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!

Flying Creatures

Cover a paper cup with a piece of blue paper - secure it with a tape or glue, and trim the edges.  Use foam circles to decorate the outside of the cup.  Glue on googly eyes and draw a mouth with marker.  Cut strips of tissue paper and tape to the inside of the cup.  Tape a long loop of ribbon at the top end of the cup so you hang it up. 

Materials Needed:  paper cup, blue construction paper, foam circles, strips of tissue paper, black marker, googly eyes, ribbon, glue, tape, scissors

Buoyant octopus!

Foam Octopus'

Day 2 of our week - Our themes this week are oceans, flags, and Father's Day. Today we focused on the ocean theme.
Project - I found this project in the April 2008 edition of Family Fun magazine. They are called Buoyant Buddies! They are made out of foam and corks. Connor made a dolphin earlier this year and Lauren a frog, but since our theme this week is ocean I thought it would be fun to make an ocean creature. Connor and Lauren both chose and octopus as their project, but they could have chosen a starfish, or crab too. I printed off the templates from the website www.FamilyFun.com/magazine I traced the template on foam and cut out the shapes. Then Connor and Lauren used craft glue to glue on the googly eyes and they used a Sharpie pen to draw a mouth. Then I applied hot glue to the foam shape and Connor and Lauren stuck the cork onto the glue. The website shows you where to place the corks. It is a fun project. Connor and Lauren wanted to make more, but I need to get more corks! :) Materials needed- craft foam, googly eyes, cork, permanent marker, hot glue, craft glue.

Connor drawing a mouth on his orange octopus!

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

Today's activities

1. Circle search

2. The number 9 - writing the number, counting objects . . .

3. The concept of small and big. Circling the small objects.

I always do letter/number reviews and they always write their names.