Fr, frog

We did F & R worksheets.
He learned how to write his name all by himself!!
Here are the frog books we checked out:

• Tadpoles and frogs by Anna Milbourne (Information about frogs-not too many words on a page. Some pictures are photographs, some are drawings.)
• Jumpy, Green, and Croaky: What am I? by Moira Butterfield (Guess the animal according to the clues.)
• Jump, Frog, Jump by Robert Kalan (I think the drawings look like they were done by a kid, and I don't think the story is accurate (do turtles eat snakes?) but my little guy loved this story and saying "jump, frog, jump" over and over again.)
• From Tadpole to Frog by Anita Ganeri (Follows the life cycle of a frog (and gives a timeline). Briefly mentions that frogs mate and then the female frog lays eggs (no further questions were asked, I just read what the book said.))
• Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel (Sort of a chapter book or book of short stories of these characters.)
• Too Many Frogs! by Sandy Asher (My little guy loved loved loved this book. Shares a message of politeness. Check out the facial expressions.)
• A Frog in the Bog by Karma Wilson (Pros: rhymes and has nice watercolor pictures. Cons: Weird story. Why would a frog eat 5 slugs? and then they all crawl out? weird.)

OW sound, letters O & W, flowers

Monday: O worksheet. Read "The Flower Alphabet book" by JerryPallotta. (A type of flower f(color drawing included) or each letter of the alphabet (2 for the letter F?) and a brief description/background of it.)
Tuesday: W worksheet and "circle the o" worksheet. Read "Flower Garden" by Eve Bunting. (Nice story of how a girl and her dad built a flower garden and why. Nice pictures. The family is African American.)
Wednesday: Story time at the library. (I canned and froze 40 lbs of chicken, so we didn't have time for piano lessons.
Thursday: "circle the w" worksheet. Read "Lottie's New beach tOWel" by petra mathers. (A story of of Lottie the chicken and how a new towel is useful. Little guy liked this one alot and asked for it to be read over and over.)
Friday: Test: write O, W, S: 3 times. Still didn't get S (it's in his name, so we will be practicing alot.) Read "Owl Babies" by Martin Waddell. (3 babies thoughts while their mother is gone.)

EE sound, number 2, trees

Monday: Letter Ee worksheet (writing 3 times each). Talk about short e sound. Number 2 worksheet. Read: A Tree is Growing by Arthur Dorros. (A sciency book about leaves, bark, and differences between trees.)
Tuesday: Wrote #2 two more times (still needs practice!), circle Ee worksheet (same website). Read: A Tree is Nice by Janice May Udry. (He loved this book! It is a Caldecott book that talks about different ways we use trees-climbing, apples,etc. Nice pictures.)
Wednesday: storytime at library and piano lessons (learned the note 'e' and added 2 songs to what he can practice making a total of 5).
Thursday: Wrote #2 two more times, circle pictures of things that start with E, talk about ee sound. Read: Tell Me, Tree by Gail Gibbons (Sciency book that talks about different varieties of trees and how to tell them by bark and trees. Has sciency activity suggestions.)
Friday: Test: wrote E, e, 2, C three times. Read: The Alphabet Tree by Leo Lionni. (Cute story about turning letters into words, then sentences.)

Nutrition

We did a preschool activity where my little guy and I looked through the grocery ads and found foods that he liked. (He was soo excited to find them!) I let him cut out the pictures (he needs the practice). When we had a good amount, I helped him separate the different foods into piles for the food groups. We did a "treats" section too. I had him glue the pictures on a piece of colored construction paper (one page per food group). Then I wrote the name of the food group on the paper.

Letter E, Eyes (5 senses, part 1)

Sing 'Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes'
Read...
I See, You Saw by Nurit Karlin
I Can Read with My Eyes Shut by Dr. Suess
Short "e" and Long "e" Play a game by Jane Belk Moncure
Poem: Eyes by Katrina Lybbert
Some eyes are blue, some eyes are brown,

Eyes can look up, eyes can look down,

Eyes can blink, and wink, and stare,

Come look with me, what's over there?
My eyes see flowers on a hill,

They see a bird with a yellow bill,

Across the road I see a tree,

Among the blossoms sweet, a bee!
I look at you, you look at me,

There are many things that eyes can see,

Can you see all of these things too?

Eyes are important, so true, so true.

Sight word: see

Activity: Have child draw a big circle to be a face. Have them draw two smaller circles to be the eyes. Save this face to add the other body parts.

Activity: Blind fold child and lead them around the yard, talking about how some people can't see

Color E page: http://pbskids.org/sesame/coloring/e.html

Letter D

This first week of preschool I was a little unprepared. I don't think my little guy noticed. Because of Thanksgiving Point's $2 Tuesday in August, I started a week early and stretched this week over 2 weeks to give me more time to prepare for the next lesson. My little guy loves me to read him books, so I check picture books out from the library as a huge part of my curriculum. A website I refer to is: http://letteroftheweek.com/ Each day we talk about what day of the week it is and what the weather is like outside to start off preschool.



Tuesday: Dinosaur musuem (1 hr-hey, it was crowded)



Thursday: (Less than 1/2 hr)

Read: My "d" Sound Box by Jane Belk Moncure (We love these books)

Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff

Albert Goes Hollywood by Henry Schwartz

Make "D" shape out of blocks

Color "D" coloring page found at: http://pbskids.org/sesame/coloring/d.html



Tuesday:

Read: My "d" Sound box again

Archie the Ugly Dinosaur by M. Christina Butler

ABC T-Rex by Bernard Most

Make "D" shaped sugar cookies (or leftover uncooked pie crust) with cookie cutters

(could use playdough, rolling it into snakes)



Thursday:

Read: My "d" Sound box again

A Dinosaur named after me by Bernard Most

Dawdle Duckling by Toni Buzzeo

Sing "6 little Ducks"

Write "D" page found at: http://www.beginningreading.com/Alphabet_lDd.gif