Letter J

So this week we spent a lot of time over at Confessions of a Homeschooler.    I also tried to plan some science activities that introduced the 5 senses.  We got through a few of them.  (The plans of those are on the downloaded version below)

Lesson Plan for J week (click to download the editable word doc)

Our Weekly Plan

   Letter-   j                                     Math- count to 20

	Monday	Wednesday	Friday
Breakfast	oatmeal	Cereal	Oatmeal
Centers	puzzles	Pom pom magnets on Jelly Bean page	Put # cards in order
Bible Story/Verse	Awanas	Awanas	Awanas
Letter of the  week	-J for jelly bean! -Capital and lower case sorting -Handwriting practice	-J tracing practice -J for jellyfish	-J for jaguars -Fill a box with things that begin with j that you find around the house
Fine motor	Cutting practice	Place correct # of clothes pins on the jelly bean # card	Jelly bean lacing
Story time	Books about jungle	Books about jumping	Other j books
Art	Golf ball painting Pg 111 of first art	Jelly fish in a bottle	Sun catcher
Math	Jelly bean sorting	Jelly bean graphing	Jesus pattern
PE	J jumping	Number Hopscotch	Jump rope!
Science	Touch/see	Smell/sound	taste
Music	Drum to the beat	Dancing time!	Singing time!
Color time	Jelly bean coloring	J is for Jesus coloring	Jaguar coloring page

                                                         

               

	Tuesday	Thursday
Activity 1	Animal sorting	Pom poms in an ice cube tray
Activity 2	Sort pom poms (yellow and blue)	Triangles- find some around the house
Color time	Coloring books	Coloring books

J is for Jelly Fish!

(Wednesday)- Make a jellyfish

J is for Jelly Beans!

(Friday)- Jelly bean lacing 

(Monday)- Jelly Bean coloring 

(Wednesday) - Jelly bean graphing (Love this activity!  It did take some self control not to each the jelly beans but my little guy had so much fun with it and wanted to do it over and over!)

(Monday)- capital and lower case sorting

(Monday)- jelly bean cutting!

(Monday)- J for jelly beans!  My 18 month old was having a hard time not eating the jelly beans... she would glue them on then pop them right in her mouth... glue and all!  Maybe an activity I would recommend for 2 and up!

(Wednesday)- Pom pom jelly beans

(Wednesday)- Jelly bean Number matching (LOVED this activity!  I did have to assist at first until he got the hang of it.)

(Wednesday) Jelly bean hopscotch- Not sure I would have done this activity if I really thought it through.  I took 10 pages of to color copy and then laminate.  That's like $2 for this activity.  I probably would have skipped it if I thought it through.  

J is for Jaguar!

(Friday)- Color page- Jaguar

J is for Jesus- 

(Monday)- Prewriting page

(Friday)- Pattern page

J is for Jumping!

(Monday)- Jumping on letter j's! They had SOO much fun with this!  Oh my word... like 45 minutes of straight jumping!  They had great naps that day!

Other J activities

Starfall

Center time

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Letter R week- Lesson Plan

I am so excited about this Rr week that we have planned.  It might need to be modified a little for girls since a lot of the week will consist of robots, rockets, and racing.  We did throw in lots of rainbow activities too though so there should be something for all!

How to decode our weekly plan- 

(2)- Things I have planned for my two year old
(4)- Things I have planned for my four year old

Yellow- Things to print out (some black and white that students will either cut or color, and some color printed items that I have laminated and ready to use year after year)

Green- Activities that will need some prep time or prep materials.  


My Rr Pinterest board

Our Rr Lesson Plan (complete with project pictures)

Our Weekly Plan- Letter Rr

PRESCHOOL	Monday (robot)	Tuesday (rainbows)	Wednesday (rainbow cont.)	Thursday (racing/other)	Friday (rocket)
Centers		Cutting (pg 15)
Letter of the  week	(2)- Handwriting (pg 3) (4) - Handwriting (4, 5)	-R rainbow	(2) - Prewriting (pg 3) (4)  shapes (pg 4)	-r for racing -Create race tracks from pool noodle	- play with rocket launcher outside
Story time	The Robot	Painting a Rainbow	What Makes a Rainbow		Little Rockets special star
Art	Make foil robots	Make a Rainbow Chain	Rainbow circles	Make a plate raccoon	Rocket craft
Math	(4) fractions- (Pg 8-10) (2) size sorting (11-12)	Sorting and counting rainbow goldfish	Rainbow with fruit loops (count them)	Robot number words with clothes pins (13-14)	Make a rocket
Color time	Color the r bolts (Pg 13 pack2)	Rainbow (pg 9)	Rainbow color page	Race car color page	Rocket online coloring
Food		Rainbow jello

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Letter P week- Lesson Plan

One of my nesting goals is to not only update this blog, but get the entire year planned out for next school year.  My 4 year old will be in preschool 3 days a week and I will have my 2 year old and newborn to focus on those days.  I am still planning on doing "preschool" with the 4 year old in the afternoons when he is home so my plans will usually have a (2) for 2 year old activity and (4) for 4 year old activities.  These plans that I have are just that... plans.  We don't always get to the things that I planned and we don't always stick to doing things on the days that I have them scheduled for. If I don't have a plan, we end up spending the entire day sitting around or running errands just to have something to do.  I'd rather be proactive and if we don't get to something... oh well.  Over the next week or so, I will be posting my lesson plans for the next year.  I have tried to somewhat color code things so that it is easier when coming back to it several months later.

Yellow- Things to print out (some black and white that students will either cut or color, and some color printed items that I have laminated and ready to use year after year)

Green- Activities that will need some prep time or prep materials.  I have tried to include pictures of those crafts on the bottom of the lesson plan since I am a visual person and would rather see a picture of a pig plate painted pink with an egg carton nose than the words "pig craft".  It's just easier for me that way...

I have also been spending a ridiculous amount of time on pinterest and I have boards for most letters of the alphabet.  I will provide a link to that at the bottom of each lesson.  Most of the activities on my lessons are pinned on pinterest and I also have other activities and crafts I think are cute, but couldn't find the time to fit them into our week.

As always, PLEASE feel free to comment below with other links or activities!!

Here is our P week- Click for the editable word doc

Our Weekly Plan- Letter Pp

PRESCHOOL	Monday (Penguin)	Tuesday (popcorn, piano, pig)	Wednesday (pirate/princess)	Thursday (panda)	Friday (puppy)
Centers	Penguin color page/handwriting practice	Piano playing	Dress as pirates and princesses Pirate graphing	Puzzles Mr. potato head	(2) Pg 14 pom activity (4) cutting pg 21
Letter of the  week	P is for penguin Penguin dot to dot	p is for popcorn (glue popcorn to the letter p)	Which one is different 2 yr old- shadows	Pocka dot p	(2) Pg 15-17 prewriting (4) Spelling chips- Puppy (pg 3-6)
Story time	Penguin dreams Penguin Penguins penguins, everywhere	The popcorn book The popcorn dragon Grunt	Pinkalicous On a pirate ship	Dinner at the Panda Palace Panda Bear, Panda Bear, what do you see? Panda in the park	Biscuit books
Art	Penguin foot prints	P is for pig	Playdough	Paper Plate Panda
Math	Penguin size sorting	P for piano	Pirate patterns, size sorting ect..		Pg 11 patterns
Color time	Penguin coloring	Pig coloring page	Princess Pirate	Panda coloring page	Puppy (pg 23)
Food		Popcorn		pancakes

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