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!

Happy Valentines Day!

Happy Valentines Day

Projects

Love Hand and Foot Prints

Press  red painted hand onto a piece of colored construction paper

Press painted feet onto the paper to make a heart shape

Paint on the letter L and e to complete the word Love

Love Bug

Trace a large heart onto red construction paper

Trace a medium heart onto black construction heart

Trace small hearts onto black construction paper

Directions:  Cut all of the hearts out and assemble and glue the pieces onto a pink piece of paper to make the Love Bug!  Glue on two googly eyes.  Write Love Bug on the paper.

  

Heart Chain

Here are the directions for this very simple, fun, cute Heart Garland! 

Whooo Loves You?!?

Cut out the body shape for the owl along with eyes, a beak, two feet, a large heart and a flower or bow tie.

Glue all of the pieces onto a larger piece of construction paper.

Paint both hands with red or pink or purple paint and press onto the owl.

Love Bug

You can use craft foam or construction paper

Cut our a large heart for the body, a small heart for the top feathers, two small hearts for the wings and tail feather, two smaller hearts for the feet and a smaller heart for the beak.  Construct your bird and glue on a googly eye and draw the legs with black marker

Heart Snail

Cut out three hearts - 1 large, 1 medium, 1 small

Cut out a snail body shape from green construction paper

Directions:  

Glue the snail to a piece of construction paper

Glue the large heart to the back of the snail, then the medium heart in the center of the large heart and finally the small heart in the center of the medium heart

Draw an eye, mouth, and two heart antenna on the snail

Learning Activities

Heart Name

Skills:  name recognition, name writing, gluing

Write child's name on a piece of paper

Cut out small hearts (you will need quite a few) of varying colors

Cut out larger hearts - for the name to be written on.

Directions:  Glue small hearts over the letters of your name

Glue one larger heart underneath each letter of your name.  

Write each letter of your name on the larger hearts.

Heart Letter/Word Match

Skills:  matching, letter identification, cvc words, sounds, making words, gluing

Cut out medium sized hearts

Cut each heart in half

For Beginners:  Write uppercase letter on 1 side and lowercase letter on the other side of the heart

For Advanced:  CVC words. Write beginning consonant sound on 1 side and ending vowel consonant sounds on the other sides of the heart.

Directions: Beginners: Match the letters on the hearts and glue them to a piece of paper

Advanced:  Make words with your hearts and glue the heart words to the paper

Counting Hearts

Skills:  counting, number recognition, one-to-one correspondence

Cut out 3 large hearts (more if you would like).

Glue the hearts to a piece of colored construction paper

Cut out smaller hearts from colored paper.

Directions:  Say the number, glue the matching amount of hearts onto the large heart.

Heart Counting 1-3

Skills:  Math - counting, number recognition 1-3

I created a word document that focused on counting hearts.  I only focused on the numbers 1, 2, 3. 

Heart Letter Matching

Skills:  Letters, upper and lowercase recognition, writing letters, matching

I created a word document that focused on matching upper and lowercase letters.  I  typed each letter in the middle of a heart to go with our Valentines Day theme.  I also focused on the letter Oo. I emphasized the writing of the letter Oo.

Valentine Heart Count

Skills:  Math - Counting, number recognition

I created a word document with 4 hearts numbered 1-4

Directions:  Say the number on the heart and place the matching number of Candy Hearts on the heart . 

Writing Letters

Skills:  Letter writing, letter recognition

I created a document with hearts stacked in two rows.

I laminated the sheet

Directions:  With a dry-erase marker practice making matching Upper and Lowercase letters

My Name!

My Name

Projects/Learning Activities

Name Train

Skills:  name recognition and forming

pasting, counting, square identification, following directions

Print and cut out a train engine (or draw one!)

Cut out different colored construction squares for the boxcars.

Cut a 9x13 piece of construction paper in half

Gather foam letters for each child's name

Directions:

Glue the engine onto a half piece of 9x13 construction paper

Glue the box cars behind the engine - 1 for each letter of your name

Dip a glue stick cover into black paint and press onto each boxcar 2 times (the wheels)

Press your index finger into the paint and press into the middle of each circle.

Make your name - sticking the letters on the boxcars

 

Book Connection:  Chugga Chugga Choo Choo 

By: Kevin Lewis

 

Name Tree

Skills:  pasting, name writing, color identification, counting, following directions

Cut a brown tree trunk from construction paper

Cut leaves from colored construction paper (enough for the letters in your child's/children's name/s)

Directions:

Glue the tree trunk to a piece of construction paper

Glue the leaves around the tree trunk.

