E is for elephant

We made a letter E into an elephant, read lots of great elephant books and made a handprint elephant. Some good books are: "Elephant on my Roof" by Erin Harris and "Half of an Elephant" by Gusti.

F is for Fall

I love Fall! And there are so many things to do with the theme of Fall! A great book about trees and fall is "Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf" by Lois Ehlert.



Pumpkin Pie Playdough from http://gironlife.blogspot.com/

F is for float

Disney Winnie the Pooh book called "Does it Float?" talks about things that float. Then you can have an experiment to see what things do float and write down your findings. We tested all different things at our neighborhood pond. We also made a raft out of popsicle sticks and floated all over the pond.

E is for Earth

Some good books for this subject are: Ecomazes by Roxie Munro, The Whole Green World by Johnston. We made a lowercase e to look like the earth but coloring it green and blue (http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/category/lowercase-e). We also made an earth out of a styrofoam ball. And made a collage of all the beauties of the earth we are thankful for.

More earth day ideas can be found here: http://www.thecraftycrow.net/2010/04/earth-day-crafts-treats-roundup.html

F is for Fish

For great games and learning activities that have to do with fish: http://confessionsofahomeschooler.blogspot.com/2009/11/prek-letter-f.html

Some wonderful books I would love to have in our library are:
"Anansi Goes Fishing" retold by Erica Kimmel and "The Rainbow Fish" by Marcus Pfister. Both have great morals and are cute stories with good pictures.

Make a rainbow fish with glitter and aluminum foil. Talk about friendship.

Another idea to go with One Fish, Two Fish : http://www.obseussed.com/2010/08/1-fish-2-fish-interactive-printable.html

B is for Bird

For B we talked about birds. We read some nonfiction and fiction about birds that I got from the library. Then we made this picture using branches from our tree and pictures of birds from a magazine. We also made bird feeders from pinecones. This website has a cute idea for binoculars to go bird watching: http://www.amazingmess.com/2010/11/binocular-craft-for-birdwatching.html

Intro to preschool/alphabet

For our first day of preschool we read some fun alphabet books like "Alphabet Adventure" by Susan Woods. Then we made a cover for our alphabet book that we will be filling up with all the fun crafts we do for each letter. I let my son use my alphabet stamps to decorate the cover. And then we made sugar cookie alphabet cutouts with lots of sprinkles. Fun!