The One With April Plans, Week Two

Hey guys! This week is W week! We will be learning about watermelons, and continuing work on the themes of diamonds, purple, #9, flowers, and kites. 

Here is the printable calendar for April for you to follow along! :)

W Dot Art*
Directions: print file. Introduce the letter of the week: W!  Allow child to decorate the W. (You can use circle stickers, dot stampers, play dough pieces, or pom poms) I wasn't able to fit both upper and lowercase on one page, so I went ahead and just did one letter. You can read Dr Suess's ABC book and demonstrate which letter is big W and which one is little w. Show them that a uppercase W looks just like a lowercase w, just bigger!

Diamond Popsicle Stick Building
Directions: I have seen all over Pinterest how people put sticky Velcro dots onto popsicle sticks to build. I finally decided to do this! The velcro was $5 at Walmart. For this activity you need to use the jumbo/wide popsicle sticks, not the narrow ones. Work together to make a diamond. "How many sides does a diamond have?" "How can we make a diamond with our popsicle sticks?" If you don't have the Velcro dots, you can always simply glue the sticks together to make a diamond (or even glue them flat on a paper for younger toddlers!) 

Kite Diamond*
Directions: print file. Use page one as a kite template. Cut apart the colorful triangles on the other pages as puzzle pieces. Present the puzzle pieces to your toddler and invite them to decorate their kite! They can make a kite all one color or various colors! This seems simple, but it is difficult for them to be able to place the correct sized triangle in the corresponding place. This will help with problem solving skills. You can even have fun challenges in order to promote color recognition. "Can you make a purple kite? How about a purple and yellow kite?" Have fun decorating your kite over and over in different ways! 

W Snack: Making "Watermelon Cookies"
Directions: Cut watermelon into large, thin, circular slices, (about 1-2cm thick.) Lay the slices on a cookie sheet/cutting board (or something to contain all the juices!) Invite your toddler to use cookie cutters to create fun shaped watermelon "cookies". This is sooo fun for kiddos! Note: keep the watermelon seeds for an activity on Friday! 

Red + Blue = Purple Color  Mixing
Directions: Add some blue paint and red paint to a container and encourage your kiddo to mix the colors together! Ask them to predict what color it will make. I have done this with a gallon-sized zipper bag or simply stirring the colors in a cup. (Spoiler alert: it makes purple.) Now, use this paint for our next activity: purple flower painting! 

     (It looked like a pretty dark purple!)

Purple Flower Painting
Directions: Use the purple paint from our previous activity to paint flowers. I like to use a paper plate/bowl as a place to hold my paint. Get the bottom of a small 20oz drink bottle and use it as a stamp! It makes adorable little flowers, and it is nice and chunky for a toddler to hold! 

W letter recognition
Directions: print file. Hopefully our kiddos will be able to recognize the letter W by Friday! Test this out by printing off this page. Show them the W on the top right corner of the page. "This is a watermelon that starts with the letter w!  Can you see any w's hiding on the watermelon?" Invite them to mark the w's with dot art markers, stickers, or even just circling them. See if the M tricks them! 

Watermelon Seed Counting
I wanted to make a worksheet for this, but I found an adorable already made one online! Click here to see the adorable free printable! I accidentally got a seedless watermelon, so I ended up using raisins as my seeds! It was a simple swap and I didn't have to worry about choking hazards. Win-win! 

That's all, folks! Free printables here!
W Dot Art
Kite Diamond
W Letter Recognition