Week 2: Bb, green/jungle, 2

(basic curriculum from Letter of the Week.)


Letter A, number 2, and color Green and jungle vocab.

Monday

Normally I don't focus on a vocab word or color, but we're going to see "The Lion King" tonight at the movie theater, so "jungle" and "vines" just seemed too perfect to skip!

Color jungle animals, cut out, and hide in (construction paper) vines

Elephant Rhyme:

Elephant
(to the tune of "Here we go 'round the Mulberry Bush")

This is the elephant's tail so thin,
Tail so thin, tail so thin,
This is the elephant's tail so thin,
Swish, swish, swish.

These are the elephant's feet so huge,
Feet so huge, feet so huge,
These are the elephant's feet so huge,
Stomp, stomp, stomp.

This is the elephant's nose so long,
Nose so long, nose so long,
This is the elephant's nose so long,
Blow, blow, blow.

These are the animals all around,
All around, all around,
These are the animals all around,
Run, run, run!

by Iram Khan

Tuesday

Color in letter B for banana
Bb (boat) color by number

Alphabet book B for blue and bubble painting

Bat Rhyme (w/ printable bats):

Five Little Bats

Five little bats came flying in the door,
One flew away and that left only four.
Four little bats hiding in a tree,
One flew away and that left three.
Three little bats looking down at you,
One flew away and that left two.
Two little bats hiding from the sun,
One flew away and that left just one.
One little bat hanging all alone,
He flew away and then there were none.

Wednesday

Add 2 stickers to index card

Color 2 cats
Number wheel
Tag 1, 2, 3 Dora book
Read Richard Scarry's Best Counting Book Ever / El mejor libro para contar de Richard Scarry

Thursday

Color sorting wheel
Bake banana bread
Build with various building blocks

Friday


Scavenger hunt outside for "B", 2. and green items



{reminder: I want to try the color matching wheel and jumbo number clips} 

Aa {apple}

Today was much more successful (meaning: FUN)! Millie LOVED reading "The Apple Tree" and acting out the rhyme using the tree and apples we colored and cut out (I put double-sided tape on the back of the apples to keep them on the tree .. and on Millie's belly once she "ate" them). We read this poem at least 10 times! I will definitely be doing something like this every week.

"I shook the tree as hard as I could"

 

Millie's turn to "read" while I held the tree!

The apple stamping craft went just as well! The apple got a bit slippery once it was coated with paint, and Millie ended up painting with it rather than stamping, but still fun!

Making our "worm" out of stale Cheerios (M ate the rest)

We even had a chance to do some science today! Can you tell which apple slices had been sitting out while we did our apple stamping?

Aa snack: apples and animal crackers!

Millie doing her impression of the Fonz: "Ayyy!" 

Thanks to Pinterest (are you on Pinterest yet? I LOVE it! I am finding some amazing Millie ideas on there! You can follow me here.) I have discovered this inspiring homeschooling blog: Confessions of a Homeschooler. She shares tons of great ideas for kiddos - young and old. Definitely check it out!

After Millie's nap, we'll be doing the "Letter A Do-a-Dot Page" found about halfway down this page. But we'll be using stickers instead of Do-a-Dot Art Markers (though I'm thinking we may need to buy some of those ...).