Superheroes!

Superheroes!
Superhero Learning Activities
Superhero Letter Matching
Skills:  upper and lowercase letter recognition, matching

I found this great letter matching activity from InspiredMama.com here is the link to this Superhero Upper and Lowercase Letter Match activity.

Superhero Word Making  

Skills:  letter sounds, cvc words

 I challenged Addie to make words with these cards (she already knows all of her upper and lowercase letters).  I set out about 10 different cards and gave her words to make.  She did an awesome job making the cvc words.

                                                   Bat                                                      Sat

Bet                                                  Ten 

Monkey Superhero Activities
Here is the link to all of these great Superhero learning Activities 
Superhero Cutting

Skills: scissor practice, pasting, matching

Superhero Counting

Skills:  counting, number recognition

Superhero Matching

Skills:  matching, name writing, 

Superhero Number and Letter Writing

Skills:  number writing, letter writing

Superhero Projects

Superhero Stick Puppets
I found these cute Superhero templates.  Here is the link.  I laminated the superheroes, cut them out and glued and taped each one to a large craft stick.

Superhero Masks
I found these templates for Superhero masks.  I let the kids each decorate their own mask!  Here is the link.

Superhero Footprints

OK - this project didn't turn out as cute as I had hoped for, but I guess it will do!  Oh well, I hope you get the idea!

Turkey Puppet!

This is a repost from last year!
Day 3 of the week - The theme this week is Turkeys. The letter of the week is S, s and the number of the week is 17.

Project - Turkey Puppet - I saw this project in the November 2005 issue of Parents Magazine. Connor and Lauren love playing with puppets, so this was a perfect project for them. Directions: Use a 5 1/8 brown circle scallop card, or cut your own from card stock using scalloped scissors - this is what I did. Trace a leaf four or five times onto colored paper (we used dark orange). Cut each leaf out. Add glue, then glitter to the leaves (Connor and Lauren applied the glue with a paint brush, but they left of the stem of each leaf bare for easier gluing. They used a variety of glitter colors) - let dry. Glue leaves to the back of the paper circle with glittered sides facing up. Cut out a wattle and beak. Glue the wattle and beak to the circle and glue on googly eyes. Glue a large craft stick to the back of the circle. Materials needed - dark brown scallop card or card stock, scalloped scissors, dark orange card stock - or any color for the leaves, red card stock, yellow card stock, scissors, glue, paintbrush, large craft stick, colored glitter, 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 S, s- recognition, and beginning sound

The number 17 - recognition and writing

Number Review - recognition, ordering, following directions, cutting and pasting

Cock-a-Moo-Moo and Rooster Finger Puppets!

Day 2 of the week-The theme this week is Books! The letters of the week are x, Y, y. Learning Activity- I read the book Cock-a-Moo-Moo by Juliet Dallas-Conte', to Connor and Lauren. I cut a barn shape out of red construction paper and wrote - I am proud like rooster because . . . I can _____________. Connor and Lauren filled in the blank with something that they can do that they are proud of. Connor is proud that he can eat pizza big (this has been an ongoing power struggle in our house that was finally conquered!!) Lauren is proud that she can zip her coat. Then they both drew pictures of their statements. Again, they both wrote their own sentences - I am so proud of their writing and letter formation!! Source - Mailbox Magazine June/July 2008

Project - Rooster Finger Puppets -We received a finger puppet making kit at Christmas from my mom and dad. The kids have been wanting to make finger puppets for a long time,but we kept on forgetting to make them. Today we remembered and we made rooster finger puppets. They turned out ok - the kit really didn't have many options - we used our own feathers to complete the rooster!
Today's Learning Activities:
Numbers - writing numbers, counting, adding, subtracting

Letters - writing Uppercase Y

Writing - journal writing

Hand print Rooster Puppet

Day 1 of the week. Our Theme this week is The Farm! This weeks posts are re posts from last year. You can check out all of the Farm unit projects/learning activities under the Farm label! The Farm post was only my second post and I was still playing with what kind of format/style I wanted to use, so I just made one large post for two weeks worth of crafts/learning activities. This is why I thought I would redo the farm crafts in separate posts this week.

Project Hand print Rooster Puppet - I found the idea for this project on the website http://www.first-school.ws/theme/animals.htm under the animal link and then the bird link. This site even provides templates for you to print, but it is an easy project to do without a template. Materials needed: white card stock or paper, red paper, yellow paper, large Popsicle sticks, glue and googly eyes.

