Blue Ridge Babies 1, 2, 3: A (Non-babyish) Counting Book

My son and I were perusing the library shelves after story time and we came across a book titled Blue Ridge Babies 1, 2, 3. It had a cute cover and we have been working on addition, subtracting, and counting as well as reading number words, so I decided to look it over. Seeing the cute pictures and words were written in word form meant it went into our large check out pile. When I got it home, it was so much more than a book to read with my preschooler! 

Buy the Book  or watch the  Video

For those of you homeschooling, or teaching PreK-3, this book has so much to offer, including a song! I made a printable activity that I did with my son, and here is what we covered.

Click the images above or here to download.

If I was using this with my fourth grade class, we would locate the Blue Ridge on Google Earth. I'd ask, "Where else might a biome like this be found in America? Where might it be found in the rest of the world?" Then we would make our own books for other biomes.

Snag a free book template by clicking the image below or here. It's editable, so you can share a copy on Google Classroom, via email, or even adapt and print a copy for students to write and draw on.

Learn more about the writing, illustrating, and publishing process this book went through here:

 https://kathytemean.wordpress.com/2021/04/22/book-giveaway-blue-ridge-babies-1-2-3-a-counting-book-by-laura-sperry-gardner/

5 Little Songs

Are you learning about the number 5 or animals? My son has been obsessed with the number 5 songs since he was a little guy. I have compiled his favorites and some printables to go along with them here:

5 Little Monkeys

Do a Dot Marker 5 Monkeys page

5 Little Ducks

Download 5 Little Ducks page here.

5 Little Speckled Frogs

Download 5 Little Speckled Frogs page here.

5 Little Birds

Download 5 Little Birds page here.

5 Little Lions

Download 5 Little Lions page here.

5 Little Fish

Download 5 Little Fish page here.

5 Little Sharks 

Download 5 Little Sharks page here.

5 Little Witches

Download the 5 Little Halloween printables here.

5 Little Pumpkins

Download the 5 Little Halloween printables here.

5 Little Skeletons

Download the 5 Little Halloween printables here.

5 Little Ghosts

Download the 5 Little Halloween printables here.

5 Little Monsters

Download the 5 Little Halloween printables here.

Check out other preschool posts here.

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P is for Potty Printables

Are you potty training a toddler or preschooler or learning about the letter P?

Here are some fun activities we have done.

This pack includes: 

P is for Potty Do-a-Dot and pom pom page

P is for Potty uppercase and lowercase letter maze

Potty word search for older kids

4 Potty Bingo game cards

Potty Bingo calling / Memory Match cards

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/P-is-for-Potty-Pack-5612831

I also made 3 fun Sesame Street potty charts as well as Paw Patrol and Thomas the tank engine ones. 

Click here to print.

We love to play Abby & Elmo's Potty Plan game on the iPad. The Sesame Street site also has some fun printable, like this potty maze!

We watch the very short Time to Wash Your Hands! video.

Click here to download the Sesame Street Washy Wash Song

Books we love for potty training:

Potty Time With Elmo

P is for Potty

Even Firefighters Go to the Potty

Daniel Tiger When You Have to Go Potty song

Everyone Poops book / video

Cocomelon potty song / video

Check out other preschool activities:

Daniel Day, a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Food Fun

Music Mania

Moose Muffin Monday

Sesame Street Saturday

Firetruck Fun Friday

Digging Dinosaurs

Earth Day activities

Pig Pancakes and Pudding

Going on a Bear Hunt?

Frog Fun Friday

Saturday, April 18, 2020

Music Mania

Music Mania was the choice for our little drummer boy today.

We played instruments from a kit we bought on Amazon

and made our own instruments using rubber bands and food containers, 

watched Brain Pop Jr. videos about instruments, 

played a Music Memory game, 

and sorted instruments by how they are played on BrainPop Jr. 

Daddy even got in on the fun! 

Like always, we listened to tons of music. Here is our "eating" playlist.

Ben’s Trumpet was our book of the day, 

we did Dot a Dot M to differentiate between upper and lowercase letters, 

and coloring wasn’t happening, but I did find this adorable M is for Music coloring page.

Another fun game we found is called Monster Music. Sesame Street characters explore real and created instruments.

We finished off the night with the Disney Family Singalong! It originally aired on ABC, but it's free in its entirety on Disney+ if you have it!

“Ernie Puts the Duckie Down” is a classic Sesame Street video and song. 

Look for some celebrity cameos!

“All You Need is a Song” is another favorite over here, especially with one of my favorite country bands, Sugarland. 

What are your favorite musical activities? We'd love to hear about them in the comments below.

Check out some other fun preschool activities!

Daniel Day, a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Food Fun

Moose Muffin Monday

Sesame Street Saturday

Firetruck Fun Friday

Digging Dinosaurs

Earth Day activities

Pig Pancakes and Pudding

Going on a Bear Hunt?

Frog Fun Friday

P is for Potty Printables

Pig Pancakes and Pudding

If you give a pig a pancake, 

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

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

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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.

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.