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Monday, July 31, 2017


Back to the Basics
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Numbers, Letters, Colors, Shapes







Number Activities
Here are some basic fun stuffs to help your tot get ready to go back to school.

Finger puppets for counting










This is a simple easy fan to practice numbers and letters.
For the number fan you will need mini stickers to correspond to each number.


Ladybug Spot Count and Sequence


Copy the ladybugs
cut out
laminate
Put sticky magnet on the back of each ladybug
Overlay the top corners of the wings.
 Punch a hole through the 2 wings. and then through the neck of the ladybug.

Activity

 Fan the wings closed when counting the spots. Then open them to reveal the number.
 Place them in number order. (USE THIS WITH A MAGNETIC BOARD)



 Counting & Number Recognition                                                 Sequencing


Grouping and Counting Keys







Learning to Count 1-5
& Recognize Colors

 
  1. Cut these flowers out of card stock. 
  2. Add color label dots to the center in varying colors.
  3.  Place a container in the center filled with pom poms. (You can get pom poms at Walmart or the Dollar Tree)
  4. The tots can take turns filling the petals while naming the color in the center which matches the pom poms when using the tongs.
  5. For a take home, cut out the flowers. Let the tot stick color dot labels on each petal. Tape the five flowers to a straw. 

Counting and Measuring with Insects
Cut out the insects and the Ii inches ruler.
Have fun counting and measuring insects in inches
Store the insects in a zip bag that is stapled to the I ruler



 


Counting and Classifying Insects
Give each tot an insect card and magnifier

Learn to count and classify each insect, Give an insect classification card & pencil with the insect card & magnifier.

Copy & cut as many as needed.
Counting & Classification Card
Let someone draw an insect fact card. While you are reading it, have the tots find and count up as many insects as they can find with their magnifier. 


Copy & Cut the Insect 
Fact Cards
Have the tots circle the insects as drawn with fact card

                                      copy & cut the 4 Insect Cards out
 (Copy more as needed.)




INSECT FACT CARDS


Mini story


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Counting Gumballs by Color


Copy the Colored Gumball Machine & Dial
Cut out the machine and dial. 
  • Press a brad fastener through the front of the gumball machine and over the dial loosely so you can spin the dial.
  • Let the tot spin and then place a dot label over the color during the lesson. For the game you will pass the game board to the tot and they will place the number of gumball pom poms on the empty circle that is spun until their gumball machine is full. (Let each tot use tongs to move the gumball pom pom.)




Copy and cut out as many gumball machines as need for the game. 







Letter Activities
Finger Puppet Letters In a Picture Sound

Cut out the finger puppet and the finger holes. I like to store these letter puppets on a ring. 




Letter Games:

Letters to Picture Sound Match




 

 







 


 

 


Fish For Letter

Cut out the fish. Place sticky soft Velcro in the blank rectangles. Place a sticky rough Velcro on the back of each letter. Make a rod with a dowel, string and a metal clip magnet. Punch a hole and slide a brad fastener through the fish or just slide paper clips on the end. You are ready to play.

 Put 9 different letters on the fish. The tots will take turns fishing. They will keep the letter if they name it correctly. The game is over when the buzzer goes off. If playing with just one, they will count up the number of letters they know.  



 




Letter Monkeys

 


You will need: a long paper towel roll. A cut and copied green leaves, craft sticks, tape, and paper punch
Glue the leaves or tape them to the roll. Cross large craft sticks together and tape them. Tape the sticks on the four sides to the roll. Punch holes on the ends of the leaves to hang the monkeys from..



Hang the monkeys from their left arm from the palm tree. Add letters in abc order by looping the arms in the punched holes (left arm works best). They hang the letter monkey when they give the right letter name. Then they keep the monkeys that hang until they drop. Start the next monkey at the letter that you left off and add a monkey from that last letter.
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Letters on the Fly

Copy and cut out the letter flies. Place 26 Velcro dots randomly on the foam board. Put the other side of the Velcro dot on each fly. Set a timer and have them swat in abc order. They take the fly down if they are correct. 
You can have 2 swatters each swat to see if they can find the letter drawn. 

