P's a Plenty

Theme:  Letter P
It is truly impressive to consider all the words that begin with "P".  Some of our focus words included pumpkin, pirate, parrot, puzzle, pink, purple, prince, princess, put, pig, pen, pencil, purse, pot, puppy, pop, popcorn, & pan.  I took a teapot and let the children choose one "P" item from my pocket to place into the pot.  We then did an activity to go with the item.

Choosing Time:  Puzzles, Pirates, Puppets, Pop-up Pete, Piano ...........

Show & Tell:

 Princess Pink Shoes

 Pig Pen

 Piggy Bank

Popcorn

 Pirate sword

Snacks:

• Popcorn
• Princess Pretzels & Cheese Pieces

Music & Movement:

• P-O-P-C-O-R-N
• Pop Goes the Weasel
• Popcorn Popping
• Pizza Hut
• I'd Like to Be a Pepperoni Pizza 
• Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater
• Little Jack Horner
• This Little Piggy
• Peas Porridge Hot

Games:

• Popcorn, popcorn, who has the popcorn?
• Letter P Memory
• Penny Toss

Writing:

• we practiced making P with popcorn
• we sounded out some simple "P" words and then wrote them (up, pup, pop, pig)

Art:

• Pirate Shrinky Dinks--using colored Pencils
• Painting

Books:
 

lots of love

Theme:  Valentines

Choosing Time:  Heart Links, Heart Play Dough, Little People Village,....


Music & Movement:

• Love Somebody
• Skidamarinky-dinky-dink
• Hi, my name is O

Science:

• We made crystal hearts with Borax soap & boiling water
• "Love Potion" by combining red & blue gatorade

Snacks:

• Heart Brownie & grapes
• Clementines, almonds, & 
• Orange Slices & Crackers

Games:

• Don't Eat Val!
• Valentine Bingo
• Valentine Memory

Art:

• Raining Hearts
• Owl Heart Treat Bags
• Painted Heart Doilies 
• Love Bug Names

Books:

 

Oh!

Theme:  Letter O
We took turns "fishing" for O's.  Some of our target words included on, over, ocean, & octopus.
Letter O has two sounds.  We had a lot of fun making both sounds.  We identified different O shaped objects.  We observed that a circle and a zero are O-shaped.

Choosing Time:  Ocean Puzzles, Ocean creatures, Shells, Octagon builders, Linking Shapes, Ocean finger puppets,...

Science:  We learned some interesting facts about Octopi. Did you know that they can change colors?  Or that if they lose an arm they will grow it back?  Octopi can squirt black ink at predators.  They are good swimmers.  Each of their 8 arms have suckers on the bottom.  "Octopuses" is another acceptable plural of octopus.  

Games:

• ABSeas Fishing Game
• Letter O Memory

Art:

• Bubble Painting with ocean creature stickers
• Assorted O-shaped objects painting
• Groundhog puppets

Snacks:

• Oranges & O-shaped crackers
• Granola Bars &  Oval shaped Grapes
• Popcorn & Cheese sticks

Show & Tell:
sadlly, i think i lost these cute pics...sorry!

Music & Movement:

• Hi, My Name is O
• The O song
• 5 Octopuses
• If All the Raindrops Were Lemon-drops & Gumdrops 
• Ring Around the Rosie
• "Sally" Goes Round the Sun
• Here's a Little Groundhog

Books:
5 Little Octopuses Swimming in the Sea
What is in the Ocean?