Directions:I traced Connor and Lauren's hands on red card stock (for the wattle and crest) and cut them out. I cut out two small triangles for the beak on yellow card stock. (The template provides the triangle and circle) I cut out the circle head on white card stock. Connor and Lauren glued one of their hand prints on the top of the circular head and the other on the bottom of the head. Then they glued the yellow triangles on the side of the head and finished it off by gluing on a googly eye. Finally, I helped them glue their rooster head to the large Popsicle stick. They had fun doing puppet shows with their rooster.

Book Buddies!

Day 3 of the week - The theme for this week is School! The letter of the week is J, j and the numbers of the week are 1 and 0.
Project - Book Buddies. I found the idea for this project in the March 2009 issue of Parents Magazine (http://www.parentsmag.com/). You can print the templates for the animals off of the website under the March 2009 website (Book Buddies). I traced the elephant and ladybug head template onto craft foam and cut the heads out. Then Lauren and Connor glued the faces and other details onto a matching colored craft stick. (I used a hole punches for the eyes, cut small round circles for the ladybug, cut two circles for the faces of the elephant and ladybug, and used star shape beads for the inside of the elephants ears). This project is really simple. Connor and Lauren had fun picking out with animal they wanted to make - they wanted to make more. We will save the rest for another day. The Book Buddies are supposed to be used as bookmarks, but Connor and Lauren are using the elephant and ladybug as puppets! Material Needed - colored craft sticks, craft foam (or colored paper), craft glue, scissors, Book Buddies template (from http://www.parentsmag.com/ under March 2009 issue - Book Buddies Template)

I told Connor not to make a funny face!

The ladybug and elephant! Bookmarks/Puppets

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 J, j - beginning sounds,

Letter review - recognition, matching

The numbers 0 and 1 - writing, recognition, counting, following directions

The concept different - recognition, following directions

The concepts above and under - recognition, following directions, cutting and pasting

Paper Frog Puppets!

Paper Frog Puppets!

Day 1 of our Week - Our theme this week is Ponds! Our letter of the week is the letter B, and the numbers of the week are 7 and 8.

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

Today's activities

1. The numbers 7 and 8 - counting objects, following directions

2. The concepts biggest and smallest - Recognition and following directions

3. The letter B, b - Writing the letter B, b.

4. Shape - Rectangle - Tracing and recognizing.

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

Additional Learning Activity - Writing numbers and ordering numbers.

Connor and Lauren wrote the numbers 1-10 in the boxes below the original numbers. Then they cut their written numbers out and glued them in sequence onto a piece of construction paper. I attached the original row/grid of numbers to their sequenced numbers. I found the template for this activity from the website http://thevirtualvine.com/frogs.html It is called number practice printable.

Number Practice

Project - Paper Frog Puppets!

I found the idea for this project from the website http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/frog First, I folded a green piece of construction into thirds, to form a long rectangle. Then, I folded the long rectangle into fourths, to form a w. The W is the frog! Then, Connor and Lauren glued googly eyes onto the top fourth and added the red tongue I had cut out from red construction paper. All of the directions are on the above website. This is a very simple craft to do, with very little prep work. It was a perfect project for today - we were at a birthday party all morning, so we had to do our "school" after nap time!!

Materials Needed - green construction paper, red construction paper, googly eyes, glue, scissors.

Connor and Lauren's finished Frog Puppets!

Additional websites for a pond theme unit - http://www.prekinders.com/pondlifeunit.htm http://www.thevirtualvine.com/frogs.html

Farm Unit!

Our Theme is the Farm!Project Handprint Rooster - I found the idea for this project on the website http://www.first-school.ws/theme/animals.htm under the animal link and then the bird link. This site even provides templates for you to print, but it is an easy project to do without a template. Materials needed: white card stock or paper, red paper, yellow paper, large Popsicle sticks, glue and googly eyes.
I traced Connor and Lauren's hands on red card stock (for the wattle and crest) and cut them out. I cut out two small triangles for the beak on yellow card stock. (The template provides the triangle and circle) I cut out the circle head on white card stock. Connor and Lauren glued one of their hand prints on the top of the circular head and the other on the bottom of the head. Then they glued the yellow triangles on the side of the head and finished it off by gluing on a googly eye. Finally, I helped them glue their rooster head to the large Popsicle stick. They had fun doing puppet shows with their rooster.

