F is for Flag!

We say the pledge every morning . . . so here's a recording of the kiddos 

reciting it (totally on their own in honor of F week. 

C is for Cookie Monster!

When talking about the Letter C today, I kept having kids tell me . . . 

"C is for Cookie Monster!"

So, for their at home viewing pleasure . . . 

Here is Cookie Monster's C is for Cookie!

Q is for QUIET

Who better than Elmo and Kermit to explain Quiet vs Loud?

Yellow Yodeling Yak

In honor of Y week, we bring you . . .

YELLOW YODELING YAK by Cliff Hanger

Share this with your child, it'll make them laugh!

Just in time for Yellow Yarn Yaks!

Uppercase/Lowercase video

The concept of upper and lower case letters can be kind of confusing.

"I thought this was B . . . "

"well . . .and so is this b, but not this d."

 Up to this point in a child's life, they have been learning very concrete concepts like a shoe is a shoe regardless of where it is or what direction it faces.  Even a triangle is still a triangle no matter which way it goes.  

Now letters come into play . . . They have to grasp that a B can have two totally different looks, but is no longer a b if it flips to look like this d . . . and that is confusing!

I found this fun elvis-style video from Between the Lions that would be fun to use when helping a child understand this concept.  

Have fun. . . you might just find yourself singing along!

Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!

Each day when the kids arrive at school, they have a variety of centers set up to visit.  Here are todays most popular bug themed ones . . .


Our sensory exploration center came out today filled with wheat and . . . BIG bugs!

This is just a large rubbermaid container filled with wheat and different objects for the kids to explore with.  The kids LOVE digging through this stuff!

We also had this simple fine motor center . . .

The goal was to fill the line with flowers for each bug to visit.  If you want to use this at home . . . simply print the file below (I like to print activities like this on cardstock and then put in plastic sheet protectors . . . this makes it easy to store in a binder).  I used flower beads I found cheap at wal-mart, but you could also use stickers.

Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!