video}: "Letter M", by Having Fun Teaching

We start by listening and watching the video of the song "Letter n," by Have Fun Teaching. E danced and jumped to the song and worked on saying the /n/ sound!

Then we go through the letter of the week box. We discuss each object. While pointing to the N flash card, I say, "Newspaper starts with N /n/ /n/ newspaper." I do this for each object.

Letter Worksheet: N is for newspaper

First, I have him trace the letter with his pointer finger on his worksheet. He cut pieces of newspaper with his scissors. then, I model how to trace the letter N on a piece of paper with a marker. He then traces the letter on his worksheet with a marker and glues newspaper on N.

Sensory Tub:

Materials: black dyed rice (or you can use black beans too), tub or container, noodles, nuts, necklace, nickles (for stars) and a paper moon.

I first placed the noodles, nuts, necklace in the tub/container and then I poured the rice over the items to hide them. On top of the rice I placed the nickels and moon. I had him dig to find the hidden "n" word objects. It was like a treasure hunt!

After he found all the "n" objects we sorted them into groups and counted to see which group had the most and which had the least!

Letter Snack: noodles with marinara

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Blessings,

Erica

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Thursday, March 6, 2014

January Week 4: Bible {Noah Part 4}

Bible: The Story of Noah- part 4

{Genesis 9} - Rainbow : God's Promise

Songs:

1. "Who Built the Ark?", by Paul Zim: Zimmy Zim's Zoo and Noah's Ark Too!

2. "Arky, Arky", by Fisher Price: Sunday school song along

Scripture Verse of the Month: "The word of the Lord endures forever."

1 Peter 1:25

Scripture Verse Song of the month: "The Word of The Lord," by Family Seed Worship

Bible: My First Read and Learn Bible

We reviewed part 1, 2 and 3 of the story of Noah. Then I read page 8 in My First Read and Learn Bible.

Art Project Materials:

Construction paper strips in red, orange, yellow, green, blue & purple

Cotton balls

Glue

I added strips of glue for E to attach the rainbow strips of paper. I let him place them in the order that he wanted. We discussed the colors of the rainbow and talked about how the rainbow is a symbol of God's promises!

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Blessings,

Erica

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http://mylittlesonbeam.blogspot.com/2014/01/january-week-2-bible-noah-part-2.html?m=1

Part 3:

http://mylittlesonbeam.blogspot.com/2014/02/january-week-3-bible-noah-part-3.html?m=1

Friday, February 28, 2014

January Week 3: Theme {sun and planets}

For the Month of January we are shooting for the stars!

We are making a space book. Here are pages 3 and 4 that will be included in the space book!

***please note: preschool licensing paperwork is in full swing! I am in the middle of all the paperwork that will be submitted for the preschool application! I am still doing preschool learning activities with my son, but please be patient with my postings! :) I will post as time allows and will, eventually, post all the activities we did! Also, I will not be as descriptive as I usually am. The postings will be more of a "Pictorial" of the activities, for now, until the application is finished. Thank you! :)******

Cut and paste. Made lines for guidance. He is 2.5 his hand muscles are just mastering the cutting motion. He went to town....he loves cutting! :)

For the planets he helped me dab dots of glue next to the numbers. We counted the planets as he glued them. And sang the song below.

Song: Planets Oribit

Author unknown

{Tune: "The ants go marching"}

Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars

hurrah, hurrah

(X2)

Jupiter and Saturn are next in line

Uranus, Neptune and Pluto make nine

And they all go spinning

around around they go

The planets orbit around the sun

hurrah, hurrah

(X2)

The planets orbit around the sun

And on their axis one by one

And they all go spinning

Around around they go

Gross Motor Actiivity:

Place an object to represent the sun on the floor. As you sing the song above, pretend to be a planet going around the sun. During the last part when the planets spin on their orbit, spin in place as you go around the sun. :)

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Blessings,

Erica

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Valentines Day {Learning Activities}

Activity: Fine Motor

Materials: tray, clean heart shaped candy container, acrylic heart shaped stones, and scooper

Game: Memory Match

Materials: valentine cards

Activity: Fine Motor

Materials: tray, plastic heart shaped plate, foam circle, small container with plastic heart toothpicks (cupcake toppers).

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Erica

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January Week 3: Alphabet {letter Mm}

Letter of the week box: monkey, magnet, magnifying glass, money, markers, maracas, metal, mail, magazine, movie, letter m flash card.

Letter Song {U Tube Video}: "Letter M", by Having Fun Teaching

We start by listening and watching the video of the song "Letter m," by Have Fun Teaching. E danced and jumped to the song and worked on saying the /m/ sound!

Then we go through the letter of the week box. We discuss each object. While pointing to the M flash card, I say, "Monkey starts with M. /m/ /m/ monkey." I do this for each object.

