R is for Reading Time

R is for Rings in Rainbow Rice

Digging. Finding.


Sorting. Counting.

R is for [Stamped] Rainbow [A Journal Page Idea]

R is for Rainbow Fruit Loop Snack

My rainbow template can be found HERE.

U is for Umbrellas in our Snack

U is for Up! [Bird Balloons]

You will need:
Helium Balloon
Coffee Filter
Paint and Paint Brush
White Paper
Black Crayon/Marker
Orange Construction Paper
Glue Dots

You [your preschooler] will do:
Paint the outside edges of your coffee filter. [In the picture above I used 2 coffee filters. One for each bird wing. It proved to be too heavy to fly, when painted by a preschooler:) I ended up having each of my preschoolers paint one filter, and then cutting it in half. As shown below. I actually think it looks better!]
Cut out two white circles for the eyes, and color a black circle in the center of each eye.
Draw a diamond on a small piece of orange construction paper and cut it out, for the beak. Fold the beak in half.
Attach all parts to the balloon using glue dots!








I prepped my classes the day before the bird balloon release, excitedly letting them know that we were making the birds because there was a bird party in the sky, and we were going to send them to it! We wouldn't be taking our balloons home to our houses, but I assured them that I would take a picture of each of them with their bird to put in their special book [journal] and they would keep their picture forever.

They were all pretty darn excited about sending their birds to the party in the sky! ;)

*This idea was shared with Miss Morgan by Miss Laura! Miss Laura saw our U is for Up idea, and took it to a whole new level! She rocks. Thanks for sharing with us Miss Laura!

U the Pup and his family.

G is for Greedy Graham

A Cautionary Tale
And one of our favorites. Especially during Letter Gg Week.

G is for Green Gumball Painting!

You will need:
Paper
Green Gumballs
Green Glue (We always make ours!)
A tray of some sort. (I use a 11x7 baking pan, I like the high sides!)

You[Your Preschooler] will do:
Place your paper in your tray/pan.
Dab some glue on your paper.
Roll your Gumballs through the paint!

G is for Green. And, G is for Glue!

It's simple really.

All you need is a bottle of glue, some green food coloring, and some paper.



Take turns shaking the glue bottle during circle time, while you read a story out loud.


Try not to get the food coloring all over your hands.


Then "Draw" a picture with your G-reen G-lue!


I used black construction paper with my first class. It worked okay for some, not so okay for others.


So, the next day I swapped out the black paper for white.


Happy green Gluing!