I love red, I love red. That’s what I said, that’s what I said. Firetrucks, wagons and strawberries piled high. Stop signs, hearts and pizza pies. Roses, tomatoes and apples, oh my. I love red. That’s what I said. –Jean Warren
Color Recognition: Show the child 3 cars or toys (be sure one is red). Have the child point to the red car.
Description: Child used drawing materials on the white paper. Then she will cut small pieces of her paper and glue them all onto the red paper.
Skills Targeted: teach your tot to follow directions, be creative, and fine motor skills.
Play with Red Balloon
This girl loves to play with balloons, so I got out a red one for her to play with today.
RED word and pictures
I found these Color Headers in the Target back to school clearance a few years ago. She put the red pictures onto the RED word.
Find the Red Ball
Materials: 3 red solo cups, a small red ball
Description: Place three cups with their opening down on the ground. Show your toddler the red ball and place it under one of the red cups. Move the cups around for a few seconds. Have your child see if they can follow the cup with the red ball and guess what cup it is under. Once you do this several times, allow your toddler to put the ball under the cup and try to trick you!
Skills Targeted: teach your tot color recognition, teach your tot to follow directions, teach your tot to play games, teach your tot to make guesses.
RED Baby Bin
I made a Baby Bin filled with red toys for my granddaughter to play with too.
Here are the links to posts for the individual colors that we learned:
We are learning colors this month. We spent a couple days on each color, basically however long she needed to remember the new color. Storm is 2 years old, but you could use most of these activities for 3 and 4 year old children as well. I also have a few activities for babies; we included my granddaughter in some of the lessons. You can click the links at the bottom of this post to see what we did for each individual color.
I found these Color Headers in the Target back to school clearance a few years ago. I punched out the pieces and laid them on the floor for her to match up.
I made Storm a busy book to match up colors. I printed all of these pages from free resources that I have found. Then I laminated them and 3 hole punched them and placed them in a binder. I cut out the matches and added velcro dots to them so that she could place them in the appropriate spot.
One of the favorite books for all of my toddlers over the years has been “Goodnight Moon” by Margaret Wise Brown. The simple rhyming and repetition is calming for my little ones. We took the book line by line and did some activities for each line. I used some of these FREE Goodnight Nursery Rhymes Over the Moon Preschool Toddler Printable from Teachers Pay Teachers.
Abeka Curriculum
I was able to incorporate several of our Abeka nursery lessons into this unit as well. Following are some of the specific books with links that are used in this Goodnight Moon Tot School Unit:
Haystacks (10 oz.Chow Mein noodles mixed with melted 1 cup chocolate and 1 cups butterscotch chips)
Activities:
Wooden Farm
Farm Puzzles
Stickers
Beanie Baby Farm Animals
Farm Sensory Tub
Farm Animal Movement Cards
Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Barn Number Match
Paper Plate Tractor
Sorting Farm Foods
Farm Sensory TubFarm Sensory TubFarm PuzzleFarm PuzzlesFarm Animal Movement CardsOld MacDonald Had a FarmFarm Animal Movement CardsOld MacDonald Had a FarmWooden FarmFarm Animal Beanie BabiesPaper Plate TractorPaper Plate TractorBarn Number MatchBarn Number MatchSorting Farm Foods
Snack: Chocolate Pudding with crushed cookies and Broccoli
Look at Trees and Plants and Dirt,
Play in the dirt and plant some flowers.
Play with wooden cutting fruits and vegies.
Day 4: God Created the Sun, Moon, and Stars
Snack: Cheese cut into starts
Look at Moon and Stars,
Day or night?, (ask the child when they do things like go to bed, eat lunch, dream, play outside, etc…)
Playdough Sun, Moon, Stars
read “Bathwater’s Hot” by Shirley Hughes
Day 5: God Created the Birds and Fish
Snack: Goldfish
Talk about fish and birds,
Visit a pet store,
Feed the Ducks.
Day 6: God Created the Animals and People
Snack: Animal Crackers,
Visit a zoo,
Play with dog and cats.
