Preschool Round Up with the Letter T and Autumn

I do a blended preschool the the Little Dude with him at a preschool 2 days a week and at home 3 days a week.

Each day we have a letter, math and fine motor activity, as well as story time.  Sometimes we do gross motor skills, science, music, art or a field trip.

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This week really got me in the mood for apple cider, crisp weather, leaf raking and all things autumn.  Sadly this week was a little short because Thursday I had a bout of food poisoning.

Book List

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10 Fat Turkeys, a fun book that counts with rhyme the antics of ten fat turkeys.  

Fall Leaves Change Colors is a non-fiction book that explains how leaves change color in the fall.  

I love all these counting and alphabet books by Sleeping Bear Press.  Not autumn centered but about our state Michigan, it counts up using Michigan-y things.  It does mention maple syrup and voyagers, which for some reason put me in mind of fall.  

This beautifully illustrated counting book counts down from 10 to 1 with each page a different tree and animal as it moves through the autumn season. 

Letter T Activities

• We added to our alphabet wall using the template letters from Kinder - Craze.  This week we tore a magazine page and glued it to the letter.
  
  
  

• The Little Dude played with our newly made Harvest Play Dough.  He used stamps to make impressions in the dough. 

Math Activities

• Counting Turkey:  I used an applique pattern to cut out a turkey from construction paper.  I number the feathers 1 - 10.  Little Dude put the feathers in order and glued them down.  He also drew the beak and put the little google eyes on dot of glue that I put on the face.

• Puffball counting with autumnal colored puffballs. 

Fine Motor Activities

• Hand Turkey - trace a hand put an eye, a beak and waddle, cut it out, color it turkey colors and viola you have a turkey.  I used this exercise to work on color recognition saying color this finger red and he would have to choose the correct color.  

What did you do this week?  I'd love to know.  Link up with your preschool post from this week using the linky below.

Preschool Round Up with the Letter L and Llamas

This is our very first preschool round up, the collection of all the great things we are doing at our preschool at home this week.  Each week we have a theme, a focus letter and a book.  Sometimes the activities go with, sometimes they don't.  I like having something to structure our days.

I do a blended preschool with the Little Dude with him at a preschool 2 days a week and at home 3 days a week.

Each day we have a letter, math and fine motor activity, as well as story time.  Sometimes we do gross motor, science, music, art or a field trip as well.


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Many, many of my activities come from other fabulously talented people out there in the interwebs.  I do try to give credit where credit is do.  I find many ideas on Pinterest.  Follow me if you want some great ideas too.

Letter L Activities:

• Letter L Play Dough Mats from Homeschool Creations

• Used stickers to fill in the Letter L from Quality Kids Crafts.com (I use these a lot) 


• We also started our very own alphabet wall using the template letters from Kinder-Craze.  Ours is not nearly as nice, but I want the Little Dude to recognize letters out of order, so ours is just where he decides to put the letters on our stair well wall.  I'll get a picture up when we have a few more letters.  

Math Activities:

• We made craft stick puzzle with a picture of a llama. 
• We played a matching game with the Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See printables from the 1+1+1=1 blog.  I used Mod Podge to glue the printables onto an old cereal box then cut out the cards.  That way they are super duper sturdy.  

• The Little Dude colored a lion by numbers again from the 1+1+1=1 Blog

Fine Motor Activities:

• I filled a shallow try with a layer of baking soda.  Then I added food coloring to small cups of white vinegar.  Little Dude then squeezed the vinegar onto the baking soda that fizzed and bubbled to everyone's delight. Sister was diligently working on her work but the baking soda was just too much fun to not get involved in. So we had some fun family times as well.  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• I made some scissor strips from colored paper to help the Little Dude practice his cutting skills.  Then he glued them onto a piece of white paper to make a beautiful collage.  Here is one of those funny things.  I obviously take pictures while my children are working.  The Little Dude picked up on this and now he has to take pictures of his finished work with the iPod. 

• He also had some great fun with his Fundanoodle Mats (there will be a review later). 

Field Trip:

We also went to the Detroit Zoo to try out my new zoo scavenger hunt sheet.  It was a great success and both of the kids had a great time. 

That was our week.  What did you do this week with your preschool aged child/children?  Let me know in the comments.  I love comments.  Starting next week we will also have a linky right here on Saturday, so check back.