Number 4

Gathering Time:

Put a square on the flannel board and count how many sides there are

Four Little Flowers Poem

Look around and see how many number 4’s we spot and how many things of four we can count

Focus Activities:

Cutting four squares

 Count out four crackers to eat, count each side (4)

Number 4 Coloring Page

Number Four Practicing

Other Possibilities:

 practice writing fours

RESOURCES:

www.preschoolexpress.com

http://www.activitycoloringpages.com

 http://www.creativekidscrafts.com

Turkey Feather Count

Later this week we will be doing a Turkey Themed day.  This is one of the activities we will be doing.  It is a Turkey Feather Count. 

First I typed in turkey clip art on a search engine and found this cute guy.  I printed off five copies onto cardstock, cut it out and then numbered them 1-5.

Side Note:  I did cut feathers off of him.

 Then I cut out 15 different feathers on different colored cardstock.  You could use all of the same color if you wanted or a variety like I did.

 The final step is all for your child to take care of.  :)  Lay out the five turkeys and have your child match the corresponding number of feathers to each turkey (1= 1 feather, 2= 2 feathers, and so forth)

I think this will be a hit out our house, I'm hoping anyway!

Check out our entire Turkey Themed day!

Linking Up With:
 

Number 3

Gathering Time:

Read, “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”

   Extend story by having three things of each item (bowls, chairs, beds…)

Three Blind Mice Nursery Rhyme

Talk about when each of us turned 3

Read “Three Little Pigs”

Focus Activities:

Number Buddy

Three Color Crayon

Three Cards

Yardsticks

RESOURCES:

http://www.preschoolbystormie.com

http://www.dltk-teach.com

www.preschoolexpress.com

Number 2

Gathering Time:

Story of Noah’s Ark using Little People Noah's Ark .  I hid the animals throughout the living room and had the boys find them when we got to that part of the story.  Then we counted the animals to see if we had two of every kind.

Play “London Bridges Falling Down”- partners

Two Little Blackbirds ryhme

Find 2’s inside the house

Focus Activities:

Make binoculars

Shoe Mix-Up

Play Memory Card Game

We have this Toy Story Memory Game that my boys love.

Pair up clean socks and put them away

Resources:

http://www.preschoolexpress.com/

Number 1

Gathering Time Activities:

Hickory Dickory Dock nursery rhyme
Hockey Pokey- one version
Talk about first b-days, show pictures of what the children looked like when they were oneWriting Numeral 1 song
Play "Hot Potato" using one potato
Focus Activities:
One Giant Elephant

Circling Ones using a magazine

Make number 1 using beans

Get an assortment of buttons- pick out one blue button, one red, one green, and so forth

RESOURCES:
http://www.preschoolexpress.com/

Preschool Activities Oct. 5-8

Oct. 5- Orange

Language Arts	"Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater" nursery rhyme
Math	Pumpkin Sizes
Science/Cooking	Orange Brew
Music/Gross Motor	Sing, "I'm a Little Pumpkin"
Art/Fine Motor	Paint a pumpkin using orange paint

Oct. 6- Owls

Language Arts	The Owl
Math	Owl Shapes
Science/Cooking	Let's Be Owls
Music/Gross Motor	Sing Owl in the Tree
Art/Fine Motor	Pinecone Owl

Oct. 7- Number 7

Language Arts	Read "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"
Math	Count the days of the week on our hand
Science/Cooking	Seven Days of the Week
Music/Gross Motor	Sing Seven Dwarfs song from movie, Heigh-HO
Art/Fine Motor	Practice writing Seven

Oct. 8- Letter L

Language Arts	Practice making L's out of shoe laces
Math	Leaf Game- count how many leaves go into the barrel
Science/Cooking	Talk about llamas
Music/Gross Motor	Fall like Leaves
Art/Fine Motor	Leaf Prints

Preschool Activities June 22-26

June 22- "If You Give a Mouse A Cookie"

Language Arts	Read, "If You Give A Mouse a Cookie" by Laura Joffe Numeroff
Math	Counting cookies (using a cookie jar (any jar will do) and cookies (paper)
Science/Cooking	Bake chocolate chip cookies
Music/Gross Motor	Play charades- acting out parts in the story
Art/Fine Motor	Mouse Finger Puppet

June 24- square

Language Arts	Fill a bag with different household items with square shape and talk about them
Math	Square match up game
Science/Cooking	Make waffles
Music/Gross Motor	Sing "Squares"
Art/Fine Motor	Sponge Painting

June 25- Four

Language Arts	Teaching Rhyme- writing in fours
Math	Look for the number 4 around the house
Science/Cooking	Four Seasons
Music/Gross Motor	Four Seasons Song
Art/Fine Motor	Make a number four out of beans