Project - Farm Animal Counting - I created a grid style sheet with the numbers 1-5 on the edge of each row. I printed off pictures of farm animals and cut them to fit the squares of the sheet. Connor and Lauren then had count the farm animals and glue them in the matching row. This activity emphasizes counting, one-to-one correspondence. I adapted this activity from the website http://www.pre-kpages.com/farm.html

You can also print the counting grid sheet off of the website under the Farm theme page.

Project - Farm Animal Poem - I created a sheet with farm clip art a border and the poem I am a ______(type of farm animal) I can ______ (movement) I can________(sound) I feel________(texture) I smell______(scent) I am_______(emotion) I am a ______(animal again). Then Connor and Lauren drew a picture of their animal on the top half of the sheet. I got this idea from the website http://www.prekinders.com/farmunit.htm under the link for the themes/farm.







Project Old MacDonald Farm Animal Book! - I created a Cover for the book by finding a clip-art picture of a barn. I printed it as a full sheet and glued to a piece of construction paper. Then I made the pages to the book by adding farm clip-art a border and typing the song "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" leaving out the animal name and the animal sounds. I let Connor and Lauren choose their animals each day (We did 1 page each day for a total of 3 pages in the book). Then at the bottom of each page underneath the song, they drew a picture of their animal. At the end of the week. I added a back piece of construction paper and I stapled all of the pages together to make a book! Connor and Lauren loved reading and looking at their books! I got this idea from the website http://www.prekinders.com/farmunit.htm under the farm theme


Project Farm Counting Book- I created pages for this farm animal counting book and then glued them onto construction paper and stapled the book together. The title of the book was On the Farm. The first page said, I see _____ cow on the farm. The second page said, I see _____ turkeys on the farm. The third page said, I see _____ pigs on the farm. The fourth page said, I see _____ sheep on the farm. The fifth page said, I see _____ ducks on the farm. I printed out clip-art farm animals and the kids had to count each animal and write the number of each animal on the appropriate line and paste the animals on the page. This activity emphasized counting, one-to-one correspondence and number writing. I adapted this activity from the website http://www.pre-kpages.com/farm.html

Project Paper Plate Pig Face- Connor and Lauren loved this project. Materials needed: 2 paper plates (1 large- for the body, 1 small-for the head (or cut one of the plates smaller), light pink construction paper or card stock -for the nose and ears, pink paint Black permanent marker, pink pipe cleaner.

Connor and Lauren painted both the regular and small paper plates pink. When the paint was dry they glued the small plate in the middle of the larger plate. I cut out a small pink circle out of paper along with triangle ears. They then glued the small pink paper circle for the nose to the middle of the small plate. They added eyes, nostrils and a mouth with a black marker. Finally, they glued on pink paper triangles for the ears. I curled the pink pipe cleaner for the tail and punched a hole in the top of the larger paper plate to thread the tail through. I let the kids choose where they wanted the tail to go!! I got the idea for this project from the website http://www.pre-kpages.com/farm.html under the farm theme link.

Farm Animal Patterns! - I printed out farm animal clip-art and started patterns on a piece of construction paper. Then I had Connor and Lauren finish the patterns gluing the correct farm animals on the piece of paper. We just started doing patterns, so it is an ongoing learning activity.

Project Bean Farm Scene- Connor and Lauren drew a farm scene on a piece of cardstock. Then I traced over their drawings with White Elmers glue and they placed beans on the glue. The beans outlined their drawings. They loved drawing their pictures and watching them "pop" with the beans. Materials needed- cardstock or heavy construction paper, markers, Elmers glue or craft glue, beans or seeds.




Project Paper Plate Duck- Connor and Lauren made a paper plate duck which incorporated their handprints! I got this idea from the website http://www.first-school.ws/theme/animals.htm This site has templates you can use. I used a paper plate that Connor and Lauren painted yellow. I drew my own beak and feet and traced Connor and Lauren's hands. Materials needed - paper plate, yellow construction paper, orange construction paper, yellow paint, googly eyes, glue and a stapler (the above website has templates for the beak, feet and head).
Directions:
Connor and Lauren painted a paper plate yellow.
Then, I folded the paper plate in half so the color showed on both sides.
I drew feet and a beak on orange construction paper and a round head on yellow construction paper and I traced their hands yellow construction paper and cut every piece out. The website has templates you can use. I folded the middle part of the feet up into the folded plate and stapled. Connor and Lauren glued the folded beak piece onto the head piece. Then they glued large googly eyes onto the head above the beak. Then Connor and Lauren glued the head on the side top corner of the body(the plate). Finally, I took their traced handprints and stapled them to the other top corner (for the feathers)!