Clothespin Stegosaurus

Day 4 of our week - Yes, we had an extra day this week. The theme this week is Dinosaurs. The letter of the week is H, h and the number of the week is 3.


Project - Clothespin Stegosaurus. I found this idea on the blog http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/ I drew a dinosaur shape on a piece of cardboard (the back of a Kix Cereal box). Connor and Lauren used sponges to "sponge" the dinosaur with green paint. They also "sponged" 5 clothespins the color green. Once the dinosaurs were dry, I cut them out. Then Connor and Lauren glued on a googly eye and drew a mouth (Connor made a tongue) and clipped on their 5 clothespins. They thought their Stegosaurus' looked great. This was a really fun project and easy too. It took very little prep work and the kids loved using the sponges. Materials Needed - cardboard, green paint, black permanent marker, clothespins, sponges, scissors, glue, googly eyes

Connor's Stegosaurus

Lauren and her Dinosaur

Creating their dinosaurs

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 H, h - Recognition, following directions

The numbers 3 and 4 - writing, one-to-one correspondence, following directions

The concepts bottom and top - following directions, recognition, cutting and pasting

Dinosaur Book

Day 3 of our week - Our theme this week is dinosaurs! The letter of the week is H,h and the number of the week is 3.

Project /Learning Activity - Dinosaur "Color" Book - I printed this mini book off the website http://www.prekinders.com/dinosaurunit.htm Connor and Lauren colored each dinosaur and had fun reading the book back to me. They are really getting into letters and asking me how to spell different words, so they can write their own words by themselves.

Dinosaur pages

The cover of the book

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 H, h - beginning sound
The number 3 and 4- counting, one-to-one correspondence, following directions
The concepts first, second and third - following directions, sequencing,

Dino Hands

Day 2 of our week - The theme this week is Dinosaurs! The letter of the week is H, h and the number of the week is 3.

Project - Dino Hands - I found the idea for this project on the blog http://www.notimeforflashcards.com I drew a dinosaur on white construction paper and traced Connor and Lauren's hands on the construction paper too. Then, Connor and Lauren painted the dino and hands with green paint. After the paint was dry, I cut the hands and dino's out. Connor and Lauren glued the dino and hands onto black construction paper and added a googly eye. Simple, easy and fun! Materials Needed - white construction paper, pencil, green paint, black construction paper, scissors, glue, googly eye

The Dinosaurs

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 H, h - recognition, writing
The number 3 - counting, one-to-one correspondence, writing, following directions
The concepts first, second and third - following directions, sequencing, cutting, pasting
The concept on bottom - recognition, following directions, cutting, pasting

Dinosaur Skeletons

Day 1 of our week - The theme this week is Dinosaurs! The letter of the week is H, h and the number of the week is 3.

Project - Dinosaur Skeletons - I found the idea for this craft on the website http://www.prekinders.com/dinosaurunit.htm under the dinosaur link. I printed off the dinosaur skeleton template and cut it out (Dinosaur Skeleton Printable). Then Connor and Lauren glued the paper skeleton onto a 12/18 piece of construction paper to form a dinosaur. They used dry elbow macaroni for the spine, neck, tail and toes, rigatoni for the legs, fettuccine for the ribs and a medium shell for the head. They glued the shells on top of the paper bones to form a dinosaur. They added leftover shells as decorations. Connor made a tree for his dinosaur to eat using fettuccine and green pipe cleaner.

Material Needed - 12x18 construction paper, dinosaur paper template (found on the above website under the dinosaur theme unit), various shells, elbow macaroni, medium shells, fettuccine, rigatoni, craft glue, glue sticks

The Dinosaurs
Lauren and Connor gluing pasta onto their dinosaurs

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 H, h - recognition, writing

The number 3 - recognition, counting, one-to-one correspondence, writing, following directions

The concepts first, second and third - following directions, recognition, cutting, pasting

The concept on top - recognition, following directions, cutting, pasting