Moonscape!

Day 2 of the week - The theme this week is Outer Space. The letters of the week are 0, P, p the number of the week is 13.
Project - Moonscape- Today we focused on the moon. We had checked out some "moon" books at the library and have been reading the books the last couple of days. Connor has a good amount of knowledge about the moon now! Our project today is called moonscapes, I saw it on the site http://prekinders.com/spaceunit.htm Directions: take Model Magic and flatten it out. Place it on a paper plate. Use small rocks, and a toothpicks to make "craters" and other indentations in it. Then paint with gray paint. We made our own American Flag and stuck it in the painted moon. Materials Needed - model magic, gray paint, small rocks, toothpick, paper plate, paint brush

Learning Activities:
Today's Activities:
Numbers - 13, number review, more, counting, one-to-one matching
Reading Readiness - near, far
Beginning Sounds - Vowel Review

Colors -brown

Writing Letters - Uppercase P

Model Magic Gingerbread Men!

Day 2 of the week - The theme this week is Christmas Sweets. The letter of the week is X, x.

Project - Model Magic Gingerbread Men - Connor and Lauren rolled out 1 package of Crayola's Model Magic and pressed a gingerbread cookie cutter into the it. I helped Connor and Lauren remove the cookie cutter from the Model Magic. We let the gingerbread cutouts dry overnight. The next day, Connor and Lauren painted their gingerbread men brown and added buttons and sequins to complete their gingerbread men. Materials Needed - 1 package of Crayola's Model Magic, gingerbread man cookie cutter, rolling pin, brown paint, paint brush, buttons, sequins, beads, ribbon, googly eyes.

Learning Activities - I have been using the workbook Everything for Early Learning Preschool workbook. (I purchased it at Wal-Mart)

Today's Activities:

The letter X,x - writing, recognition, beginning sound

Number Review - counting, following directions,