The One with November Plans, Week 2

It's week 2 of November! Time to have more fun with brown, stars, counting, turkeys, and the letter H! Click here to download the calendar! Print it out! 

H Dot Art *

Directions: print file. Allow child to decorate the uppercase and lowercase H. (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 H" and which one is "Little h" Hang paper on fridge for the week to reference. 

Printable file here!

Star Stamping
Directions: Cut a potato in half. Then carefully, as to not stab your fingers off, cut a star shape into a potato. (Hint: draw a star on the potato half first, then cut! Much easier!) Invite your child to stamp stars onto paper with some paint. I chose brown since it's the color of the month. My girls loved to sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" while they furiously thumped potatoes! 

Make Play Dough Turkeys:
Directions: Use brown (or any colored) play dough and assist your child into making a turkey torso. Don't worry, its basically just a blob shape. They can add googly eyes and a beak too! Allow them to poke feathers into the turkey. It's super fun! If you don't have feathers, you can always use other household objects to poke in (penne pasta, golf tees, spaghetti, dried leaves, etc) 

H Snack: Hungry Hippo Mouth
Directions: Decorate a paper plate with eyes and ears like a hippo. We will later attach a mouth. Fold a separate paper in half and cut a "D" shape in order to make a mouth. (see blue paper in pictures below!) Draw circles around the perimeter of the mouth. Allow children to place mini marshmallows onto the circles to look like hippo teeth! It's super cute! You can glue the teeth down if you want, or just let them eat the teeth afterwards. Discuss that H is for Hippo! A hungry hippo! 

 

Paint a Brown Bear
Directions: Paint your child's hand (except for the thumb!) brown. Make a handprint and add a cute brown head for the bear. Read "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?". It's a classic! 

Acorn Counting Game: 
Directions:  Get an empty egg carton and label each compartment with a number. (You can also use a muffin tin, but my kids thought this egg carton was cool!) I labelled mine with dot stickers since I had a clear egg carton. I previously had my kiddos gather some acorns outside for this activity. I provided a bowl of acorns and some scooping tools (spoons, tongs, etc). They loved scooping their acorns into the egg carton. We counted each container 1-12. 

*Note: 12 acorns will not fit into one small egg compartment! I played a game saying,  "Can you put an acorn into the 7 bucket?" "Can you put 2 acorns in the #2 bucket?" "Can you see how tall you can stack them into bucket #5?"*      This helps with number identification. The girls loved this and wanted to play it again and again. 

That's all folks! Have a great week!