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Learning Projects

Coffee Filter Coconut Letter Tree

Skills:  letter identification

Cardboard Tube Letter Tree

Skills:  Letter Identification

Handprint Coconut Tree

Skills:  name writing, letter counting, name identification

Here is the link for the fill-in-the-blank template

Learning Activities

Coconut Tree Letter Stamp

Skills:  letter recognition and identification

Here is the link for this Coconut Letter Tree

Coconut Tree Color by Shape

Skills:  shape identification, following direction, colors

'Here is the link for the Coconut Shape Tree

Coconut Tree Rhyming

Skills:  rhyming

Here is the link for the 2 rhyming activities

Coconut Tree Cut and Paste Rhyming

Skills:  cutting, pasting, rhyming

Coconut Tree - Spin and Write

Skills:  letter recognition and identification, tracing, writing, matching

Here is the link for the spin and write activity

spinning

writing

The Letter Bb!

The Letter Bb

We worked all week on the letter Bb - with recognition and sound!  I think Joey and Keely really know the letter B!!  This letter was a review for Tana, but she still had fun!

B is for boat

B is for bee

b is for baseball

B is for bunny

B is for bird

Rain, Rain, Go Away!!

Rain, Rain Go Away!

 

Rain Crafts

Cupcake Liner Umbrella's

Cut cupcake liners in half

Cut pipe cleaners into 6 inch pieces

Glue cupcake liners to white paper

Bend the pipe cleaners into a J

Glue the pipe cleaners underneath and below the cupcake liner to make the umbrella

Dip a Q-tip into blue paint and press onto the white paper for rain!

 

Paper Plate Umbrella

Cut a paper plate in half

Decorate with spring time stickers

Cut a J shape from brown construction paper

Cut blue string or yarn into varying lengths

Cut raindrops from blue construction paper

Tape or glue the brown handle to the back of the paper plate

Tape the blue string/yarn to the back of the plate

Tape the blue raindrops to the blue string

 

Watercolor Umbrella and Raindrops

Painting their umbrella's
 

Two of the finished products

 Draw an umbrella onto white paper.

Use watercolor paint to paint the umbrella

Paint spots around the umbrella (to be made into raindrops)

When dry, cut out the umbrella

Glue to a piece of blue construction paper

Cut our raindrops from the paper and glue to the paper and umbrella!

 

Rain Learning Activities

 

Cloud and Rain Counting activity

                         Rolling the dice, counting the dots           Tana's finished activity
                            and gluing on the raindrops

Cut out cloud shapes and glue them to a large piece of black construction paper.  Cut out blue raindrops and set aside.  I typed and printed off the following saying . . .  It's Raining, It's Pouring . . .

Rain is falling form the clouds, count the drops as the fall down!

 

Directions:  Roll the dice.  Count the dots.  Write the number on the first cloud.  Count out the matching number of raindrops and glue the raindrops below the cloud.  Repeat. 

(If you get the same number roll again)

 

Addie's finished activity
 

 

Cloud and Raindrop Name Writing

Cut out a cloud shape from white paper (make sure it is big enough for your child's name)

Cut out large raindrops from blue construction paper. 

Have your child write each letter of his/her name on a raindrop. 

Glue the "Raindrops" in order on the cloud. 

 Glue the finished cloud onto black construction  paper. 

Add a few blue raindrops falling from the cloud
 

Songs/Rhymes

 

Rain, Rain Go Away

Rain rain go away
come again some other day
Little  (insert child's name)
Wants to play

Rain rain go away.
 

 

It's Raining, It's Pouring

It's raining; it's pouring.

*The old man* is snoring.

He went to bed and bumped his head,

And he couldn't get up in the morning.

*I inserted names into this spot*

Oh, Mr. Sun!!

Mr. Sun Crafts and Learning Unit!

 

Mr. Sun Crafts

Mr. Sun - Sun Catchers!

Cut 2 identical circles from yellow construction paper.

Cut a circle from the middle of each circle - so you have  openings in the middle (you want the circles to be identical).

Place the circle on Clear Contact Paper

Stick pieces of yellow and orange tissue paper in the middle of the circle.

Cut strips from yellow tissue paper for the rays of the sun.

Place the strips around the tissue paper filled circle.

Place the other circle on top and seal the sun with  Contact paper. 

Cut around the edges to finish the sun.

Hang in a window!

 

Paper Sunshine

Cut a circle out of yellow construction paper.

Glue on yellow craft sticks or yellow pipe cleaners for the sun's rays.

Draw a face on your sun.

 

Sunshine Rainbow!

Cut a yellow paper plate in half. 

Cut triangles from yellow construction paper.

Cut strips of paper from - red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple construction paper.

Glue the yellow triangles to the back of the curved part of the paper plate.

Glue the strips of colored paper to the back of the straight part of the paper plate.

Curl the ends of the paper with a pencil.

 Glue on googly eyes and draw a face.

 

Mr. Sun Learning Activities

 

Mr. Sun 1- 12 Number game

Math - number recognition, counting

Draw a sun onto white paper and write the numbers 1-12 in various places on the sun.

Roll a dice or draw a number card.

Circle and color the number rolled or chosen (if using cards)

Play until all of the numbers are colored in!

 

How Do Your Flowers Grow - Number Activity

Math - Number writing, counting

Glue 3 construction paper sun's on the top of construction paper.

Cut out multiple flowers from different colored construction paper.

Roll a dice (or choose a number card) 

Write the number rolled, (or chosen) on one of the sun's

Count out the matching number of flowers and glue underneath the sunshine.

