Thursday, April 30, 2015

The Letters O, Y and Z

The Letter O
O is for Octopus

Octopus Hand Prints

Octopus Counting Craftivity
Skill:  number recognition, one-to-one correspondence, counting, gluing

O is for Octopus and Octopus Patterns
Skills:  O recognition, counting, patterns
Here is the link for Octopus patterns and find the O's

o is for owl

Owl Matching
Skills:  matching, colors
Here is the link for Owl Matching

Owl Letter Match
Skills:  upper and lowercase letter recognition, matching
Here is the link for Owl Letter Match
                               
Owl Patterns
Skills:  patterns
Here is the link for Owl Patterns

O is for Owl
Skills:  tracing, pre-writing, letter writing
Here is the link for this Owl Tracer

The Letter Y
Y is for Yak

y is for yo-yo

Find the Y's
Skills:  y recognition, 
Here is the link for Finding Y's
                                      

The Letter Z
Z is for Zebra

z is for zipper

Z is for Zoo Animals
Skills:  counting, number recognition, what belongs, letter z recognition, finding differences, what comes next, shapes, tracing
Here is the link for these fun zoo animal activities

Zoo Animal Search
We searched for zoo animals in magazines.  Then the kiddos cut out the zoo animals and made their very own zoo animal collages.

Zz letter sort
Skills:  letter z, upper and lowercase Z recognition, sorting
Here is the link for the Letter Z sort

Cutting Zig-Zag Lines
Skills:  scissor skills
Here is the link for Zig Zag Cutting

Zig-Zag Racers!
Skills:  fine motor skills
I drew 2 zig-zag tracks outside with sidewalk chalk.  I wrote START and FINISH.  The kiddos "raced" each other by pushing small monster trucks on the zig-zag track!


Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Earth Day

Earth Day 
Earth Day Projects 
I Love the Earth Headband
Here is the link for these cute Earth Day Headbands

Paper Plate, Hand Print and Heart Earth!

Styrofoam Ball and Tissue Paper Earth
Cover a Styrofoam ball with white glue or Mod Podge.  Cover with squares of blue tissue paper.  Add on green tissue paper and red heart

Protect the Earth Mini Book
Here is the link for this mini book


Sorting Trash
Here is the link for this sorting trash activity


Thursday, April 2, 2015

Easter and the letters U and J and K!

Easter Projects and Learning Activities 
& the letters J, U and K!
Easter Projects
Glitter Easter Eggs
Cover Styrofoam eggs with glue and then sprinkle with glitter. 

Fork Painted Chick
Press the tines of a fork into yellow paint and press onto white paper. When dry add features.  

Carrot Footprints

Egg Shaped Bunny

Craft Stick Chick

Handprint Easter Lilies

Easter Lacing Cards
Here is the link for these lacing cards


Easter Learning Activities
Easter Line Tracing and Bunny Match
Skills:  pre-writing, the same 
Here is the link for these 4 Easter early learning activities

Easter Egg Match and Find the Difference
Skills:  matching, different

Egg Numbers, and Which One is Different?
Skills:  numbers recognition, matching, different
Here is the link for these 4 Easter activities from Sparklingbuds

Easter Patterns
Skills:  patterns

Letter E Maze!
Skills:  letter E, letter recognition


Easter Scissor Practice
Skills:  cutting
Here is the link for this Easter Themed Scissor Practice

Jelly Bean Sorting
Skills:  colors, sorting, counting, most, least
Here is the link for the Jelly Bean Sort

Line Tracing and What Comes Next
Skills:  prewriting, what comes next
Here is the link for these 4 Easter activities seen below

Scissor Practice
Skills:  cutting

Alphabet Trace
Skills:  letters, tracing, writing

Find the Same Easter Object
Skills:  classifying, the same
Here is the link

Easter Patterns
Skills:  patterns
Here is the link for these Easter Patterns

The Letter J
J is for Jellyfish

j is for jellybean
The Letter U
U is for Unicorn

u is for umbrella

The Letter K
K is for Kangaroo

k is for kite