D is for Donkey (preschool)

The girls had fun learning about donkeys today. They learned that Jesus rode on a donkey and love painting as always. We got our recourses for today from the D is for Donkey, Doctor, Dog Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

Donkey Science

Donkey Kick

  • We talked about how donkeys kick and looked at the Donkey Kick poster. They put her hands on the floor and tried to kick both feet at the same time. They learned about this donkey kick at gymnastics class last week too.

Donkey Writing

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

D is for Donkey Craft

  • I printed this d is for Donkey Craft onto cardstock for the girls to paint. I cut out the lower case “d” and the legs for them to paint gray. After that dried they glued it to a piece of green construction paper. Then I cut out the head and tail for them to glue on.

The King on a Donkey

Carrot Shapes

  • I printed out the  Carrot Shape game and then cut the pieces and laminated them. Then she reviewed her shapes as she fed the donkey.

Donkey Color Match

  • I printed out the Donkey 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.

Kicking Donkey

  • I printed out the Kicking Donkey craft and let the girls color it however they wanted. Then I cut out the pieces and fastened the legs with some brass fasteners. I then attached a jumbo craft stick to the back for the girls to wave back and forth to make their donkeys kick.

Farm Field Trip

The girls were excited to see a donkey on our last field trip to the pumpkin patch.

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C is for Car (preschool)

The girls had fun learning about cars today. They loved driving the cars on the roads. We got our recourses for today from the  Letter C is for Cow, Car, Cat Preschool Pack Digital Download

Car Learning

Car Writing

  • The girls each had a similar writing paper for the letter B. My 3 year old had a capital C and lowercase c with tracing arrows, along with a car to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added a short poem and more tracing C’s and c’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the C is for Cow, Car, Cat Preschool Pack Digital Download.

Car Shape Roads

Car Number Roads

  • We also printed out the  Car Number Roads  and then cut the pieces and laminated them. She used these Mini Pull Back Cars to drive on the roads. I used a Sharpie to write a number on the top of each car because we use these in my Kindergarteners Math Box too. She wanted to drive the car with the matching number on the appropriate road.

My “c” Book

Color Car Match

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

I spy the letter C

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Preschool Cinderella Photoshoot

My granddaughter is 3 years old and loves to dress up as a princess. This month we chose Cinderella from Disney’s Cinderella because I think of pumpkins in fall. Also, her carriage is made from a giant October pumpkin!

Princess Cinderella is a kind, graceful, attentive, optimistic, dreaming 19 year old girl from France. Her sidekick is Jaq is a little house mouse.

Cinderella quote: “A dream is a wish your heart makes.”

Proverbs 3:15 states, “She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her.”

We went to a local chapel to take these pictures on the front steps. She wore her Cinderella dress with her white gloves, headband, and necklace. She wore her white dress shoes with the low heel. I found this large clock with the Roman numerals on Facebook for free. I spray painted a white pumpkin with silver glitter. And I found this star wand and tiny glass slipper on Amazon.

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C is for Cat (preschool)

The girls loved learning about cats today, especially since they both have new baby kittens. They enjoyed painting and puzzles. We got our recourses for today from the Letter C is for Cow, Car, Cat Preschool Pack Digital Download.

Cat Science

Cat Writing

  • The girls each had a similar writing paper for the letter C. My 3 year old had a capital C and lowercase c with tracing arrows, along with a cat to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added a short poem and more tracing C’s and c’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the C is for Cow, Car, Cat Preschool Pack Digital Download.

C is for Cat

  • I printed this C is for Cat Craft onto cardstock for the girls to paint. I cut out the Capital “C” for them to paint whatever color they liked for a cat. After that dried they glued it to a piece of blue construction paper. Then I cut out the face, ears, and tail for them to glue on.

Active Cat Play

Wild Kratts Cats and Dogs

AlphaTales

Kitten Match

Cat Emotions

Cat Color Matching

  • I printed out the  Cat Color Matching game and then cut the pieces and laminated them. She reviewed each color as she matched up the colored yarn with the cat with the matching colored hat and scarf.

Cat Counting

  • I printed out the  Cat Yarn Counting game and then cut the pieces and laminated them. She counted how many balls of yarn on each piece and then matched it up to the matching number.

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C is for Cow (preschool)

The girls had fun learning about cows today. They enjoyed making butter and pretending to milk a cow. We got our recourses for today from the Letter C is for Cow, Car, Cat Preschool Pack Digital Download.

Cow Science

Butter in a Jar

  • We poured whipping cream into a jar half full and then the girls got to shake it all morning. We shook it hard and fast as much as we could and then a ball of butter formed. Just dump out the buttermilk and save to make biscuits or pancakes with.

Cow Writing

C is for Cow Craft

  • I printed this C is for Cow Craft onto cardstock for the girls to paint. I cut out the Capital “C” for them to paint black spots on. After that dried they glued it to a piece of green construction paper. Then I cut out the head and tail for them to glue on.

Active Cowboy

We found this Go Danny Cowboy Dance for some active time today.

Cow Color Match

  • I printed out the Cow 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.

Cow Shape Spots Match

How many Spots on the Cow

Milking Bucket Names

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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