Week 2 recap

We have been busy this week, so I haven't had a chance to sit down and blog until today. Here's what we've been up to:

 

Bb for Bananas and Boat and Bats

 We attempted Bubble Painting with little success, as I couldn't get the bubbles to take on the color from the paint or food coloring (I'm not sure what I did wrong, so any suggestions would be appreciated!). However, there were BUBBLES! everywhere, so we had fun.

Great tip: use a pin to poke a hole at the top of the straw. Then child can still blow but won't accidentally drink it!

While attempting to pour out bubbles, I also poured out colored water. Spills are fun!

 We also played with our new color wheel. Millie had a bit of trouble with the clothespins, but I think that's part of the activity. She didn't get frustrated, so we stuck with it 1-10!

Today we made lava lamps! So easy! I think Millie enjoyed putting the Alka-Seltzer tablets in more than anything else, so we used a lot of them. But there was lot of fun science going on: Look! The water is at the bottom And at the end we put in two full tablets and watched it all spill down the drain.

And then we messed with PlayDoh. "Happy birthday to mama!" Hooray a yummy cake!

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}