June 26- Nose

Language Arts	Talk about our noses and how our nose helps us smell things
Math	Count how many things we smelled from our science activity
Science/Cooking	It Smells Like…
Music/Gross Motor	Sing "The Smelling Song"
Art/Fine Motor	Flowers

Preschool Activities May 18-22

May 18- Number 3

Language Arts	Flip Story of "The Three Little Pigs"
Math	Hide "3"s around the house and go on a hunt for them
Science/Cooking	Three Years Old- explain that he is three years old
Music/Gross Motor	Sing "Three Blind Mice"
Art/Fine Motor	Make a three using beans

May 19- Triangles

Language Arts	Play "I Spy", naming things that are shaped in a triangle
Math	Matching triangles (I'll make using different colors)
Science/Cooking	Make a triangle snack using triangular Triscuits and cheese shaped in a triangle
Music/Gross Motor	"Triangles Triangles"
Art/Fine Motor	Toothpick Triangles

May 20- Color purple

Language Arts	Watch "Harold and the Purple Crayon"
Math	Put items in a bag, pick out the purple ones
Science/Cooking	Make Purple Cows
Music/Gross Motor	Sing "Little Purple Pansy"
Art/Fine Motor	Use purple kool-aid and water to finger paint on white paper

May 22- Jack Be Nimble Nursery Ryhme

Language Arts	Jack Be Nimble with flannel board pictures
Math	Put out different numbers of candles and count them
Science/Cooking	What happened to Jack's candle?
Music/Gross Motor	Pretend to be Jack and jump over our candle from our art section
Art/Fine Motor	Candle Craft

April 28-May 1 Preschool Activities

Each month I planned on covering some letters from the alphabet, a number, a shape, and a color. April slipped away from me so I'm trying to get all of these things in so I can scatter the ones I have planned for May out a little more.
*Each day that we do a letter we will visit www.starfall.com and go over the letter we are discussing. My son absolutely loves this site!
April 28- Letter "V"

Language Arts	Find the letter v in books we have
Math	Count how many letters we make on tracing paper
Science/Cooking	Make a volcano
Music/Gross Motor	Pretend to be vehicles
Art/Fine Motor	Trace the letter V with tracing paper

April 29- Letter "A"

Language Arts	Five Little Apples
Math	Matching Apples file folder game
Science/Cooking	Ants on a Log snack (celery, pb, raisins)
Music/Gross Motor	Pass The Apple
Art/Fine Motor	Coloring Page

April 30- Letter "N"

Language Arts	Read "The Nose Book" and "The Napping House"
Math	Count all the "n"s we find in the books we read
Science/Cooking	Discuss night and naptime and why we need our sleep
Music/Gross Motor	"Hickety, Pickety Bumblebee will you say your name for me?" (bee finger puppet flies around and child says name when bee lands on him.
Art/Fine Motor	Noodle Necklace

May 1- Number "2"

Language Arts	Noah's Ark- emphasis two animals of each kind went on the ark
Math	Sock Match Up
Science/Cooking	Bicycles
Music/Gross Motor	Shoe Mix Up-each time a pair is found move in a different way to set it aside (march, run, walk)
Art/Fine Motor	Number 2

Preschool Activities March 11-13

Language Arts	Read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom with felt (spell name when done)
Math	Count how many letters there are in name
Science/Cooking	Make pancakes spelling name (dinner)
Music/Gross Motor	Sing alphabet again.
Art/Fine Motor	Memory Book Cover

March 12

Language Arts	Floor letters with name
Math	Count how many letters of name we find in cereal
Science/Cooking	Using Alphabet cereal and letters from name put in water and see what happens ahs they get wet.
Music/Gross Motor	Walk around taped name- see L.A. activity
Art/Fine Motor	Make alphabet book- file box

March 13- Number 1

Language Arts	Write number 1 using beans
Math	Look for the number 1 around our house
Science/Cooking	Show pictures and talk about first birthday and brother's
Music/Gross Motor	Hickory Dickory Dock Game
Art/Fine Motor	Circling Ones

Preschool Activities March 5, 6

I'm still playing with different ways to post these. Any input or suggestions are welcomed. Thanks.

March 5
Language Arts Number Book (we're going to make our own book with numbers 1-10)
Math Counting the Number Book when we have made it
Science/Cooking Penny MagicMusic/Gross Motor Dance to “Bop Til You Drop” (Kids In Action)
Art/Fine Motor Color Number Book

March 6
Language Arts Hide timer and find it
Math Count number of pieces of straw (straw from science activity)
Science/Cooking Straws move things
Music/Gross Motor Toss bean bag into basket, to each other
Art/Fine Motor Cut up straw into pieces and count (straw from science activity)