Day 7: God Rested (God Made Me)
“Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes”: Point to Body Parts, draw body with sidewalk chalk.
Relax with Yoga.
Gross Motor:
Run and Play Outside
Bubbles Circles
Creation Hop Scotch
Fine Motor:
He’s Got the Whole World In His Hands Craft
Play Dough (Blue, Circle, 7, W)
Abeka
I ordered a couple toddler age books from Abeka.com. Following are some of the specific books with links that are used in this Creation Tot School Unit:
We celebrated 100 Day with cousins, from tots to first grade but I would recommend it for around Kindergarten age. We had fun counting to 100 over and over by counting candy, jumping jacks, seconds, inches, and lots more. We read lots of books, had a snack, completed a writing activity, and covered a ton of math concepts.
Ask the children which color has the most? Which color has the least? How many red jelly beans are there?
100 Jumping Jacks
The children jumped and counted 100 jumping jacks.
100 Piece Puzzle
The children worked a 100 piece puzzle together.
100 Quiet Seconds
The children all laid down and tried to be quiet for 100 seconds.
Name 100 Animals
We started out with the children naming as many animals as they could as I wrote them down. I tried to write down exactly what each child said so that they would feel that their ideas are just as important as others. For example if a child suggests dog and another child suggests Dalmatian I wrote them both down even though a Dalmatian is a dog. When the children started running out of ideas we used the animal books for some help.
Show the children on the yard stick what an inch looks like.
Write each child’s name on a piece of masking tape and give it to him.
Tell the children to put the tape on the floor where they think 100 inches would be from where they are standing.
Measure out 100 inches to see how the children did.
Counting Money
Materials:
100 Pennies
10 Dimes
1 Dollar Bill
Directions:
Have the children count out 100 pennies by putting them into piles of 10.
Count the piles of 10 by tens to get to 100.
Trade out each pile of 10 for a dime and then count how many dimes it takes to get to 1 dollar.
Show a 1 dollar bill.
You can also count quarters with older children.
Fruit Loop Necklace
Materials:
Yarn
Fruit Loops
Directions:
Each child counts out 100 fruit loops.
Children string the fruit loops onto the yarn.
Tie the ends of the yarn together to form the necklace.
Make 100 Day Hash
Materials:
Miss Bindergarten Celebrates 100 Days of Kindergarten by Joseph Slate and Ashley Wolff
10 small cup or bowls plus one for each child
Pretzels
Popcorn
Mini Marshmallows
Cherrios
Chocolate Chips
Peanuts
Oyster Crackers
Almonds
Raisins
Chex Cereal
Directions:
You can use the ingredients that I used, the ones in the book, or make up your own.
Put each ingredient in a different bowl (10 bowls).
Each child takes 10 pieces from each ingredient bowl and places them into his own bowl to make 100 pieces.
Sorting Number Cards
Have the children put number cards in order from 1 to 100. You can use any cards you have to make your own with index cards. I used the A Beka Numbers Flashcards.
I Wish I had 100…
I made a simple writing page for the children that said…
I wish I had 100 ______________ because _____________.
On the first day of school I couldn’t _____________, on the 100th day I can.
100 Fingers and Toes
Materials:
Poster Board
Paint
Paper Plates
Bath Tub of Garden Hose for cleaning
Children (we used 5 children)
Directions:
5 children times 10 fingers each and 10 toes each makes 100.
Set the children around the table and set a paper plate in front of each child. Pour a little paint onto each plate.
Set the poster board on the table in the middle of all the children.Each child makes a right hand print on the poster by dipping their hand in the paint on the plate and then sticking in on the poster. Then each child does it again with their left hand.
Then have the children wash their hands in the tub or with the hose. Put the poster board on the bathroom floor or outside if it’s nice out. Have the children one at a time place their right foot in the paint and then on the poster and then their left foot. Rinse their feet in the tub or with a hose immediately to avoid unwanted paint in the house.
After the paint dries, count the fingers and toes by 5’s (there should be 100).
