Welcome to Izzie's first unit for Preschool 2010! I had planned for the unit to take only one week, but we spent two weeks on it. She reviewed colors, practiced counting to 20, writing the number 1 and letter I, learned about the different biomes and read a lot of books!
Her Bible memory verse (see above picture) for the unit is from
Raising Rock Stars (Letter I).
The sight words for the unit were "I" and "can". Instead of making a book, I left the pieces separate, so she could use them to make simple sentences.
The graphics are from
Raising Rock Starts (Letter I).
For Science, she learned about the different biomes. For complete details, please visit the
original post.
To review colors...
We read
Dog's Colorful Day and she completed several activities. Click
here to see all the activities for this book.
Her shelf work contained activities relating to colors. Click
here to see a detail post about the shelf activities for this unit. I kept the same shelf work out for the entire two weeks.
The game for the unit was
Candyland, which is one of her favorite games!
Math activities included...
Learning to write the number one. The
Kumon number cards are excellent!
She's using
Horizons for her math curriculum.
Skip counting by one's up to number 20. This
puzzle is great to use to help her recognize numbers 11-20.
Addition cards by number one (zero to number 9).
0+1=1
1+1=2
2+1+3
3+1=4
4+1=5
5+1=6
6+1=7
7+1=8
8+1=9
9+1=10
She used the magnetic pompoms to help her calculate the total. I was really impressed that by the end of the unit, she had memorized the math cards...so, when she is asked any of the above addition equations, she knows the answer without having to do the math!!
The letter for the unit was letter "I".
In addition, to the
sandpaper letters, I created these textured letters for her to trace, while she says the sound of the letter. Printable letters are from
here, then I attached a textured ribbon.
She's beginning to write fairly well and enjoyed the various handwriting practice worksheets.
She really liked practicing her writing skills on the lined dry erase board (Target $1).
During week one, she reviewed short sound letter "i', as in
iguana and
inchworm.
She worked with the
Cuisenaire Workbook and Rods.
She read
Inch by Inch, measured different birds, and graphed the data. Original post
here, where there's a link to the graph.
She made a lowercase letter "i" to look like an inchworm. Inspiration from
Totally Tots.
And, she enjoyed completing two inchworm file folder games. Printables
here.
For the second week, I introduced her to the long sound "i", which she quickly picked up on.
She sorted these
picture cards (long "i" or short "i" sound).
To celebrate the long "I" sound, she completed several ice-cream activities...
Sequencing numbers 1-10. Printable
here.
Used her magnetic pompoms complete the ice cream
magnet page.
I quickly made some blank ice-cream cone strips and she went to work with her
Dot Markers to make patterns. She is so into patterns these days!
And, of course, we
had to complete the unit with ICE CREAM!
To see more Preschool activities, please visit...
I borrowed some of the magnetic pieces from this book...
And had Izzie sort them by color on the large white board. We talked about how many were in each column and which color-column had the most and least.
Placing different color Popsicle sticks into an old Gerber snack container.
Placing different color chenille sticks into an old Parmesan cheese container.
She noticed Izzie lining-up the magnetic pompoms during her math activity and was amazed that she could do something else with them....so, she began lining-up the pompoms too! As she did this, I would say the color of the pompom.
The choo-choo train is always a favorite when she's in the playroom!
She really concentrates!
She learned how to turn on and off the ceiling fan with the remote!
She can now fasten her puppy-leash.
Her Bible memory verse (see above picture) for the unit is from Raising Rock Stars (Letter I).
The graphics are from Raising Rock Starts (Letter I).
We read Dog's Colorful Day and she completed several activities. Click here to see all the activities for this book.
Her shelf work contained activities relating to colors. Click here to see a detail post about the shelf activities for this unit. I kept the same shelf work out for the entire two weeks.
The game for the unit was Candyland, which is one of her favorite games!
Learning to write the number one. The Kumon number cards are excellent!
Addition cards by number one (zero to number 9).
In addition, to the sandpaper letters, I created these textured letters for her to trace, while she says the sound of the letter. Printable letters are from here, then I attached a textured ribbon.
She's beginning to write fairly well and enjoyed the various handwriting practice worksheets.
She worked with the Cuisenaire Workbook and Rods.
She read Inch by Inch, measured different birds, and graphed the data. Original post here, where there's a link to the graph.
For the second week, I introduced her to the long sound "i", which she quickly picked up on.
She sorted these picture cards (long "i" or short "i" sound).
I quickly made some blank ice-cream cone strips and she went to work with her Dot Markers to make patterns. She is so into patterns these days!
And, of course, we had to complete the unit with ICE CREAM!
This week Izzie is reviewing colors, so for our stART project, we read My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss. We're huge Dr. Seuss fans, but this was our first time reading this book. The use of color brings the book alive and the illustrations are very captivating. It was a nice way to talk with Izzie about her different feelings and why she feels certain ways during the day.