Continue with the next two sun's! 

 

Mr. Sun Name Writing!

Letter and  name writing

Cut a circle from yellow construction paper.

Cut triangle from yellow construction paper (the sun's rays)

Glue the circle to a piece of blue construction paper.

Write one letter (from your name) onto the triangles

Glue the triangles (ray's) around the sun in the order of your name.

   
Music and Rhymes

We sang this song all week.  The kids loved dancing and singing to it.

Oh, Mr. Sun!
Oh, Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun,
Please shine down on me.

Oh Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun,
Hiding behind a tree

These little children are asking you
To please come out so we can play with you.

Oh Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun,
Please shine down on,
please shine down on,
Please shine down on me.

Here is a link to a You Tube video of the song  Oh, Mr. Sun


We also did this cute fingerplay.  Here is the link to Sunshine Fingerplay

Sunshine Fingerplay - by Terry H.
The sun makes the outside a warm place to play
(arms above head in circle)
It makes the flowers grow each day
(holding up hands wiggling fingers)
The sun hides its face during the night
(cover face with hands)
But during the daytime it shines - oh so bright
(arms above head in circle)

Easter Learning Unit - Week 1

Easter Learning Unit - Week 1

 

 Easter Crafts

 

Cardboard Tube Easter Bunnies

Paint a cardboard tube pink - let dry

Cut ears from white card stock, and the inner part of the ears from pink construction paper

Fold the ears at the bottom and glue the ears to the top of the cardboard tube

Glue on googly eyes, cotton ball nose, 4 black pipe cleaners and 2 front teeth (cut from craft foam)


Footprint Easter Bunnies

Paint feet white and press onto pink construction paper - let dry

Cut around the feet in ear shapes

Cut out a circle shape for the head

Press thumb into ink pad and press onto the head for the bunny's nose

Draw on eyes, mouth and whiskers

 

Hand Print Easter Chicks

Cut an oval shape out of yellow construction paper.

Cut out feet and beak from orange construction paper. 

Trace hands on yellow construction paper and cut out.

Glue hands to the oval body of the chick.

Glue on feet, beak and googly eyes.

Glue a feather on each wing for a finishing touch!

 

 

Hand Print Easter Bunny

Paint palm and 4 fingers white - do not paint the thumb.

Press the hand onto colored paper and let dry.

Once dry, paint pointer finger pink and press onto the middle of the ears.

Use the tip of the pointer finger to make the pink nose.

Glue on googly eyes and draw whiskers and mouth with a black marker.
 

Is It An Egg?  Or Is It a Bunny? 

Cut 2 identical oval shapes out of printed paper and white paper.  Cut the printed oval in half to make the ears for the bunny.  Draw a face on the white oval.  Use brad fasteners to attach the ears to the top of the white oval.

Tana and Addie with their eggs/bunnies

 

Easter Learning Activities
 

Egg Name Writing

Letters, name writing, color recognition, gluing and counting



I cut out enough paper "Easter Eggs" from different colored construction paper for each child's name.  I decorated each egg leaving a space in the middle for letter writing.  Each child wrote their name - assigning each letter to a different egg.  Next, they glued the eggs, in order, onto a half sheet of construction paper.  For additional practice and review Tana and Chase identified the color of each egg in their name and counted the eggs and the chick stickers around their eggs. 

 

Egg Shape Match 

Math - Shape identification

Matching and color identification

** I did a similar activity with Addie.  We focused on number recognition and one-to-one correspondence in counting.  I will post Addie's Egg Number Match next week.**

First, I separated each egg.  Next, I drew a  shape onto the top half of one egg.  Then, the matching shape onto the bottom half of another egg.  I made sure to not match my eggs by color, since I wanted to focus on shape identification and matching as the primary learning activity.  I continued this with all of my eggs.  I did circle, square, rectangle, triangle, star and heart - since this a new activity for my 2 year old children.

Tana matching her eggs

For the activity, I separated all of the matching eggs and spread the halves out on the floor in front of each child.  Then they worked on matching the correct shapes on the eggs together, while identifying the shapes.  Once all of the eggs were back together, we reviewed our colors by looking at each egg!

Easter Egg and Bunny Color Match

Color identification

Chase and his matching project

I cut out bunnies and colored their tummies, ears and paws matching colors.  Next, I cut out paper Easter eggs to match the bunnies.  I drew 3 lines on a piece of construction paper.  Then, I had the 2 year old children match the bunnies and eggs by gluing the bunnies on the piece of construction paper. 

Tana matching her purple bunny and purple Easter egg

 

Easter Bunny Upper and Lowercase Letter Match

Letter identification

This activity is similar to the one above, but I am focusing on letter identification with Addie.  I only cut out Easter Bunnies for her activity.  I wrote matching upper and lowercase letters on her bunnies.  She had to match the letters and glue each letter on the construction paper.

 

Broken Egg Shape Matching

Shape identification and matching

The color orange and purple
**Next week I will post a Broken Egg Letter Match activity. **

I cut out 5 egg shapes from purple and orange construction paper.  I then "cracked" each egg by cutting the eggs in half.  Next, I drew matching shapes on the top and bottom half of each egg.  Then I placed the "broken" eggs in front of Tana.  She sorted through the eggs, matching the shapes one at a time.  Each time she fixed a "broken" egg, she glued the egg halves onto a piece of construction paper.  I made sure she identified each shape.  We also reviewed the colors purple and orange!!!

Tana fixing the "broken" eggs