Under Where?

Theme:  Letter U
Letter U has two sounds.  We choose some pictures of U words from underneath an umbrella.  We decided if it made the short or long U sound and then put it in the right place on our board.  We love making the short U sound.  Some of our focus words included:  uniform, unicorn, up, under, underwear, Utah...

Choosing Time:  Unicorns, a Unique collection of toys, Dress-Ups, Utah Puzzle, Elevator Up game, Letter U Memory...

Music & Movement:

• London Bridges
• A Very Merry Un-Birthday
• Tiny Turtle
• Ukelele Playing
• When You're Up, You're Up
• You are my Sunshine
• ABC

Games:

• Keep the Balloon Up
• Pin the Horn on the Unicorn
• Who is Hiding Under the Umbrella?

Snacks:

• "Ugly" yet yummy creations with cream cheese, crackers, craisins, and mini m&m's
• Popcorn & Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
• "Underground" Worms in Mud Cups

Art:

• Umbrella Fun
• Balloon Painting

Writing:  We practiced letter U/u

Vocabulary:  In one of our songs we sing the word, neither, one of the kiddos wanted to know what that meant.  We've had fun trying to give examples of either and neither :)
 

Reading:  We practiced listening for the letter U sounds in words.  We told if we heard U sounds in the beginning, middle, or end of words.

Un-Birthday Party:  We thought about what kinds of activities happen at birthday parties:  games, balloons, treats, and prizes.  We played games, had balloons, ate treats, and had prizes.  It was successful!

Books: My Umbrella is Up,

 

Turtles & Tortoises

Theme:  Letter T
Letter T is fun to make and it has a fun sound to say.  We took turns pulling off "tulips" off of our Temple poster.  Each Tulip had an idea for a fun T activity. Some of our focus words included:  turtle, two, ten, tin, tent, turkey, twist, tiptoe, touch, taste, tongue, tiny...

Choosing Time:  Trains, Turtles, Tracing Puzzle Pieces

Show & Tell:

 Tea Set

 Tiger

 Turtle

Sea Turtle

Snacks:

• Tasty Painted Toast--Each kiddo was able to paint a piece of bread with red, blue, and yellow milk paint and then we toasted it, Yum!

Art:

• Turtles
• Triangle Collage

Science:  We compared turtles and tortoises.  We had a tortoise come and visit.

Games:

• Touch & Taste:  I put several marbles and peanut M&M's in a bag.  One at a time a child put his hand into the bag to attempt at pulling out an M&M instead of a marble.  Even if a marble was chosen, each kiddo got an M&M to eat.

Music & Movement:

• Tiny Turtle
• Twisty and twirling T's
• Tiptoe 
• Sesame Street's "Plain White T's"

 Writing:  We traced S/s's and Wrote T's

Video Clip:  Cookie Monster Introduces Letter "T"

Books:

a book about seeing through touch

Feeling Lucky

Theme:  St. Patrick's Day Party

Snack:  Green Smoothies & Green Rice Krispy Treats

Games:

• Building Leprechauns
• Build a Rainbow/Jump over the rainbow
• A Leprechaun played a trick on us and left some Chocolate Gold Coins for us

Art:

• Shamrock Shakers
• Hot Rocks

Books: