Letter U/ Up Preschool Theme

Today we talked about the letter U and Pixar's movie Up.  I had a hard time deciding what to do for the letter U since we did umbrella in the fall.  We enjoy the movie Up though and it has a cute little love story so with Valentine's Day this week I thought it would fit in with the rest of the week.

I had my son try out this letter U maze.  It got a little tricky in parts so I had to help him find his way around in spots.

 This site has some coloring pages that go with the movie.

 After my son colored the page with the house and balloons we cut out a letter U and he pasted it onto his balloons.  That was my way of reinforcing the letter and the word up.

We visited the movie's website and played some games online.  Disney's Family Go website also has activities and printables to go along with the movie.

We also talked about things that are up in the sky.  It was a simple, low key day.

Letter U/Umbrella Preschool Theme

Today we talked about the letter U and did umbrella activities!

We did several activities from Confesssions of a Homeschooler's Letter U/Umbrella printable pack.

I also found another blogger with great alphabet printable packs.  We used a fun book activity from her umbrella pack.  My son and I came up with words that have the letter U in them and then he drew pictures. We had visited Starfall and done the letter U activities there so words with u in them were fresh on his brain.  Here is a sample of that. 

I also came across some Q-Tip painting to practice writing letters.

Then my son painted a paper plate.  Once it dried I cut it out in the shape of an umbrella and he glued a handle I had cut out for a little craft. 

Here is the finished paper plate umbrella. He was pretending to use it in the rain.