Week 19: Day 2 Winter Sensory Fun

 Sensory bin:

Winter theme-  White epson salt & clear jewels

Sensory bins are addictive.  The more do, the more you want to do.  You'll be walking down the isles at the store and everything will give you a new sensory bin idea.  This one was really easy and not messy.  I just place a large sheet under the girls and let them go.  Afterwards I just take my sheet outside and shake it off.  So easy.

Fluttershy is really into counting.  Which I find interesting since she just barely turned 2.
The jewels were her counting tools. she didn't play much with the espon salt this time but was more focused on the jewels.

 This weather was been wonderful. 

I know the girls have their coats on, but it was more like jacket weather. 

I just couldn't find their jackets. 

Day 2:

Calendar Activity 
 http://www.starfall.com/n/holiday/calendar/load.htm?f&n=main

Read Books
Read Words
Information-
 First & last name
- Phone number
- How to dial the phone and correctly answer it
 Full address

letter writing practice-  Q
Number writing practice- 1
Writing Skills-             circles
Coloring-  Wise men coloring page
Math -  Counting worksheet
Opposite Character Traits
Discuss various character traits learned during the past seventeen weeks.  Focus on the positive and negative aspects of each.
Scissors-  curved lines

Art- Snowman Necklace or Ornament Make a snowman that you can wear as a necklace or use as an ornament.

SUPPLIES NEEDED:

• White glue (like Elmer's glue)
• Paper clip
• Waxed paper
• Scraps of construction paper: black, and orange
• A hole punch (for cutting eyes, and buttons)
• Scissors
• Googly eyes (from a craft store) - optional
• Tiny buttons - optional
• 2 very tiny twigs (for arms)
• String or yarn (for hanging it)

Working on waxed paper, spread 2 or 3 blobs of white glue in the shape of a snowman. Unfold a paper clip into a V-shape (to use as a hanger).

Cut a tiny hat from black construction paper and put it on the snowman on top of the paper clip hanger. Put the ends of the paper clip into the glue at the top of the snowman. For the snowman's eyes, use black paper circles cut with a hole punch, or use googly eyes. Put the eyes on the snowman. Add a tiny orange (carrot-shaped) nose. Add a few paper buttons (or small real buttons) down the front of the body.

Let the glue dry - it will take a few days. When it dries, the glue will become transparent. When it is completely dry, peel it gently off the waxed paper. String the snowman on some yarn for a cool necklace or use a shorter string to use as an ornament.

Spatial:  turtle

Worksheets for today's lesson:

http://www.abcjesuslovesme.com/documents/drawingcircularlines  

http://www.first-school.ws/t/alpha1/q.htm   

http://www.first-school.ws/t/numbers/worksheets/one-1.htm

http://www.positivelyautism.com/downloads/cutting03_curvedlines.pdf   

http://www.tlsbooks.com/happyturtleangryturtle.pdf


 
 

Sensory beads

Sensory Play

Week 19: Day1

Day 1

Read Books: 20 minutes a day

Read Words-  Words from I See Sam books

Letters – Use large letter (foam)

Math – Counting worksheet

Colors- Green worksheet

Writing Skills- circles

Review Shapes – color shapes

Play-  Going on a Long Trip (Source unknown)
Have the child repeat each line after you.

We're going on a long trip (pretend to ride a camel)
Do you see that shining star? (point to the sky)
Saddle up your camels (pretend to ride a camel)
Because we are going very far (place hand at forehead to look off)

We're going on a long trip (pretend to ride a camel)
Look!  The star is overhead (point to the sky)
I see the sweet, baby Jesus (pretend to rock a baby)
In the manger as His bed (place hands on side of head like asleep)

We've come from a long trip (pretend to ride a camel)
The star showed us the way (point to the sky)
To worship our true Savior (hands in prayer)
And, I'll praise Him every day (hands lifted in the air)

Information-  

First & last name
- Phone number
- How to dial the phone and correctly answer it
- Full address

Visual Perception Activity-  Stack blocks in a pattern and have them copy it.

 Foam Letter fun.  Rarity at the age of 2 (as of last month) already knows the name of all the letters as well as the sounds they make. She loves playing with the foam letters.

 Math: Counting worksheet

 Pre writing skills:  Practicing circles

I let Rarity color, but she had more fun opening and closing the crayon container.  Filling and emptying the crayon. 

 Fluttershy is getting better at writing control.

Visual Perception Activity-  Stack blocks in a pattern and have them copy it.

 After Preschool today I asked Fluttershy what she wanted to do.  She picked puppets. 

Worksheets to print for today's lesson.  

http://www.tlsbooks.com/countingtofiveworksheets.pdf 

http://www.kidslearningstation.com/colors/recognize-color-green.asp   

http://www.abcjesuslovesme.com/documents/drawingcircularlines 

http://www.tlsbooks.com/primarycolorshapes.pdf

For a printable form of this lesson use this link: Lesson 19

Walking in a spring wonderland?

 Notice anything missing?  Maybe snow?  It's January and we don't have any snow.  Usually by now we should have many, many inches.  The ground is dry.  Weird. 

 The girls weren't complaining though.  Today gave us a chance to try out the new playground the girls have been begging to try.  Sure we had coats on, but it was really nice. 

Water Beads

Sensory Fun

We've discovered sensory tubs and are hooked.  

Today we discovered Water beads.  Thank you playathomemom3 for introducing us to these amazing polymers.  I think my husband and I had as much fun with these as the kiddos did.  I wish we had a marble run to put these down.  That would have been added fun. 

Before soaking

After soaking 6 hours in water

Waiting to see what happens

These are amazing over light. 

These have been the funnest sensory tub we've done yet.

Turn out the light and see them glow over the lights.

These were so much fun that we'll be doing this again soon.  They were slimy, squishy, bouncy, and looked amazing over the lights. We found these at Walmart in the craft department by the silk flowers. 

Light Table

 
Sensory play:

 Colored Epson salt

Supplies:  

Bowl (just to look cool)

Epson salt

Food coloring

Zip lock baggies

We used Neon food coloring for the fun colors it makes.  

Pour salt into baggies and add 10 or so drops of food coloring and shake, shake, shake.

 We made this light table for added fun.  Here is where I got the light table idea from:  Light table. 

The light table is so much fun.  We'll be using this for many of the sensory activities in the future. 

 My girls loved this activity. The sensory play has been a fun new thing that I have added into the preschool play and lessons that we'll be doing every week.  After we were done playing and had washed our hands I found that it made our hands really soft. 

An added bonus to our fun today. 

Happy New Year

I love starting the new year.  My goal this year is to have more fun with my girls and with their school. 

We'll be doing more: 

1. Hands on sensory tubs 
2. Messy play 
3. Art
4. Crafts 
5. Experiments

I'm going to change my schooling format to include more of these.  Fluttershy is learning so well and her sister is following close behind copying everything her she does.  

 

This will be a great year!  I'm so excited to share with you all our fun and hope you can use the ideas to have fun too. Starting tomorrow we'll be back into the swing of things as requested by my 4 year old.  She's has so much fun playing in school that she's been waiting to get backing in to preschool.