Letter N

Some of today's letter Nn activities . . . 

No Noise . . . 

Lots of Noise!

This picture makes me laugh . . . a perfect peak into the fun we have!

  These boys are having a very animated discussion about 

exactly where Santa Clause lives in this Atlas. 

It was pretty funny :)

Creating Noodle Art . . . 

Noisy blocks and cars . . . 

Nifty Newspaper Nines for our Me Books . . . 

A Number game center . . . 

Looks like Letter N is Nifty, Nice and Neat! :)

N is for Nest!

Nn is for neat, nifty nests!

We watched birds making nests and eggs hatching on youtube . . . 

then--POOF! We became birds and went outside to gather supplies for OUR nests!

Back inside we were hard at work . . .

 (Tip--if doing something like this--the glue won't hold everything to the paper.  Finish the final project by covering it with clear contact paper :) ).

After all that hard work, we were HUNGRY birds.  Check out this adorable snack provided by a parent . . .

Yep, nests are not only nifty and nice but DELICIOUS! :)

N is for Nursery Rhymes

As part of our Letter N week, our preschool theme today was Nursery Rhymes and Numbers.  Here is an activity that was a huge hit!

Jack Be Nimble

After comparing sizes amongst a variety of candles and ordering them from smallest to largest,

The kids lined up . . .

Then took turns jumping over the candles! We started with the smallest and when everyone had a chance to jump over that, moved to the next candle.  We did this until everyone had a chance.  For each jumper, we chanted the following nursery rhyme:

Jack be nimble.

Jack be quick.

Jack jump over the candlestick!

Make it lively,

make it quick,

But don't knock over the candlestick!

The kids absolutely loved this! And they showed some pretty sweet jumping skills . . . 

A super fun preschool nursery rhyme activity that you could easily do at home!

We're Nuts about Nifty N!

For our first day learning about the Letter Nn,

we focused on Nuts . . . and you can't talk about nuts without talking about PEANUTS . . .

and if you are going to talk about peanuts . . .

you'll end up talking about PEANUT BUTTER . . .

and if you talk about peanut butter . . .

you'll want to make  . . .

Nifty & Nice Chocolate Chip PeaNUT Butter Cookies!!

I really enjoy cooking with the kids.  They LOVE matching numbers from the recipe with the numbers on the measuring cup, counting scoops, smelling each ingredient and watching it transform from powder to slim to something delicious!

And the most fun of all?

Smelling and Tasting them fresh out of the oven!!

As one little boy told me today,

"Hey! We're good cooks!"