Unit Study: Farm Life

April we will be focusing on Farming and Farm Life. We will cover animals and the names of their baby animals, We will discuss the animals habitats. Work on naming the animals on a farm. Discuss the Farmers role in Farming and upkeep of their Farm. We will also do a few crafts along with the Unit.

You can buy it HERE

clipart from JW Illustrations

The Unit Printables are

• Baby Animal Match Up- Match the baby animal to the mommy
  
• 3 Part Puzzles
• Flashcards with traceable words
• Farm Songs- Old MacDonald Had a Farm, BINGO
  
• and 2 Crafts:

1. Make a Farm Scene- Print the farm scene pages, Cut them out. Then on a Blue construction paper glue some green grass( green construction paper) to the bottom. Then have the child glue the pieces of their farm on. 
2. Pig in the Mud- Print the Pig on card stock so it will be sturdy. Then allow your child to paint with brown paint to create mud on the pig. You could also allow them to paint with chocolate pudding for fun!

Ideas for Teaching about the Farm

• Talk with your child about the animals and ask them what they think the habitat for that animal would look like. This would be a great drawing/ art activity as you could supply them with drawing paper and crayons to draw the animals habitat as you showed them the Flash cards above in the Unit.

• Discuss the Farmers role on the farm. That he feeds the animals. And he has a garden that he takes care of. Supply them with a small cup and a little potting soil and some seeds. Allow them to be the farmer and plant their own small garden. Remind them that they need to water it and make sure its in the sun on a daily basis as needed. And you could even chart the growth if you have older children.

• Make a Sensory bin. Include items like Easter Grass Filler, Corn Kernels, Beans, Oats, Plastic Farm Animals, Easter Eggs, Include a small shovel and bucket for pretending to scoop feed.

Snack Time Ideas

• Make Pigs in a Blanket
• Haystack Cookies: You'll need graham crackers, Chocolate Squares( Hershey's candy bar or something similar), marshmallows, and chow mein noodles. Let child place a Graham Cracker at the bottom then chocolate square, marshmallow and top with chow mein noodles. Microwave for about 16 seconds. Then Enjoy!

Other Items to incorporate in the Unit

 

Enjoy and Have fun learning about the Farm!

Unit Study: Mailman

Our Unit Study for Half of next month will be the Mailman unit study. We will also be working on the Farm Life Unit and Ill be posting it sometime next month.

Here is the preview of what I have for download for the Mailman Unit. (download is fixed)

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Whats in the Unit

• Flashcards 
• Stamp color sort
• Heavy or Light Science Experiment ( you weight different packages and letter that you create and help your child decide if they are heavy or light then chart it)
• Bingo using the Flash Card words

Other Activities

• Write a Letter from your child to someone else and send it
• Write a Letter to you child a week or so before you plan to use the unit and send it so they can receive their own mail
• Make a mailman's route (obstacle course)
• Take a field trip to the Post Office
• Set up a place for your child to write a letter to you. Then have a box they can put it in. Check the box at the end of the day then respond to the letter and have it for them the next morning.

Snack Time Activity

Put child's snack in a small box, wrap label like a real package.

Song to sing

I'm a little letter

sung to: I'm a little teapot

I'm a little letter
Folded up
Tucked in an envelope
A stamp on top
The mailman takes me from the mailbox
He delivers me to the right address

Other Ideas from Around the Web

• Make a Pretend post office for Letter Sorting
• Pretend post Office

 

Enjoy and if you use the unit leave me a link in the comments so I can check it out! 

Our School Week 1/31-2/4

Here is our Week in Review for Preschool and Tot School!

Preschool

Austin had a full week of school from RRSP curriculum to 2 Unit Studies and some fun Valentine Activities!

We started each day with calendar/circle time and also discussed our tray of things that start with P

We had pigs, police car, pineapple felt food, pizza, pancakes, planes, phones, penguins, plates and the color purple. This was my first time putting a tray like this together but the boys really enjoyed picking our items and saying the names and then discussing that they start with P

RRSP Letter P

( Letter P , Number 17, Sight Word- to, Color Pink, Circle)

This week he cut out his own vocab words not using the helper scissors with the spring in them! ( This is a huge accomplishment for him)

Letter P Activities

 He colored a Letter P is for Penguins that I made

 He worked on Counting with Penguins that I made

He did a color by number Penguin from Making Learning Fun

Police Unit Study 

we focused on our flash cards and the traffic signal and what is is for.

