Tot Preschool: Letter F

Sweet P is 29.5 mos old

Getting behind on these letters! So I'm going to try and pump these 3 out!

Auntie RoRo was here for all of Letter F and did a few activities with Sweet P while we were in the hospital. We watch videos in the morning while Sweet P eats breakfast. We watch letter videos from Kids123TV. Some of them are good and some I could do without, but she likes them and they are catchy.

Bible Verse: Every good and perfect gift is from above. ~James 1:17

We slacked on our bible stories the week we got home from the hospital so I don't have a bible story from this week.

Activities:

Letter F Fish: This doesn't quite look like a fish, but pretend anyway. Sweet P was sitting across from me so I didn't realize the F was backwards until I went to hang it up. Oh well! She had fun anyway.

COAH's doadot F: Once again we used smiley face stickers for letter F.

F tracing: I can't remember where I got this page. I've had it for awhile and it's been recycled since I took this picture, but she did a pretty good job with the tracing! She also colored each of the pictures one color (as you can see at the bottom).

F is for Firetruck from A Heart for a Home: These are lowercase letters and Sweet P really did a great job with coloring the numbered portions the right color.

DLTK's doadot F: She always does a good job with dotting these in different colors.

F Collage: We had lots of F stuff this week and tons of flower stickers to put on her collage.

Paper Plate Frog: Auntie RoRo found this idea in a video about 5 Little Speckled Frogs. It turned out so cute! (This was done while we were in the hospital).

Other activities: 

Cutting/Tearing/Sorting: This started out as a sorting game with pony beads and star stickers on a strip of card stock (the card stock is what is ripped up). She wasn't super excited about the sorting, but after I showed her a few, she finished the last couple. After that, she ripped each star off the strip and then wanted to use her scissors so this turned into a fun little activity! She also poured pony beads in and out of her two pitchers.

Letter F puzzles: We have a set of these puzzles and I pulled out the 2 that started with letter F (fox and frog). She does great with these and usually wants to do more.

Animal magnets and letters:

"Food" puzzle: She loves this puzzle with the baker on it.

Monster "Face": Auntie RoRo brought this for Sweet P and she had so much fun putting on his face several times. I taped a magnet to the back (our doors are metal) so she could hang it up and the stickers are removable. We updated it this week during H week as well!

Upstairs Shelves:

Melissa & Doug Farm Animal Puzzle

Melissa & Doug Hide n Seek Barn: I couldn't find this online, I found it at a consignment sale last year and Sweet P loves it.

We added to other wooden puzzles when Gammie got into town that she found at Goodwill.

Melissa & Doug Cutting Fruit and Vegetables

Fruit and Vegetable Puzzle from The Iowa Machine Shed: I need to take a picture of this, but this is a really neat puzzle Gammie bought Sweet P when she was here over the summer. It is fruits and veggies that pop out.

We read several library books that started with F during this week and Sweet P and I went to story time while Auntie RoRo stayed home with Baby Brother.

Rice Fireworks

Yes, I do realize that 4th of July was a month ago, but I've been a bit behind on the blogging (if you hadn't noticed). But I'm making up for it now!

We made these fun little creations while Blair was visiting and what fun we had! I think they turned out pretty neat and even though it was pretty messy (aren't all toddler activities messy?), it was a great sensory activity for Sweet P.

The Craft: Rice Fireworks

What you need:
Colored rice
Construction paper
White glue
Paint

I painted one of Sweet P's hands red and the other blue and stamped them 4 times a piece to create the background of the firework (older kids can paint their own hand). Then, I drew one line of a glue at a time and had her sprinkle the rice on top. This worked well, but doing all the glue at once would work as well. We used separate colors, but realized later that the mixed rice looked so much cooler!

Sweet P's is on the bottom, Blair's is on the top and the middle firework was made by Gammie and Blair with leftover rice.

I found several tutorials for colored rice, but found that simply adding food coloring worked best. I added water to the blue and it took too long to dry (we ended up putting it outside where it baked dry in about 2 seconds). I just added food coloring and mixed until the rice was coated for the red.

How to make colored rice:
1/4 cup white rice
3 to 4 drops of food coloring

Mix well until rice is coated. Let dry for several minutes.

Happy 4th of July & MTM

Happy 4th of July from my family to yours! Hope you have a wonderful day full of being outside, enjoying family and watching fireworks! God Bless America!

Flag: Stars - blueberries and shaved coconut, Top stripe-strawberries, White stripe- plain yogurt, Bottom stripe- tomatoes

4th of July Sensory Bucket

I LOVE the 4th of July. It's my absolute favorite holiday. I love the fireworks, the weather (when it doesn't rain), everything about it. This week I decided we'd focus on letter F for flag, fireworks and fourth of July so I made her a red, white and blue sensory bucket.

Here's what's in it:

red, white and blue pom pons

red and blue pegs from our geo board

2 red yarn pom pons

red, white and 2 colors of blue counting hands

F is for fishermen flashcard

letter F from 2 alphabet puzzles

clear aquarium stones

red, white and blue lids

red, white and blue bird clothespins

a few other random things