Category: Abeka

B is for Bear (preschool)

The girls had fun learning about bears today. They enjoyed our bear walk, snack, and matching game. We got our recourses for today from the B is for Bee, Bus, Bear Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

Bear Science

Bear Crawl

  • We talked about how bears walk and looked at the Bear Walk  poster. She put her hands and feet on the floor and walked around with her bum up. She also growled a lot!

Bear Writing

  • The girls each had a similar writing paper for the letter B. My 3 year old had a capital B and lowercase b with tracing arrows, along with a bear to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added a short poem and more tracing B’s and b’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the B is for Bee, Bus, Bear Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

Bear Hunt Snack

  • We got some active time with this Going on a Bear Hunt video.
  • Then we had a snack as we read the book Going on a Bear Hunt by Helen Oxenbury. We had shredded celery, goldfish crackers, chocolate chips, pretzel sticks, mini marshmallows, and teddy grahams.

Bear Walk

  • After our bear hunt snack we went on our own bear hunt with some sensory bins. We first stepping in grass, then water, and mud, next was sticks and last was ice cubes. The girls loved this and kept playing at it all day.

I spy the letter B

Bear Cave Counting

  • I cut a semi circle out of the side of 2 paper bowls and then we painted the bowls brown and painted a paper plate brown too. Next she rolled her large yellow dice and counted the dots. She then counted out the same number of counting bears and placed them into the first cave. She rolled again and placed the bears in the second cave. Then we talked about which cave had more bears.

Bear Patterns

  • Next we cut the bears to complete the Bear Pattern page.

Bear Color Match

  • I printed out the Bear Color Match game, and cut them out. I laminated them and the cut them again. Then we turned them all upside down and took turns flipping to try to find matching colors. They enjoyed this game, and did great taking turns.

Here are some of our other alphabet preschool posts:

B is for Bus (preschool)

The girls had fun learning about a bus today. They discovered that they love Honeycomb, and enjoyed creating the beehive. We got our recourses for today from the B is for Bee, Bus, Bear Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

Bus Learning

Bus Writing

  • The girls each had a similar writing paper for the letter B. My 3 year old had a capital B and lowercase b with tracing arrows, along with a bus to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added a short poem and more tracing B’s and b’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the B is for Bee, Bus, Bear Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

B is for Bus Craft

  • I printed this B is for Bus Craft onto cardstock for the girls to paint. I cut out the capitol “B” for them to paint yellow. After that dried they glued it to a piece of brown construction paper. Then I cut out the tires for them to glue on.

The Wheels on the Bus (shapes)

Color Bus Match

  • I printed out the Bus Color Match paper, she matched the bus with the word color. The words are in color to make the matching easier.

Bus Snack

The Bears on the Bus

Name Bus

  • I printed out the Name Bus pieces on cardstock and cut them out. The girls glued them to a piece of black construction paper. Then they added a picture of themselves to the driver window and the letters of their names to the following windows in the bus.

My “b” Book

Here are some of our other alphabet preschool posts:

B is for Bee (preschool)

The girls had fun learning about bees today. They discovered that they love Honeycomb, and enjoyed creating the beehive. We got our recourses for today from the B is for Bee, Bus, Bear Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

Bee Science

Bee Writing

  • The girls each had a similar writing paper for the letter B. My 3 year old had a capital B and lowercase b with tracing arrows, along with a bee to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added a short poem and more tracing B’s and b’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the B is for Bee, Bus, Bear Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

B is for Bee Craft

  • I printed this b is for Bee Craft onto cardstock for the girls to paint. I cut out the lower case “b” for them to paint yellow. They let it dry and then add black paint stripes. After that dried they glued it to a piece of blue construction paper. Then I cut out the wings and antenna for them to glue on.

Honeycomb Beehive Craft

Bee Shapes

  • I printed out the  Beehive Shape game and then cut the pieces and laminated them. Then she reviewed her shapes as she matched up the bees with the honeycomb.

Active Bee

Pollen Playdough

  • I printed out the  Pollen Playdough game and then cut the pieces and laminated them. I showed the girls how to make small balls with yellow  Play Doh. Then they put the appropriate number of playdough pollen balls on the matching hexagon.

Bee Emotions

More Bee Videos

Farm Field Trip

We got to see a farm bee hive on our farm field trip this week too. They were nervous about getting too close even though we only saw 1 bee.

