H is for Home

We read some great books about building a home and then we turned a box into a house. I let him paint it inside and out and design where the windows and doors go. We also read "Hermit Crab finds a Home" by Eric Carle. We talked about different kinds of homes and what homes animals live in. Then we looked through magazines to find animals and their homes.

Another great book is the "Napping House" by Audrey Wood.

S is for stars

Check out amazingmess.com Sept or Oct 2010 archives for this cute star craft

St Patrick's Day

http://www.amazingmess.com/2010_03_01_archive.html

K is for Kite

http://www.amazingmess.com/2010_04_01_archive.html

http://www.amazingmess.com/2010/04/fraction-kite.html

R is for rain

http://www.amazingmess.com/2010_04_01_archive.html

B is for butterfly/ C is for caterpillar

http://www.amazingmess.com/2010_05_01_archive.html

Cute caterpillar and butterfly preschool ideas!

S is for strawberries

More great ideas for strawberries in June 2010 archives: http://www.amazingmess.com/2010_06_01_archive.html

S is for shadow and sundial

http://www.amazingmess.com/2010_06_01_archive.html

She has lots of fun ideas in June 2010 archives including making a sundial.

Cereal Box Workbooks

http://www.amazingmess.com/2010/07/cereal-box-workbook.html

I thought these were a great idea for summertime and preschool general learning.

the letter G

We traced the letter g with glitter and then read "Stanley Mows the Lawn" by Craig Frazier a great book with lots of green and grass. Then we made a capitol G colored it green and glued grass on it (leftover from Easter baskets).

Another fun book with G words are "Go, Go Gorillas" by Julia Durango.

H activities

http://homeschoolcreations.blogspot.com/2009/02/preschool-corner-letter-h.html

"The Hippo-NOT-amus" by Tony and Jan Payne was such a great book. We all loved it! We read this and then did some hippo crafts found on the www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com website.

We also did H for hand and read "Parts" by Ted Arnold. Then we traced his hands and talked about all the things our hands can do.

Glitter Guitar

http://homeschoolcreations.blogspot.com/2009/01/preschool-corner-letter-g.html

G is for giraffe

http://www.first-school.ws/activities/animals/wild/giraffe.htm

http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/category/giraffes

A fun book about giraffes is "Giraffes can't dance" by Giles Andreae

G is for grow

http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/category/growth-chart


We talked about how all living things grow. We looked at baby books and pictures to see how he's grown. Then we planted a seed and watched it grow over the week. Some good books we read were: "I'm Growing" by Aliki, "Now I'm Big" by Margaret Miller and "Growing Like Me" by Anne Rockwell.

F letters

http://totallytots.blogspot.com/2010/07/now-i-know-my-abcs-f-is-for-fish.html

http://totallytots.blogspot.com/2009/12/now-i-know-my-abcs-f-is-for-fox.html