Favorite Educational Sites

So my son learned how to use a mouse on the computer a couple of months ago and he LOVES to play computer games now.  He would play for HOURS if we let him!!  (He has 30 minutes of computer time twice a week as part of his preschool time.)

Here is my featured site this week...

STARFALL- The website that he learned computer skills on first was Starfall .  It goes through each letter sound and uses minimal mouse directions.  (Click the blinking arrow to go to the next page).  I really like this site and actually used it with my 1st graders when I taught way back when.  Another thing that is great about this site is that it is great for all ages and abilities.   I can sit my almost 1 year old on my lap and do all the clicking for her or it has a more advanced section for early independent readers.

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Letter B- Week 2

So I stuck with just one theme when we covered the letter a... Apples.  After completing that week, I didn't really feel like my son got that other things besides apples started with the /a/.  So for the B week, I wanted to have a variety of things that began with the /b/.  The first one being band-aids... 

B is for Band-aid

For this activity, I had my son take his favorite band-aids and place them in between the lines of the B.  (This was great practice for him since he can't really color between the lines yet.)  

B is for Balloon

This was a great review of shape and color activity that my son had to match the shapes inside the balloon and them glue them in the correct place.  I then cut it out for him and he glued it to a blue sheet of construction paper and then used cotton balls as clouds.  

 We also made our own hot air balloon by getting a free balloon from Harris Teeter and then taping string to to it on two sides and then punching holes into a cup and tying the string into the holes.  This was less complicated than it sounds :)  

B is for Butterfly

Click here to print this puzzle 

Butterfly coloring page 

 Butterfly Color Matching

We made leafy butterflies

Capital and Lower case sorting activity

B is for Books!

Each week, I go online and reserve books that focus on the letter of the week at our local library.  That way, they pull all the books for me and I only have to go once a week straight to the reserve section and grab my books.  Searching for books with two little ones isn't very fun for me! I usually try and read at least two or three books a day that coordinate with the activities we are working on.  For example, I checked out three books about buses this week.  I read Jason's Bus ride, then completed the bus activity below, then read the Wheels on the Bus.  Books are also a great way to break up lessons and transition into the next activity. 

Here are a few of my favorites for our B week..

The Baby Goes Beep

Jason's Bus Ride

Bossy Bear

The Seals on the Bus 

The Wheels on the Bus 

I am a Backhoe

My "b" sound book (LOVE THIS ONE!)

The Barefooted Bad tempered Baby Brigade 

Bedtime Bunnies

B is for Building and blocks 

B is for Bus

Go here for directions for this activity

B is for Barn 

Barn

B is for Bee

tracing page

 Letter lacing practice

And we finished off our week eating a BoBerry Biscuit from Bojangles watching a Word World about the letter B!  (When I don't want my son to make a huge mess in the living room while watching tv and eating, I will wheel in my daughters high chair for him!) 

Here are some other things we did during our B week that I didn't capture pictures of... 

Blow Bubbles

Make a boat craft 

Ride a bike

Played with our many Bus toys

Please comment with your link to any other B activities that you can find!

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