The One with February Plans-Week One

Hey there! Here's the start of February Plans!
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Objectives:
Letters: P, Q, R
Color: Pink
Shape: Heart
Number: 7
Themes: Valentine's Day, quarters, pennies
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The monthly lesson plans for February are loaded here. Click and print, then add to your fridge for easy reference! 

Pp Dot Art*
Directions: Print file.  Allow child to decorate the uppercase and lowercase P. (You can use circle stickers, dot stampers, play dough pieces, or pom poms) You can read Dr Suess's ABC book and demonstrate which letter is big P and which one is little p.  Hang paper on fridge for the week to reference.

Heart Coloring Page*
Directions: print file. Ask your child to identify the shape. If they can't, name the shape (heart) for them and describe the characteristics (2 round bumps on top, point on bottom, etc). Invite them to decorate the heart however they wish! (Crayons, stickers, markers, gluing down pieces of paper, etc). Older preschoolers can trace the letters in the word "heart". With younger kiddos, read each letter the the child. Have fun!

Toilet Paper Tube Heart Stamping
Directions: use a toiler paper (or paper towel) roll to make a heart shape. Secure the heart with some tape. (see picture) Invite the child to dip the end of the heart-shaped roll in paint and use it as a stamp. Make heart prints all over paper (maybe make some Valentine's along the way?)

P Snack-Valentine's Pretzels
Ingredients: square pretzels, hershey's hugs, Valentines M&M's.
Directions: Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or a silpat. Lay out the pretzels, then place a Hershey's hug on top. Bake for 3-5 minutes, or until hug is soft but still has a shape. Remove them from the oven and press the M&M on top. Allow them to cool/firm up in the fridge. Voila!

Color Mixing-Paint a Pig
Directions: Mix white and red paint together to make pink paint! It actually turned a cool coral color for us! Then use your pink paint in order to paint a pig! We used a paper plate to make a pig face!

Pink Coloring Page*
Directions: print file. Discuss that the color of the month is pink! Invite the toddler to color their crayon pink. Feel free to use paint, crayons, markers, watercolors, etc. Discuss the letters in the word "pink" and invite older children to trace the letters in the word.

 P is for Penny*
Directions: print file. Invite your children to use real pennies to trace the form of the letter P with real pennies. If you aren't comfortable with your little ones using real pennies, feel free to cut out the pennies on the bottom of the paper to use. Describe pennies to your child. Describe the smooth edges and the color, along that is worth 1 cent.

P Letter Recognition*
Directions: print file. Ask your child to find the letter P on the paper. (use bingo stampers, crayons, stickers, etc to mark the letters. Remind them that P is for pig!

Counting 7 Pennies*
Directions: print file. This month we are discussing the number seven. Show the child the paper and describe the form of the number 7 and letters in the word "seven". Count to seven together. Cut the 7 pennies out on the bottom of the page and invite your child to glue them down into the squares. Count the pennies together!

Free Printables here:
Pp Dot Art
Heart Coloring Page
Pink Coloring Page
P is for Penny
P Letter Recognition
Counting 7 Pennies