 


 
Letter Keys
Match the Capital Letter to the Lower Case Letter










Patterns
Copy, Cut Out, Laminate, and Store on a Ring


 
 




You've Got Mail
Store this in a folder

Open the envelope to reveal a letter and picture beginning sound. Let the tot name the letter if they can, but if not, say it all together.


Preparation:
Copy the 3 pages of letter mail. 
  • Cut out the 3 sheets of letter envelopes. 
  • You will cut on the center line and then around the triangle top of the envelopes. 
  • There is a letter envelope facing up & one facing down opposite of each other on each page. 
  • To form the envelope you will fold up the picture side toward the triangle top of the envelope. The triangle top of the letter will fold down over the mail to form an envelope.
  •  I sealed them shut with small color dot labels.
  •  Use Velcro dots to stick on the folder and the back of each letter envelope. 
















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Learn the Letters & Sounds Phoningo
Draw a letter or picture card and find the picture that begins with this sound on the Phoningo card.  Fill a card and call out Phoningo.





Phoningo Boards
PHONINGO CARDS 



 

 

 


 


Level 1 (Picture drawing cards)
Find the picture that has the matching sound on the card.


 

 
Level 2 
(Draw the letter and match the picture beginning sound)







Try this A-Z Mini Booklet 
for practice at home
Cut out the 4 sections on each page. Staple in order
Tuck this mini book into your bag for practice.









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Color Activities

Caterpillar Color Capture Game
 
                                             

Preparation
You will need:


  1. Little bathroom cups or these little plastic cups
  2. Cut card stock 1 inch wide strips the length of the paper
  3. Fold the strips back and forth for the body.
  4. Stick on dot labels or glue pom poms on each section of the strip.
  5. Tape the Strip body to the cup of the caterpillar.
  6. Glue on the eyes and draw on a mouth.
  7. Tape the small folded inch pipe cleaner to the top of the caterpillar cup. 
  8. Cut out the copied color cubes
  9. Place the pom poms in the center.
  10. Tear an inch piece of masking tape for the starting line of each player. The tot will also haul the color pom pom behind their line.





Rules For the Color Capture Game

  • Caterpillars will be lined up behind the masking tape line.
  • Each player takes a turn rolling the color cube. (alternate between 2 color cubes)
  • When the players see the color on the color cube, they each take their caterpillar and capture as many colored pom poms as possible.
  •  If they take the wrong color, then the tot must put back one of the true colors captured. 
  • The round ends when all players have had a chance to roll the cube. 
  • Count up the colored pom poms. 

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Colored Egg Match
Cut out the colored eggs
Level 1
Have them find the matching colored egg while face up

Level 2

They can either draw them from a neighbor & set them down when they have a match, or they can play memory color match where all oval cards are turned over. Each gets a turn to find a match. If it doesn't match, then the cards are turned back over. 





Key Color Match
copy, cut out, & punch
The tot will match the color key









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Colored Kite Match
You may use this as a 
folder activity
Copy both Kite pages
Laminate the pages
Cut out one page of kites only!
Draw a colored kite & match to the opposite kite. Let the tot name the shape. (you can roll a piece of cello tape and stick to the back of the kite card or you can place Velcro dots on the kite page and the kite card that you have attached to the inside of a folder. )


Shape Activities
Learning to form Shapes


 





Shape Match 
Copy twice. 

  • Turn the shape cards down and draw 2 cards. 
  • See if the shape matches. 
  • Keep the shape matched cards. 

or 
Roll a dice and choose the shape that matches while the card is facing up.

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Run off page 1&2 shapes onto various colored card stock, cut & (laminate)

Copy the (10) Shaping Up Pictures

The tots will fill in the picture card with the shapes that fit the Shaping Up Pictures




 





 









 



 




Spin the wheel 
You will use only one set of shape puppets for this activity. Face the finger puppet up. Name and take the matching shape that goes with the shape that was spun on the wheel. The game is over when the cards or finger puppets are gone..
(Copy and Cut out wheel and shape puppets. Press a fastener through the arrow & into the wheel with a small space between arrow and wheel. Spin the arrow.)




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