Letter Worksheet: M is for macaroni

First, I have him trace the letter with his pointer finger on his worksheet. I model how to trace the letter M on a piece of paper with a marker. He then traces the letter on his worksheet with a marker and glues macaroni noodles on M.

Sensory Tub:

Materials: moon-sand, marbles, magnet, magnifying glass, metal (spoon, can, paper clips) and magnetic letter m

Letter Gross Motor Activity: Marching

Letter Snack: melon and macaroni and cheese

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Erica

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Thursday, February 13, 2014

January Week 3: Bible {Noah Part 3}

Bible: The Story of Noah- part 3

{Genesis 8} - The Dove

Songs:

1. "Who Built the Ark?", by Paul Zim: Zimmy Zim's Zoo and Noah's Ark Too!

2. "Arky, Arky", by Fisher Price: Sunday school song along

Scripture Verse of the Month: "The word of the Lord endures forever."

1 Peter 1:25

Scripture Verse Song of the month: "The Word of The Lord," by Family Seed Worship

Bible: My First Read and Learn Bible

We reviewed part 1 and part 2 of the story of Noah. Then I read page 7 in My First Read and Learn Bible.

"When the storm stopped, Noah sent a dove to find dry land."

Art Project Materials:

Paper plate, cut in half

Orange triangle foam beak

One googooli eye

White feathers

Green paper leaf

Glue

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Blessings,

Erica

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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

January Week 2: Theme {Space Rockets and Stars}

For the Month of January we are shooting for the stars!

We are making a space book. Here are two of six pages that will be included in the space book!

Page 1: Rocket Ship

Activity:

Here is a link to the directions by Family Fun:

http://spoonful.com/crafts/jumping-cups

Page 2: Stars

Fine Motor Activity: Push Pin Stars

*caution: child must be supervised while using pushpin! ;)

Gross Motor Actiivity: Star-Hopscotch

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Erica

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Take a look at what else we learned during the second week of January:

Jan Wk 2: Bible

Jan Wk 2: Alphabet

http://mylittlesonbeam.blogspot.com/2014/01/january-week-2-alphabet-letter-ll.html?m=1

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

January Week 2: Alphabet {Letter Ll}

Letter of the week box: lids, letter Ll flash card, lentils, lemon, lion, letters, lock, lamb, leaf, Legos

Letter Song {U Tube Video}: "Letter L", by Having Fun Teaching

We start by listening and watching the video of the song "Letter L," by Have Fun Teaching. E danced and jumped to the song and worked on saying the /l/ sound!

Then we went through the letter of the week box. We discuss each object. While pointing to the L flash card, I say, "Lid starts with L. /l/ /l/ lid." I do this for each object.

Letter Worksheet: L is for leaves

First I have E trace the letter with his pointer finger. Next I model how to trace the letter L on a piece of paper. Then I have him trace the letter on his worksheet with a marker. I did not help him this tim!. He did so well, very proud of my Boo! Lastly, we squeeze glue for him to add the leaves.

Sensory Tub: leaves (in red, yellow-orange, and green), paper ladybugs, and three leaf trays

This was a fun sensory activity of sorting by color and counting with ladybugs!

Letter Gross Motor Activity: leaping from leaf to leaf

Letter Snack: lunch

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Erica

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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

January Week 2: Bible {Noah Part 2}

Bible: The Story of Noah- part 2

{Genesis 7} - The Flood

Songs:

1. "Who Built the Ark?", by Paul Zim: Zimmy Zim's Zoo and Noah's Ark Too!

2. "Arky, Arky", by Fisher Price: Sunday school song along

Scripture Verse of the Month: "The word of the Lord endures forever."

1 Peter 1:25

Scripture Verse Song of the month: "The Word of The Lord," by Family Seed Worship

We reviewed part 1 of the story of Noah and read page 6 in My First Read and Learn Bible. We talked about how God told Noah to build an ark. then the animals came, two by two, into the ark. Once all the animals were in the ark Noah closed the door to the ark and it began to rain. It rained and rained and rained for forty day and forty nights!

We talked about where rain comes from. It comes down from the sky. I shared with E that rain is water and the whole earth was covered in water. But Noah, his family, and the animals were dry and safe inside the ark.

Last week we listened to the song "Who Built the Ark?" and this week My plan was to hear "Arky, Arky" but E did NOT want to her "Arky, Arky" he loves the first song so we listened, danced and sang to the song "Who Built the Ark?"

We then worked on the art project. We talked about the shapes and colors.

First I had E cut the circle in half. He cut about a third of the way, with my assistance, and then I cut the rest. We glued the shapes to build the ark and added the blue rectangles for water. Once all the shapes were glued we added rain drops! We used a blue "bingo" dot marker to make rain. He loved it!

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Blessings,

Erica

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