Here are some of our other alphabet preschool posts:

A is for Astronaut (preschool)

The girls had fun learning about astronauts today. They enjoyed the moon dough, straw rockets, and astronaut training course. We got our recourses for today from the A is for Alligator, Apple, Astronaut Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

Astronaut Science

Astronaut Writing

  • The girls each had a similar writing paper for the letter A. My 3 year old had a capital A and lowercase a with tracing arrows, along with an astronaut to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added a short poem and more tracing A’s and a’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the A is for Alligator, Apple, Astronaut Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

Astronaut Balancing Tree

  • I found this little Astronaut Balancing Tree for the girls to play with today. They had a hard time balancing it, so we just set it on the table for them to place the tiny astronauts on.

Straw Rocket

  • We printed out the Straw Rocket Outlines and then cut them out. We each colored one and then attached the larger end of the pipettes to the back of the rocket with tape. We inserted a straw into the pipette to launch the rocket by blowing up on the straw.

Space Dress

She wore her favorite dress today, her space dress.

Moon Dough (cloud dough)

  • She got some Butter Cloudz for her birthday and we decided to use it to create a moon for our astronauts from our Astronaut Balancing Tree to stand on. I gave them each a number tile from Math Box, and then they each placed that number of astronauts on their moon dough.

Star Count

  • I printed out the  Star Count Activity game and then cut the pieces and laminated them. Then she counted the number of stars on each piece and placed them on the proper number.

Astronaut Worksheets

Playdough Stars

Active Astronaut

We found this Go Danny Space Race Song for some active time today.

Astronaut Training

My “a” Book

Here are some of our other alphabet preschool posts:

A is for Apple (preschool)

The girls had fun with apples today. They enjoyed painting, the apple taste test, and apple picking. We got our recourses for today from the A is for Alligator, Apple, Astronaut Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

Apple Science

Apple Writing

  • The girls each had a similar writing paper for the letter A. My 3 year old had a capital A and lowercase a with tracing arrows, along with an apple to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added a short poem and more tracing A’s and a’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the A is for Alligator, Apple, Astronaut Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

A is for Apple Craft

Apple Taste Test

  • We watched I LOVE APPLES song as I got the apples and printed out the Apple Taste Test Paper.
  • They watched me cut one of each color of apple and then we tasted them. We filled out the paper together as we tasted them.

Apple Trinity

Apple Worksheets

Apple Fritter Muffins

The girls used their awesome Kids Kitchen Knife Set to help chop the apples.

Apple Fritter Batter:

  • 3 apples, peeled and chopped
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 large egg
  • ⅓ cup white granulated sugar
  • ¼ cup vegetable oil
  • 3 tablespoons buttermilk
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt

Glaze:

  • 1 cup powdered sugar, sifted
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 tablespoons milk

Instructions:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Prepare a muffin pan with baking cups. (makes 1 dozen)
  • Combine chopped apples, sugar, cinnamon, and ginger in a medium bowl and set aside.
  • Whisk the egg, sugar, oil, buttermilk, and vanilla in a mixer.
  • Mix in the flour, baking soda and the salt.
  • Gently fold the apples into the batter, and pour in the loaf pan.
  • Bake for 18-20 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
  • Make the glaze by whisking the powdered sugar, vanilla, and milk.
  • Allow the muffins to cool slightly before drizzling the glaze over them.

Apple Color Sorting

  • I printed out the Apple Sorting game and then cut the pieces and laminated them. Then she sorted the apples to the matching color basket.

Active Apple

Apple Shape Puzzles

  • I printed out the Apple Shape Matching game and then cut the pieces and laminated them. Then the girls took turns making a match as they told me the color and shape that was on the apple.

Apple Observations

  • Then they each got an apple to measure with their Linking Cubes. The colored how many cubes it took to get the height of the apple.
  • Then they, felt it, smelled it, and then I cut it and the tasted it.
  • They counted their seeds and colored in that many seeds on the paper. (Save the seeds for the Jumping Apple Seeds experiment).

Jumping Apple Seeds

  • We placed some apple seeds into a clear plastic cup with a fourth cup of vinegar. Then they added a teaspoon of baking soda and watched the seeds jump around.

Apple Picking

We went to a local farm to pick yellow and red apples. The trees were pretty low, so the girls could reach them.