Write your name on the leaves - 1 letter for each leaf.

 

 

Book Connection: Leaf Trouble

By:  Jonathan Emmett 

Name Apple Prints

Skills:  name writing and recognition, following directions

Cut an apple in half

Dip the apple half into red paint and press onto a piece of green construction paper

Make the same number apple prints as letters in your name!

Let dry - write your name. 

 

Tana's Name Print!

 Book Connection:  Little Mouse and the Big Red Apple

By:  A.H. Benjamin and Gwyneth Williamson

 

Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom Names

Skills:  name recognition and ordering, following directions, counting, name writing, pasting

Cut out 4 green leaves/branches and fringe the edges

Cut out a brown tree trunk and accordion fold

Cut out two brown coconuts.

Type and print: 

Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom!

Will there be enough room?

________has _____

letters in his/her name!

Directions:

Glue the tree trunk onto yellow construction paper

Glue the 4 leaves/branches around the trunk

Glue the 2 coconuts in the middle of the trunk and branches

Stick the letters to your name around the branches and or trunk in order

Write your name on the line

Count the letters in your name and write that number on the line

Glue the poem to the bottom of your tree!

 

Book Connection: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

By:  Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault

 

 

 

Happy Mother's Day

Mother's Day and Flowers!

Mother's Day Crafts

Flower Finger Print Bookmarks

The poem:  To My Mom

This pretty flower that you see

was made for you by me.

My finger made the flower part,

showing love from all my heart.

Happy Mother's Day

2013

Press index finger into green paint and onto the book mark to make the stem of the flower

Press finger into pink paint and then onto the bookmark to make the petals for the flower

 

Thum-body loves me

Type the Thum-Body Loves You poem and print it off (the poem is below)

Press thumb on an ink pad or in paint and then onto the paper.

 

Mother's Day Button Flower Pots!

I bought a multi-color pack of flower pots from our local Dollar Store

The kids used buttons to make flowers on their pots to give to for Mother's Day

We even planted flowers - from seed!

 

Sponge Painted Flowers

 Cut out different colored circles from construction paper and green stems from construction paper

Glue the circles and stems onto 11 x 13 white paper.

Dip rectangular shaped sponges into paint and press onto the paper to make flowers.

 

Thumbprint Hyacinth

Cut green leaves for the stem/leaves of the flower

Glue the leaves to a piece of white paper

Use a green marker to draw the stem of the flower

Press thumb into purple paint and press onto both sides of the stem to make the hyacinth

 

Tissue Paper Flowers

Cut tissue paper into squares

Accordion fold each piece of tissue paper

Stack the pieces  and wrap a green pipe cleaner around the stack to secure them into place - The pipe cleaner will also be the stem

Fan out the pieces to make the flower

Finger print flowers

Cut a flower shape out of colored construction paper - you will need two per child

Press a finger into paint (any color) and press the finger on the petals and in the middle

When dry, tape a green pipe cleaner to the backside of one of the flowers

Glue the other flower on top, so you have two sides and the pipe cleaner is secure

 

Flower Learning Activities

How Does Your Garden Grow?

 

I typed the following:  _______, _______ (insert name two times) how does your garden grow?

I also type and printed off the number's 1-5 along with a sheet full of flowers that I then cut out

Addie glued each  number an 11 x 13 piece of construction paper

She glued the corresponding number of flowers underneath each number (she also colored each flower - pink of course!)

 

 

Flower Petal Count

 

Cut out 4 construction paper circles and multiple petals

Roll a dice.  Count the number on the dice and write it on a circle. 

Glue on the corresponding number of petals to make a flower.  Glue the completed flower to the paper!

 Beginning Sound Flower Pots!

Cut out 5 flower pots from brown construction paper.  Cut out 5 green stems and 5 flowers from different colored construction paper.
Print off different picture's - 2 for each beginning sound.  I did Q - queen and quilt, W - watch and whale, R -  reindeer and robot, H - house and helicopter, Y - yo-yo and yogurt
Assemble the pots and flowers and glue them to construction paper.
Find a pair of matching beginning sound pictures and glue teach picture to a flower pot.  Write the correct beginning letter sound on the flower.  Repeat until all of the flower pots are completed!