School with Letter D

  Moving along on our alphabet journey we have finished with the letter D. Letter  D was fun.  We played games, played with food and got outside.  We are continuing on learning sight words, reading and identifying the letter of the week when we are out and about.

D is for dog.  We don't usually walk the dog but this day we walked him. Poor dog walked miles with us.

He likes to write his letters in the sand on the sidewalk.   He will do this without any prompts from me.

He says, "I spy with my eye a letter d!"  Good job little man. No D is off limits.

Each week he gets new words.  It took us more then a week to have some words figure out.  Here he is writing: is, and, my, the and look.

He can even write dad now based on letters he knows.

Pulled out the clip cards.  Here he clips the lower case letter.  Each clip also has the letters on them.

Food fun was not skipped!

I made some yogurt d's with chocolate chips sprinkled on it and frozen for a cool treat! 

You may think I could have done more I could have played a game with him and to that statement I say...

D is for dominoes! 

Another week down! Another week of learning! He is busy with art and crafts throughout the day and I can't wait to share a project we just finished! 

We as adults are learning everyday or at least something once a week.  What did you learn or teach this week to someone?

Duck Family Craft

  In sticking with the theme of letter D and the love of moving hands, role play and puppets I gathered some supplies to make something with the kids that would keep them amused beyond just making the craft.

  For this craft grab as many pom poms as you want puppets.  You need two per puppet though.  I used two different sizes as well.  Popsicle sticks, orange construction paper, goggley eyes, and some glue.

  Glue the smaller pom pom onto the larger one.  Allow for dry time.  Glue the eyes onto top pompom.  Cut orange paper into a small square and fold it point to point to make a triangle and glue it on.  I now introduce you to a duck!

  After allowing for more time for the glue to dry add glue to the popsicle stick and stick the duck  to the stick.

  When the glue dries you have a duck puppet!  Perfect for a imagination play

or with a few more ducks you have yourself a perfect prop for a book!

My kids had fun making these.  Easy pieces for little hands to work with.  I used regular white glue and had to be patient with sticking the pieces together but when it did dry everything stayed.

Letter D preschool

 

Some weeks I will be able to find more objects for the letter of the week and I will take full advantage of that!

 Diaper, doll and duck!

Donut, dragon, deer, Doc McStuffins, dimes and the hat was for discover!  On our discovery walk we kept our eyes low and saw some interesting things.

I like to make a desk up as its something that's passed first thing in the morning so my son is already checking out and identifying objects.  He knows what a dinosaur is but never knew it started wit a letter D.

We used dimes to mark the appropriate number of objects.  He counts the objects and has to figure out what the number looks like.  He then places the dime on the appropriate number.

The big letter d became a road.  D is for drive.

I also used toilet paper rolls to make a marble run because d is also for drop!

I will tell you it's amazing to see how much fun a child can have with the simplest things.  I guess because it was new but also it moved, it worked it stirred up imagination!

With 4 letters under our belt I think next week we will plan on reviewing all the letters up to this point which will include identification, writing, and sounds.  We will discuss shapes, and numbers as well. 

Letter D for the kids

  So as we continue down the road of learning letter D today was a very hands on crafty day! Crafty days are just as much a learning experience as paper days, book days or test days!

  Kids learn valuable skills from formulating a plan.  Stirring imagination and presents endless possibilities.  Learning to cut with scissors, using glue to include squeezing it and controlling the tube and even assembling pieces.

  Little fingers painted, dabbed and squeezed.

Coming up with the end results of dinosaurs and donuts.

 Lol, sounds like the makings of a book.