Monday, April 20, 2020

Pig Pancakes and Pudding

If you give a pig a pancake,

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he’s going to want to make some himself...

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Check out the Melissa & Doug Pancake set here.

and read books about pigs, especially doing the same things the pigs do.

If You Give a Pig a Pancake book

Babe, the Sheep Pig: Oops, Pig! book Oh, What a Mess! book

We played piano,

Grab the hilarious Potty Piano here.

put money in the piggy bank,

put stamps on postcards for Mommy’s students,

played with pigs on the farm,

did a virtual farm trip,

and watched Charlotte’s Web.

We tried to make pig mud with finger paint (my kid hates to get dirty) and then ate chocolate "pig" pudding for dessert.

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Watch “Alley Oh” - the pirate version of The Three Little Pigs (my son loves it)

If You Give a Pig a Pancake video

Jim Gaffigan “Bacon” - my kid laughs so hard!

Snag this P is for Pig Do-a-Dot printable.

Saturday, April 18, 2020

Going on a Bear Hunt?

We’re going on a bear hunt... because today’s the day the teddy bears have their picnic!

We found them hiding in a cave with our binoculars,

did a bear puzzle,

Melissa & Doug Basic Skills puzzle

and used our new picnic table for lunch.

We're Going on a Bear Hunt:

Teddy Bear Picnic video and song

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Turn Around video and song

B is for bear printable

B is for bear uppercase and lowercase Do-a-Dot maze printable

Friday, April 17, 2020

Frog Fun Friday

Frog Fun Friday!

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We used foam insect stickers, which my son called "phone stickers" - hence the prop he carried! Mine are quite old, so you can use these foam insect stickers to make your own art or game.

As always, we did Do a Dot F with the paint markers and fuzzy pom poms since he loves them so much!

We read frog books like The Very Funny Frog

(Here's a video if you don't want to purchase it.)

and Frog Gets Lost,

and played Alphabet Bug Splat with our Eric Carle friends from his Busy Book.

Grab some fly swatters at your local dollar store and print out some bug alphabet cards.

We also took a rainy day stroll to the lake we live at to look for frogs. Then we hopped to Five Little Speckled Frogs

and participated in Frank the Frog Cosmic Yoga.

Here are some frog facts we learned.

We also took a virtual field trip to meet frogs and other amphibians.

This Mr. Mouth Feed the Frog game looks like so much fun! You can practice counting, colors, and eye-hand contact.

I personally loved these jumping frogs as a kid.

Like this post? Check other others about ducks and gardening, too!

Friday, April 3, 2020

New Jersey and Federal Legislature

Is your class learning about the New Jersey or federal legislative branches? Check out these free Google Docs! The legislators are accurate for NJ as of April 2020.

Click here to download. Just click "File" ---> "Make a Copy" and then edit the document as needed.

If you're doing remote learning like my class, consider removing the answer key before sharing! I have given differentiated options in the directions for you to print and have students write the answers in the chart, print and have the kids cut and paste their answers into the chart, or for students to copy and paste the words from the word box into the chart.