Each month, I will post a calendar with suggested activities. You can follow as loosely or closely as you want. Feel free to adjust it to your child's ability level and unique interests. This is just a guide to pace you. Most of all, have fun! Don't beat yourself up if your kids don't participate as much as you'd like. Sometimes lessons only last 5 minutes. Kids don't have a large attention span. Just try to reinforce what you are learning throughout the day!
Here are the basic things you will need for the entire year of learning. You will probably own some of these things already! If no, I think you can get most of them at the dollar store!
Supply List:
-washable paint
(all colors) with brushes
-pom-poms of all
assorted colors
-alphabet magnets or puzzle pieces
-play dough
(assorted colors)
-dot stampers
(such as do-a-dot, or simple bingo stampers)
-popsicle sticks
-circle stickers (pictured later below)
-construction
paper of all assorted colors
-manilla/plain
paper
-glue
-food coloring
(assorted primary colors)
-Dr. Seuss’s ABC
book
-bubbles
-colored chalk
-colored chalk
-muffin tin
In addition, September-specific activities will also need:
-printables I
have made (all are indicated with an *)
-uncooked white rice
-rubbing alcohol
-cinnamon,
cinnamon sticks, or pumpkin pie spice
-container of
oats
-paper plates
-real apples
-paper
towel/toilet paper tube
-apple jacks
(letter Aa snack)
-teddy grahams,
gummy bears or Annie’s bunnies (B for bear/bunny snack)
-cotton balls
-cookie dough
(bake some from scratch, or get a tube of dough!)
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September Unit:
Letters: A, B, C
Color: Red
Shape: Circle
Theme: apples, plants
Number: 3
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Print out the calendar and you can follow along week by week! All files are at the end of this post.
Activities indicated by * are printable pages I've made that you can download from this blog.
Week 1:
A Dot Art *
Directions: print file. Allow child to decorate the uppercase and lowercase A. (You can use circle stickers, dot stampers, play dough pieces, or pom poms) Read Dr. Seuss's ABC book, and discuss which letter is "Big A" and which one is "Little A" Hang paper on fridge for the week to reference.
(see the circle stickers I mentioned in the supply list? They are $1, hooray!)
Circle Coloring Page*
Directions: print file. Discuss and describe the shape of a circle. Allow child to decorate the circle (markers, crayons, dot stampers, paint, or gluing down little pieces of torn paper. Older children can trace and discuss the letters in the word "circle") Hang paper on the fridge for the week to reference.
Uppercase A-Popsicle Stick
Directions: decorate 3 popsicle sticks (paint, marker, crayon, etc) Glue them together into the shape of an uppercase A. Repeat the chant from yesterday's book "Big A, little A, what begins with A?" while you make the craft. :)
Apple Stamping
Directions: cut a real apple in half. Dip it into red/green paint and use it as a stamp on paper.
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A Snack
Directions: lace apple jacks (you
can lace them on shoelaces, yarn, spaghetti, or pipe cleaners depending on your
child’s ability/age) Discuss how apple starts with the letter A.
Red Coloring Page*
Directions: print file. Color the crayon red (using crayon, marker, paint, etc) Older children can trace and discuss the letter in the word "red". Hang paper on the fridge for future reference.
Apple Sorting Mat*
Directions: print file. Cut apart the red, yellow, and green apple pieces on page 2. Mix them up, and allow the children to place the corresponding small colored apple on the large apple.
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(for older kids, tape the apples around the house and let them "pick" the apples first!)
A letter recognition*
Directions: print file. Allow children to find the letters Aa on the sheet. (use bingo stampers, crayons, stickers, etc)
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3 Pom-Poms in Muffin Tins- This is to learn basic counting. Use a muffin tin and ask children to count out 3 pom poms and place them into each cup. (You can vary this based on your child's ability by asking them to sort the pom-poms by colors, make patterns, etc.) Using kitchen tongs/tweezers to pick up the pom-poms makes this more fun and also helps with fine motor development!
Ok people! That's it for week one! The files are here below! Feel free to use them and share with others. Just please don't be a jerkface and steal/sell these as your own. I don't want to add ugly watermarks on them. We all know those are ugly. Love ya!
this is absolutely amazing, thank you!!
ReplyDeleteLove love love all of this and just shared with my stroller strides workout mommies! You are so creative!!!
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