Apples

This Week

Theme: Apples

Letter: A

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Monday:

Puzzles during warm-up/set-up time!
Introduce apple theme!
Apples Pre-Writing (Grey)
Shapes/Colors Flashcards
Which is Different?
Apple Matching Game (Tot Pack)
Youtube videos about phonics, counting, and apples!

Tuesday:

Puzzles during warm-up/set-up time!
Apples Pre-Writing
Animal Flash Cards
Apple Size Sort
Apple Shape Puzzles (Tot Pack)
Youtube videos about phonics, counting, and apples!

Wednesday:

Puzzles during warm-up/set-up time!
A Handwriting Sheet
Shapes/Colors Flashcards
A is for Apple Dot Sheet
Apple Size Sequencing (Tot Pack)
Youtube videos about phonics, counting, and apples!

Thursday:

Puzzles during warm-up/set-up time!
Apple Pattern Cards
Animal Flash Cards
A Apple Puzzle and Lacing Card
Apple Maze
Youtube videos about phonics, counting, and apples!

Friday:
Puzzles during warm-up/set-up time!
Apple 1st, 2nd, 3rd Sequencing Activity
Fun Friday Activity: Apple Stamping
Youtube videos about phonics, counting, and apples!

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Around the Farm

This Week

Theme: Around the Farm

Letter: F

Source

Monday:

Labor Day! No School

Tuesday:

First Day of School!
Basic intro to school. Puzzles, animal flash cards, Doc McStuffins matching card game, books, and phonics videos on YouTube.
Intro lesson to the same/different.

Wednesday:

Introduce farm theme!
Puzzles for warm up/set-up time.
Farm Pre-Writing Practice (2 pages)
Read 2-3 books.
Which One Is Different? sheet
Farmer "F" Sheet
Youtube videos about phonics, counting, and the farm!

Thursday:

Puzzles on the tablets for warm-up/set-up time.
You Are Just Write sheet
Animals By Size sequencing activity
Read 2-3 books farm themed or farm related things!
How Many? sheet
Farm Baby Animals Matching Sheet

Youtube videos about phonics, counting, and the farm!

Friday:
Puzzles on the tablets for warm-up/set-up time.
On The Farm Prewriting sheet (3)
Farm Shadows activity
Read 2-3 books.
Which Is Different? sheet

Farm Maze: Fine Motor and Logic Skills

Youtube videos about phonics, counting, and the farm!

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First Day of Preschool At Home!

Today, I introduced preschool at home to my two kids, Aria (3), and J'mon (2.) While they are ALWAYS eager to learn, neither have ever been in a formal learning environment, so I felt it best to start off slowly.

First, we did a couple of puzzles that we have. We love Melissa and Doug wooden puzzles in this house!

Second, we read a few books. Usually, I'll try to incorporate our weekly theme in at least one of the books in some way, but today, I just grabbed three different books to read aloud.

Next, we did some animal flash cards. These flashcards I got for $1 from Target a year ago. They have animals from cats and dogs to kangaroos and koalas! Some of the more exotic and uncommon animals threw them a bit, but these cards a great way to broaden their animal identification spectrum!

Then, we did a short lesson on different and the same. At the same time I picked up those animal flash cards, I also picked up a Doc McStuffins Matching Game. My kids have never played Memory before, so I took this opportunity to teach them, while also teaching them how to tell the difference between a picture of Doc holding Stuffy (her dragon) and Doc carrying her medical bag. Aria picked up on it very quickly, and J'mon followed suit. During the game, we focused on each picture before turning over the second card. I also helped remind them it's a good idea to pay attention to which cards they're turning over so they can make matches. I ended up tying with J'mon for first place. Aria was eager to help both of us find our matches and was a great sport over not winning! I assured her that we'd play again, and I bet she'd win next time! ;-)

Finally, we watched a couple of YouTube videos about phonics (2), animal sounds, and The Wheels on the Bus, because it's one of J'mon's favorites!

Tomorrow begins our first day of a more structured curriculum! I'm excited to reveal our weekly theme to the kids tomorrow, but I'll go ahead and let you know right now that it's All About The Farm! We'll be tracing, cutting, writing, matching, etc. all this week!