Here are some of our other alphabet preschool posts:

A is for Alligator (preschool)

The girls had fun with alligators today. They enjoyed painting, the swamp, and learning about greater than and less than. We got our recourses for today from the A is for Alligator, Apple, Astronaut Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

Alligator Science

Alligator Writing

  • The girls each had a similar writing paper for the letter A. My 3 year old had a capital A and lowercase a with tracing arrows, along with an alligator to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added a short poem and more tracing A’s and a’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the A is for Alligator, Apple, Astronaut Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

A is for Alligator Craft

  • I printed this A is for Alligator Craft onto cardstock for the girls to paint. I cut out the capital A for them to paint green. After is dried they glued it to a piece of blue construction paper. Then I cut out the teeth and eyes for them to glue on.

Alligator Pie

  • We read the poem by Dennis Lee:
  • Alligator pie,
    Alligator pie…
    If I don’t get some…
    I think I’m gonna cry!
    Give away the green grass,
    Give away the sky,
    But don’t you give away my Alligator pie!
  • We made vanilla pudding and dyed it green, then we folded in 8 ounces of cool whip, and placed this in a graham pie crust. Refrigerate it for a couple of hours, then enjoy!

Alligator Videos

We also watched The Wild Kratts- Alligators vs. Crocodiles video that shows how the mother lays her eggs and cares for her babies.

AlphaTales

Greater Than/ Less Than

  • First we watched this Number Eating Alligator Song to learn that Mr. Alligator likes to eat the number that is more.
  • Then I printed out the Greater Than/ Less Than pieces and laminated them. I found some green buttons for the girls to count out as a visualization.
  • Each of the girls got to choose a number to place on their side of the board, then they placed the same amount of buttons to match their number. After they did this, we talked about it together to figure out if we should use the “greater than” or the “less than” alligator.

Alligator Crawl

  • The girls didn’t get to do the Alligator Crawl today, but they liked the idea. One of them had a stomachache today and the other had a nasty fall and scraped up her elbow the day before. We will probably try it in a few days when they are all healed up!
  • We also played with our Fisher Price Little People Alligators, I think these came with a Noah’s Ark set?

Alligator Craft

  • She had this little alligator finger puppet craft in her Abeka Arts and Craft with Amber Lamb book. You just color, cut, and tape. She is growling like an alligator in this picture!

Alligator Color Match

  • I printed out the Alligator Color Match game, and the girls helped me cut them out. I laminated them and the cut them again. Then we turned them all upside down and took turns flipping to try to find matching colors. They enjoyed this game, but had a hard time when the other girl found their favorite color.

Alligator Swamp

  • I took a big, clear, shallow, empty tub outside with the kids. I asked them what was in a swamp. First they said water, so I added some water to the tub. Next they said grass and leaves, so they all gathered some grass. And last they said that a swamp has mud, so we added a couple small shovels of dirt. I added some foam hand soap to make it bubbly, and last they put in their Schleich Alligators and Fisher Price Little People Alligators. They loved this sensory tub and played in it for quite a while, and one of them got all wet!

Here are some of our other alphabet preschool posts:

Preschool Learning Numbers

She is 3 years old and learning how to identify her numbers, count, and number sequence.

Numbers Book List

One Foot Two Feet by Felicia Zekauskas was one of my favorite books. It gives the singular and plural of some of the more challenging English words for young children to understand. Goose-Geese, Foot-Feet, etc…

Numbers Resources

Number 1

Number 2

Number 3

Number 4

Number 5

Number 6

Number 7

Number 8

Number 9

Number 10

10 Apples up on Top

First we read 10 Apples up on Top by Dr. Seuss. Print out the free 10 Apple Stack from Teachers Pay Teachers. Then Storm glued a picture of herself to the bottom of the paper and cut out the apples and glued them in numerical order on top of her head.

Ten Little Rubber Ducks

First we read Ten Little Rubber Ducks by Eric Carle. Print out the free 10 Ducklings Number Sequencing from Teachers Pay Teachers. Then Storm painted a paper with blue watercolor. She cut out the ducklings and glued them in numerical order following the momma duck.

Number 12

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Shapes Tot School

We are learning shapes this month. We spent a couple days on each shape, basically however long she needed to remember the new shape. Storm is 2 years old, but you could use most of these activities for 3 and 4 year old children as well.

