S is for Shapes

Circle Time

1. Letter S Activities
-Make S with playdough
-Trace S with finger, handwriting S worksheet
- Letter Recognition: "I Spy" (Go searching for letter S)

2. Shapes Activities
-Do Shape puzzles
-Teach Shapes (circle, oval, square, rectangle, star, triangle, hexagon, diamond/rhombus)
-Shape Sort - put like shapes in same piles (example pic with construction paper)
-Pattern Block pictures
-Shapes computer games on pbs.org

3. Other S Activities
-Sandwiches in shapes for lunch
-Sing songs
-run in the Sprinkler

R is for Rainbow

Circle Time

Song:
If all the raindrops were lemon drops and gumdrops...
If all the snowflakes were cupcakes and milkshakes...
If all the sunbeams were jellybeans and icecreams..

Rain maker hand game


Letter R Writing Worksheet
http://www.first-school.ws/t/alpha_tracers_zb1/r4.htm

Rock Collection

• Collect rocks from the park
• Clean and paint rocks
• Choose a special rock to be a Prayer Rock

Lunch
Rainbow Plate: Stawberries, Carrots, Banana, Edamame, Blueberries, Grapes
Meatballs and Pasta


Paper Rectangle Rainbow

Q is for Quiet

1. Letter Q
-Watch a few Sesame Street videos on Q from this list on bottom of website (Q Tutu and Queen Quagmire, Q Quickie)
-handwriting page with Quiet poem (from here-more letters)
-Quick, quiet, queen, quetzel, quail, question


2. Q Activities
-Quiet & Loud Sort using these cards
-What times are we quiet? (baby sleeping, church, listening, reading a book, watch movie, playing hide & go seek)
-Q tip Art
-Quarter counting and quarter rubbing
-Quilt- make a quilt with cut paper. practice using glue)  or Q quilt

3. Meal
-Quesadillas

P is for Princess Party

Circle Time:

• Princess Story
• Practice Printing P's http://www.kidslearningstation.com/alphabet/traceable-alphabet-letter-p.htm
• What do princesses do at a party?

Party Time:

1. Dance the Polka
2. Pedicures- Paint those Piggies!
3. Put together Puzzles
4. Paint Pictures http://funschool.kaboose.com/images/printables/princesses_coloring_01.pdf
5. Eat Pizza, Purple Punch (grape juice), Peaches and Popsicles

Take home:

•  Presents (Purple Pops)

O is for Olympics

Opening
-Q&A, Calendar, Song: Open Shut

O Activities
-letter O looks like/sounds like  page
-make O bracelet with O shaped beads (pony beads)
-O handwriting page w letter search (circle O's)
-write O's with chalk
-Read Cheerios Counting Book and eat cheerios
-Opposites (high-low, tall-short, big-small, open-shut, fast-slow, loud-quiet, old-young, few-many, back-front, up-down). Act them out.

Olympic Games Activities
-Olympic Flag Coloring page,
-Do Olympic outside activities like running, long jump, "swimming", gymnastics & give them medal to wear after
-Look at Olympic website

M is for Magnets

Circle Time

• Get to Know You Question, Calendar

Letter M

• Find M on alphabet chart
• Form capital M with sticks
• Form lowercase m with yarn
• Writing practice- M page, MOM
• M & K sort- sort pictures, which things start with M or K?

Magnet Activities

• Magnet exploration with magnets, paperclips, washers, non-metallic items. Use clear plastic box lids and move washers (with stickers on them) on the top by moving magnets underneath.
• Match the animal magnets (animals printed & cut from magnetic page) on the board
• magnetic fishing (use stick, string with magnet on end. Go fishing for fish with paperclips on them) Have fish with numbers or letters on them to practice number or letter recognition.

Other M Activities

• Eat Macaroni for lunch
• Glue Macaroni on letter M
• Dance to MUSIC
• Memory or Matching Game
• More magnet play
• Mail a letter in the Mailbox
• Do puzzle with Animal Mom & Baby matches

L is for Languages

Morning Meeting Time:

• How do you feel? Can you show how you feel without using any words? Try different body language to show different emotions. (Use feelings worksheets)
• Let's do it in Spanish. Talk about feelings in Spanish.
• Discuss how people in different parts of the world speak different languages to communicate.
• Show map and point to different regions and say "hello" in the different languages
• Explain that some people don't speak, but use signs to communicate. Watch a signingtime youtube clip.

Table Time:

• Letter "Ll" practice worksheet.
• Finger Puppet Language activity.
• Learn the Spanish word and Sign Language for Lion, Bear, Turtle, Rat, Elephant, Bird, Frog, Rabbit

Activity:

• Finger puppet gloves.