50 States Unit

we did the following states Alabama, Alaska, Arizona and Arkansas.

We started each State with finding it on the map

 Then we did our Passport with the state license plate, state flag, and bird/flower.

We then read the flap book we have about each state.

And he finished each part of the Unit with coloring a page about the State

Valentines Activities

 He played in our Sensory Bin

He worked on several activities from Musings of Me Valentine's unit

Tot School

 (Dylan is 32 months)

Dylan focuses on the Letter P, Colors, Counting 1- 10, Size Sorting, Lacing, Shapes,

Any of the Penguin stuff in his school was made by me and I will be posting it this week sometime

He had to match the penguins in this activity.

He worked on naming all the Shapes in his puzzle.

He colored a P is for Penguin worksheet

He sorted the Penguins by Size

He worked on our Valentines Tot Kit with our Lacing Birds

He worked on a Penguin Puzzle

And he enjoyed our Sensory bin

Now for some pics from the week of both the boys. 

We had close to 12 inches of snow this past week so we spent alot of our school time outside playing in it!

 

The boys built a snowman with Daddy. Mommy created the face with what things I could come up with, Black Pom Poms for the eyes, a mini carrot for the nose, and a red pipe cleaner for the mouth! Daddy made the arms with the boys help! (Dylan wouldn't go near the snowman once he was made so no pic for him with the snowman)

 

We had a great week even in the snow storm!

Unit Study: Police

The month of February we are also studying Policeman and how they can help us.

I created a few printables to go with our Unit ( i did not create a lesson plan as I will be stretching the activities for the whole month and we will repeat some of the activities)

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Whats in the Unit:

• Flashcards
• My information- We will use this to talk about first/last name, emergency numbers, parents names, address and our phone number. This way in case of an emergency they will know what to do!
• Color by number Traffic light- We will use this to discuss what the traffic light is for.
• Fingerprint Numbers- Using a stamp pad have your little one stamp the appropriate amount of finger prints in each box.
• Whistle Patterns- Complete the Patterns

Other activities:

• Make a Police Badge- Use cardboard and cut out the shape badge you want. wrap tin foil around the badge and use a paint brush to smooth out and creases. Then u can decorate it the way you want.
• Talk about Strangers and what to do if a Stranger approaches the child.
• Take a field trip to a Police Station

Role Play:

• Dress in badge, hat, blue shirt, make a stop sign to use during this time and play police man.

Game to Play:

• Police Officer Says- Played just like "Simon Says" except you say "Police Officer Says."

 

Songs & Fingerplay:

 

*I Am A Policeman*
(sung to: I'm A Little Teapot)
I am a policeman, with my star.
I help people near and far.
If you have a problem, call on me.
And I will be there, 1, 2, 3

 *Police Officers Fingerplay*
 Five police officers standing by a door-------
 One became a traffic cop; then there were four.
 Four police officers watching over me----
 one took home a lost boy, and then there were three.
 Three police officers dressed all in blue----
 One stopped a speeding car, and then there were two.
 Two police officers---how fast they run!
 One caught a bad man, and then there was one.
 One police officer saw smoke faraway.
 He called the firehouse, and the fire person saved the day.

* Police Officer*
 Police officers are helpers wherever they may stand.
 (Stand with feet apart, hands on hips.)
 They tell us when to stop and go by holding up their hands.
 (Signal stop by holding up hand and go by pointing index finger.)

If you use the Unit Study please leave a link in the comments. I'd love to see it in use!

Towards the end of February I will have the Mailman Unit Study up.

50 States Social Study Unit

I've been working on this Unit for a while now and finally have it together! Starting in February Austin will be doing 50 States in alphabetical order for about 12 weeks (since we do school 4 times a week).  I plan to do one to 2 a day depending on how things go. We will be doing a coloring page each day, our passport, lift the flap in our book for that state of the day, color the state on our map, and locate the state on our big U.S map, and we will also be watching the Power Points from the Members Only Area over at 1+1+1=1(if you arent a member you might want to consider joining) . I have made my own passport and am sharing it with you all plus all the info you will need to do what we are doing!

