Today is Monday. That's both a true fact and the name of an Eric Carle book about the days of the week and food. If only getting toddlers to eat was as easy as getting them to sing along with this book!
Snag this free tracing printable here or by clicking the image above.
We are learning to read and write numbers and days of the week, so this book was perfect for that. We see what Annabelle goes through on one week of interesting weather at her home. If you can't grab a copy of the book, here is the read aloud.
We also spent some time last week learning about biomes, including mountains and rainforest, so I added a drawing page for this story's setting, a farm.
My son has had a good grasp of "real and make believe" for quite some time now, but I want him to start using the words "reality and fantasy," so I created an activity for that using events in the story (which can be a bit confusing in the book, so I used slightly more clear words here).
Grab a free printable here, or click the images above.
We'd love to know... What did you think would happen the next Monday? Please leave us a comment below!
This book is an all-time children's favorite. Despite the idea of a caterpillar actually eating the foods listed in the book, the days of the week format is a winner for kids. There are so many printables!
When is Saturday?by Deborah Kovacs features the Sesame Street Muppets.
This is another oldie, but goodie that you may have to buy used or check out the read aloud here. Grover is very impatient when he hears from his mother that Uncle Georgie will be coming to visit in a week. She helps him create a calendar countdown and keep busy until his uncle arrives.
Here is the poem that Grover writes to recite the days of the week.
Listen to a few of our favorite days of the week songs!
Have you ever used Live Worksheets? Kids can do this cool live days of the week word search and send their results to their teacher. If your classroom is paperless, this is a great resource. What's great about it is that some of the already created activities can be done in different languages.
Today's post is all about colors, and more specifically books with bears and colors! Hope you don't mind my post title sounding like a Wheel of Fortune Before and After puzzle, haha.
Being able to read color words really helps kids with following directions in school and reading many early readers, as well as spelling and writing the words to add description to their stories.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin, Jr. and Eric Carle is an all-time favorite of many kids and parents. It teaches colors and animals and it's a quick, easy read. A quick Google search reveals tons of free activities and printables to do. Click "view web version" at the bottom of this post or here to view the read aloud video!
Bear Sees Colors by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman is another must-read. We love the recipe this author has for books. The same group of friends, some rhyming and repetition, cute pictures, and a nice theme (message) that kids can relate to. Click "view web version" at the bottom of this post or here to view the read aloud video!
We are all about play and experience-based hands-on learning here, but sometimes my son does worksheets when I'm putting the girls down for naps. These free fall color words worksheets were so fun for him to do with his Do-a-Dot markers. I did have to trace the outline a couple of times for him to figure out what the picture was, but he loved them and wanted to do more than one at a time.
When my son was younger, he learned his colors very early. "The Colors Song" from Cocomelon not only helped him learn them, but it also helped him associate foods with their colors. Click "view web version" at the bottom of this post or here to view the video!
Snag a free printable here. Kids can trace and color!
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 stickersto 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!
and played with our caterpillar in the chrysalis (Jack in a box).
We knew that butterflies need a temp above 55 degrees Fahrenheit to be released, so we made a sugar water mixture and gave them fruit for two days before it was warm enough.