Thankful Turkey!

This is a repost from last year!
Day 3 of the week - The theme this week is Thanksgiving. The letter of the week is U, u and the number of the week is 19.

Project - Thankful Turkey - I cut out an upper half of a body (for the turkey) out of brown paper along with a beak out of orange paper. I traced feather shaped patterns onto red, green, orange and yellow paper and Connor and Lauren cut each cut out 4 feathers. I wrote I am thankful for. . . . . on the top of each piece of construction paper. Connor and Lauren glued the turkey body onto their construction paper. They glued the beak onto their turkey and added googly eyes. Next, they brainstormed what they were thankful for and I wrote each of their four things on a piece of paper. They copied the 4 "thankful" words onto each of their turkey feathers. Then, they glued the feathers behind their turkey body. Materials needed - construction paper, brown, green, yellow, red, orange construction paper, googly eyes, scissors, glue, markers

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 U, u - recognition, and beginning sound

The number 19- recognition and writing

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

Beaded Indian Corn

This is a repost from last year! We made this Indian Corn again this year as gifts for Grandparents!!
Day 2 of the week - The theme this week is Thanksgiving. The letter of the week is U, u and the number of the week is 19

Project - Beaded Indian Corn - Directions - Cut a chenille stem in half and form and x. Wrap one stem around the center of the x twice, leaving a short length of the stem. Bend the three remaining stems to form an Indian corn shape. Connor and Lauren's turn - string beads on each of the three long stems, alternating colors. Bend the end of each stem to secure. (I let Connor and Lauren pattern their own beads - they did a different pattern for each stem). My turn again - Knot a piece of raffia around the short stem. (You can attach a magnet on the back if you want). Materials Needed - scissors, 12-inch chenille stem, tri-beads - red, gold, orange, brown, yellow, clear, Raffia, glue - to help with attaching the Raffia, magnet - optional.

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 U, u- writing, recognition, following directions
The number 19- recognition, writing, counting
Number Review - recognition, counting, ordering, following directions, writing

Painted Turkey!

The theme this week is Thanksgiving!

Project: Painted Turkey - Paint a small and medium size Styrofoam or foam ball brown. Let dry. Glue together to form head and body. Glue on feathers, googly eyes, craft foam beak and pipe cleaner waddle, and craft foam feet! Materials Needed: small and medium Styrofoam/foam balls, brown paint, paint brush, feathers, googly eyes, orange craft foam, red pipe cleaner, scissors, craft glue and or hot glue

D is for Dragon!

The theme this week is the letter D

Project/learning Activity: Again, I am using an idea from the site http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/ Directions: Draw the letter D on green construction paper and cut it out. Cut out small green triangles from another shade of green paper, along with a green circle for the eye. Cut a strip of red tissue paper for the mouth/tongue/fire! Glue all items to the D to make the dragon. Add a googly eye to the middle of the green circle to complete the dragon! Materials Needed: light and dark green construction paper, scissors, glue stick, marker, red tissue paper, googly eye

D is Duck!

The theme this week is the letter D!

Project/Learning Activity: I saw this craft on the site http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/ Directions: Draw the letter D on white paper. Color the D with red, yellow and orange markers or crayons. Cut the letter D out. Glue on a triangle beak, googly eye and feathers!

Materials Needed: white paper, red, yellow and orange markers or crayons, googly eye, orange construction paper, scissors, yellow, orange and white feathers, craft glue

C is for Clown!

Ty's Letter C is for Clown!

The theme this week is the letter C.

Project/Learning Activity: Ty still needs some reinforcement on the letter C, so here is another C project - a CLOWN C!!! We have been up to our ears in C's this week. I am confident he will be able to recognize the letter by the end of the week!!! Directions: I cut a large C out of construction paper. Ty glued the C to another piece of construction paper. Then he decorated the C with crazy foam shapes. He added googly eyes, a smile, and big red pom pom nose. I cut a triangle shape out of scrap paper for the clown's hat, and a shoe shape out of brown scrap paper. Ty glued the hat and shoe to his clown and added more foam and pom poms!

Materials Needed: construction paper, foam shapes, pom poms, scissors, glue stick, craft glue, googly eyes, marker

C is for Caterpillar!

The theme this week is the C.

Project/Learning Activity: I have been teaching Ty his letters for the last 3 weeks. He knows T and Y and we did A and B. We started C last week, but he still needs reinforcement on it. I decided to dedicate this week to the letter C, so Ty can master it by the end of the week. I saw the idea for C is for Caterpillar on the site http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/ First, I cut a letter C out of construction paper. Ty glued the C to another piece of Construction paper. Next, he glued on googly eyes, pipe cleaner antennae and pom poms to the letter C to make his caterpillar. Addie also wanted to do a craft, so I drew the letter A for her with glue on a piece of pink construction paper and she glued pom poms to form a letter A for ADDIE!! Then she wanted to add eyes, a smile, and hands to her letter A! She was very proud of her letter A!!

A is for Addie!

Materials Needed: 2 piece of construction paper, pom poms, googly eyes, pipe cleaner, craft glue, glue stick, scissors