Shapes Book List

Book Series about Shapes:

Molly Dingles Series of Shape Books (also have Spanish edition):

Day 1:  Circle

Read:  

Food:  

Bagel, Potato chips, Strawberry slices, Pepperoni, Salami

Activities:

Day 2:  Square

Read:  

Food: 

Cheese it’s, Sandwich, Cheese slice

Activities:

Day 3: Triangle

Read:  

Food:  

Quesadilla, Doritos, Watermelon Slice, Pizza

Activities:

Day 4: Rectangle

Read:  

Food:  

Graham Crackers, Cheese Slices

Activities:

Day 5: Star

Read:  

Food:  

Star Fruit, star shaped cereal

Activities:

Day 6: Heart

Read:  

Food:  

Pretzels

Activities:

Day 7: Oval

Read:  

Food:  

Grapes, Hard Boiled Egg

Activities:

Day 8: Diamond

Read:  

Food:  

Frosted Mini Wheats

Activities:

Day 9: Crescent

Read:  

Food:

Banana, Apple Slices, Croissant, Mac-N-Cheese

Activities:

More Shape Activities

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Tot-School Colors Day -Review

Today we reviewed all of the colors that we have learned so far.

Read:  

YouTube Songs: 

Song: 

If You Are Wearing Red

If you are wearing red, Shake your head,
If you are wearing red, Shake your head,
If you are wearing red,
Then please shake your head.
If you are wearing red, shake your head.

Blue, touch your shoe
Black, pat your back
Green, bow like a queen
Yellow, Shake like Jell-O
Brown, Turn around
Pink, give us a wink

Activities:  

  • Sort colored pom-pom balls into the corresponding colored bowls or in this case I used paint lids.
  • High-Five Colors:  Make hand prints out of felt and have the child give a high five to the color you call out.
  • Bear Puzzle- I had this wooden bear puzzle that I found at a famer’s market years ago.  It has all the colors that we have learned and T is starting to get better at puzzles.
  • Sort Colored scoops of ice cream onto the correct cones.
  • Color Crayon File Folder Game- I printed out and put together this Color Crayon File Folder Game.
  • Mouse in the Color House- Hide the mouse behind the house and let the child find it.
  • Sign Language for Colors

Here are the links to posts for the individual colors that we learned:

Tot-School Pink Day

Read:  

Song: 

I’M A LITTLE PIGGY
Tune: “I’m a Little Teapot”

I’m a little piggy
With a round pig nose.
I’m all pink
From my head to my toes.

Here’s my piggy tail,
As you can see,
It’s pink and curly
As it can be.
–Elizabeth Scofield

Color Recognition:  Show the child 3 cars or toys (be sure one is pink).  Have the child point to the pink car. (We used Cocomelon flashcards today)

Word Recognition:  Print the Pink paper to use with do-a-dot markers. 

Discuss: 

  • What is something pink? Pig, heart, flamingo, etc…
  • “I spy something pink…”

Snack:  hot dogs, strawberry smoothie, raspberries covered with sugar, salami, ham, pink unicorn pudding, pink pop tart

Pink Playdough

Get out any pink play dough and pink play dough toys and tools. Show the child how to use the tools.

Pink Mixed Media Collage

Materials: any drawing materials that you have that are PINK (crayons, markers, colored pencil), white and pink paper, scissors, glue

Description: Child used drawing materials on the white paper. Then she will cut small pieces of her paper and glue them all onto the pink paper.

Play with Pink Balloon

This girl loves to play with balloons, so I got out a pink one for her to play with today.

PINK word and pictures

I found these Color Headers in the Target back to school clearance a few years ago.  She put the pink pictures onto the PINK word.

Pink Hearts

Materials:

  • Pink Paint
  • White Paper
  • Paper Plate
  • Marker

Directions:

  1. Draw a hart around it.ot to follow directions
  2. Pour some paint on the plate.
  3. Dip the child’s foot in the paint.
  4. Place the foot print on the paper.
  5. Dip the other foot in the paint and put it on the paper with the heels in the same spot but the toes off to the side a bit.

Pink Princess Dress Up

She got to play in her Princess Dress Up dress today.

PINK Baby Bin

I made a Baby Bin filled with pink toys for my granddaughter to play with too.

Here are the links to posts for the individual colors that we learned:

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