Passport Pages- click image to download

Once printed  cut the pages out and staple along the left edge.

What you will need for the passport:

• Picture of your child to put on the 2nd page
• State Flags
• State License Plates
• State Flower/Birds

The State Flags. License, Birds and Flowers will be glued in the passport per day.

Other things we will be using each day

State Coloring Pages

United States Map (color the state of the day)

This is the book we will be using it his a flap with the states info under it as you can see in the pictures. I got this at Dollar Tree.

  

 This  is the map where he will locate the state each day as well. I bought this at Dollar Tree as well.

Other things you may want to get for fun to go with the Unit

Enjoy and remember to have fun!

Unit Study: Fire

Here is my Unit Study on Fireman, Fire Safety. This time I have included it all in one download to make it easier to download. 

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Included in the Download

•  Lesson Plan          
•  Flashcards            
•  Fire Truck Colors 
•  Fire Truck Counting
•  Fire Hydrant Patterns

Ideas that are included in the Lesson Plan 

• Make a Fireman Hat: http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/miscellaneous/mfiremanhat.htm
• Visit Sparky the Fire Dog Website: http://www.sparky.org/#/Sparky     
• Take a Field Trip to your local Fire Station  
• Practice Stop Drop and Roll
• Discuss your fire evacuation of your home     
• Discuss Fire Safety

Songs to Sing

Firefighter
(tune: Frere Jacques)

Firefighter, firefighter
You are brave, you are brave.
Putting out the fires, putting out the fires,
Lives you save, lives you save.

Down at the Firehouse
by Jean Warren
(tune: Down by the Station) Down at the firehouse
 Early in the morning,
 You can see our clothes
 Hanging in a row.
 When there is a fire,
 We can dress real fast.
 Boots, jackets, hats, gloves,
 Off we go!

Firefighters
(tune: Pop Goes The Weasel) Down the street the engine goes
The firemen fight the fire
Up the ladder with their hose
Out goes the fire.

Ideas of Books you could use

Enjoy!

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Unit Study: Seasons

  Here is the Seasons Unit Study.
Just click the images to be taken to the downloads.

Lesson Plan for the Unit.

 

 Seasons Coloring Sheet

 

 Four Seasons Match

  

 Four Seasons 3 Part Puzzles

 

 Four Seasons Sorting

Tree Scene Ideas

For the Tree Trunk use brown paper and trace your child's hand and arm. Then use the following for the leaves and decorations.

• For Fall use red, yellow, orange, and brown for the leaves.
• For Winter uses blues for snow.
• For Spring make flowers and use green for the trees.
• For Summer Use Green for the Tree and make a sun. 

Next week I will be posting our Fireman Unit Study.

Unit Study: Human Body

This week my boys and I will be working on a Lapbook/ Folder about the Human Body.

Here is the Lesson Plan that goes with this Unit



And the different components that go with the Unit.

Cover Page


Human Body Flashcards


Human Body Flashcards Storage Pocket


Label the Body Part




Make yourself Coloring Page



All About Me Mini- Book:

Part 1


Part 2


Human Body Puzzle


Human Body Puzzle Storage Pocket

To assemble the Lapbook Fold both sides towards the middle. Then in the middle when open glue the Label the body parts activity. To the Left put the All about me mini-book, The human body puzzle and the human body flashcards. To the right put the color your child did of themselves. Glue the cover to the front then cut it down the middle so you can open the book!


Other Ideas to include in the teaching of the Human Body
Make Playdough body parts
Do Songs with Movements (Hokey Pokey)
Play Simons Says

Examples of Questions to ask if following the Lesson Plan
What does our body require to be healthy?
How are our bodies different from another?
How are they similar?
How many fingers and toes do you have? eyes? ears? nose? mouth? legs?


Have a healthy snack all week to keep our bodies healthy. Have you little one help with making the snack.

Ideas for books to read