Playschool: Apples!!

Apples!

This was a fun week!  SO many idea online.

But, this is what we did:

Welcome Activity:

These 2 year olds just liked putting them in the tree.  If you can see there is a "4" on the tree, to only put 4 apples.  But... they need a little teacher help there.  These are on Oopsey Daisy.

Playdoh Mats!  Kids loved this!

 Math: Counting Apple Book

Shape was circle and we did these apple counting books that say "3 apples in the tree" and I would give them 3 circle stickers to stick in their trees.

You can print it as part of the packet on Oopsey Daisy.

I added the numbers to the page tho.

 Craft: Painting Apples

Thought they turned out cute!

 Circle Time Activity:

Kids loved this!

I found both the apple alphabet and prewriting practice on Oopsey Daisy.

Centers: Apple Picking

I just bought these apples from the teaching store.  Drew a couple trees on the the whiteboard.  And taped the apples to the tree. I had 3 baskets for the kids to color sort the yellow, red, and green apples.

 Snack/Apple Observations:

I made this sheet where they would taste a red, yellow, and green apple.  Then, give feedback on how they liked it. I will scan it a get it on here to download very soon!!

Oh... the awesome observations these 2 year olds made!

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Apples!

This was a fun week!  SO many idea online.

But, this is what we did:

Welcome Activity:

These 2 year olds just liked putting them in the tree.  If you can see there is a "4" on the tree, to only put 4 apples.  But... they need a little teacher help there.  These are on Oopsey Daisy.

Playdoh Mats!  Kids loved this!

 Math: Counting Apple Book

Shape was circle and we did these apple counting books that say "3 apples in the tree" and I would give them 3 circle stickers to stick in their trees.

You can print it as part of the packet on Oopsey Daisy.

I added the numbers to the page tho.

 Craft: Painting Apples

Thought they turned out cute!

 Circle Time Activity:

Kids loved this!

I found both the apple alphabet and prewriting practice on Oopsey Daisy.

Centers: Apple Picking

I just bought these apples from the teaching store.  Drew a couple trees on the the whiteboard.  And taped the apples to the tree. I had 3 baskets for the kids to color sort the yellow, red, and green apples.

 Snack/Apple Observations:

I made this sheet where they would taste a red, yellow, and green apple.  Then, give feedback on how they liked it. I will scan it a get it on here to download very soon!!

Oh... the awesome observations these 2 year olds made!

Play School: All About Shapes

This week was All About Shapes!

Some of the activities we did were:

Puzzles

Bean Bag Toss into shapes that I taped on the floor {see them in the background in the above pic}

Shape Short. {I had an assortment of shapes and we sorted them in the trays}

We did Shape Shadows:

Made some Shape Pizzas:

And did some more shape shadow matching:

Practiced our pre-writing skills:

Used circles to help make a square:

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This week was All About Shapes!

Some of the activities we did were:

Puzzles

Bean Bag Toss into shapes that I taped on the floor {see them in the background in the above pic}

Shape Short. {I had an assortment of shapes and we sorted them in the trays}

We did Shape Shadows:

Made some Shape Pizzas:

And did some more shape shadow matching:

Practiced our pre-writing skills:

Used circles to help make a square:

My Growth Chart Wall

Yay!  Finally finished my growth chart wall!  Thanks to my friend Karen over at A Purple Princess!  She did a giveaway and I actually won!  Crazy!  Cuz I never win anything!  This was one of the things I had her make for me for my prize. :)

Looks soooo much better than my random growth chart that was hanging in the hallway.  Now I got the pics and vinyl to make it complete!

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Yay!  Finally finished my growth chart wall!  Thanks to my friend Karen over at A Purple Princess!  She did a giveaway and I actually won!  Crazy!  Cuz I never win anything!  This was one of the things I had her make for me for my prize. :)

Looks soooo much better than my random growth chart that was hanging in the hallway.  Now I got the pics and vinyl to make it complete!

Color Sort Tubes

Color Sort Tubes!!

Have you seen these tubes?  They sell them at a harware store, used to keep nuts and bolts inside.

They only had these colors when I went.  I don't know where my yellow one ran off to... I will need to find that one.  But these are great to use for a color sort game!

I just put an assortment of colored things in a pencil box.

The kids pinch the sides on the top and put the items inside.

{this can be a little hard for the younger ones}

So fun learning our colors!

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Color Sort Tubes!!

Have you seen these tubes?  They sell them at a harware store, used to keep nuts and bolts inside.

They only had these colors when I went.  I don't know where my yellow one ran off to... I will need to find that one.  But these are great to use for a color sort game!

I just put an assortment of colored things in a pencil box.

The kids pinch the sides on the top and put the items inside.

{this can be a little hard for the younger ones}

So fun learning our colors!

Water Balloon Toss Birthday Games

Items Added to My Etsy Shop!

I've had a lot of positive response about my Swiper Balloon Toss Game I used at my daughter's 2nd Birthday Party.  So, I decided to offer to draw characters for this game in my Etsy shop.

Check it out HERE

If you live locally by me {Gilbert, AZ} then just send me a message and you can do local pick up so you don't have to pay shipping.  If you don't see a character you want, let me know!

Captain Hook

Use at a Jake & the Neverland Pirates party or Peter Pan party

Swiper

Use at a Dora the Explorer party

Dr. Doom

Use with a Super Hero Squad or Super Hero party

Hawk

Use with a Tinkerbell party.

Pretend the water balloons are "berries" that you are throwing at the Hawk like in the movie!

Ursula

Use with a Little Mermaid party

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Items Added to My Etsy Shop!

I've had a lot of positive response about my Swiper Balloon Toss Game I used at my daughter's 2nd Birthday Party.  So, I decided to offer to draw characters for this game in my Etsy shop.

Check it out HERE

If you live locally by me {Gilbert, AZ} then just send me a message and you can do local pick up so you don't have to pay shipping.  If you don't see a character you want, let me know!

Captain Hook

Use at a Jake & the Neverland Pirates party or Peter Pan party

Swiper

Use at a Dora the Explorer party

Dr. Doom

Use with a Super Hero Squad or Super Hero party

Hawk

Use with a Tinkerbell party.

Pretend the water balloons are "berries" that you are throwing at the Hawk like in the movie!

Ursula

Use with a Little Mermaid party

Playschool: Rainbow of Colors!

Our Playschool Theme this week was~ "Rainbow of Colors!"

So, we explored colors this week!

These were the read aloud books:

CRAFT: Marble Painting

For this craft I just put tempera paint in little cups.  Then, drop the marble in the cup of the color they want.  Then, I dropped the marble onto their paper on their tray.  They would roll it back and forth until the surface of the marble is clear again.  Then, plop it into another cup of paint.... etc...

I use trash bags as "smocks"  Just cut a hole for their head and arms on the bottom of the trash bag.  With these little guys I use a cloths pin to tighten the bag around their neck/shoulders if needed.

Great activity!  Especially for all those little toddlers who hate to get their fingers dirty. :)

Pom Pom Drop Activity:

I saved up paper towel rolls.  Painted them.  Then used clear packing tape to attach them to a half poster.

They sell a bag of these primary color pom poms at Dollar Tree.  And the little blue buckets are from their too....2/$1.00.  Great activity to practice colors!

Skittle Snack & Sort:

You can find this printable on this website.

My printer was running low on black ink so I uploaded the pic in Paint and added color so I could print these off.

I put the pages in these page protectors.  Had them sort their skittles first, then they ate them!

Our snack was Rainbows! (skittles and marshmallows)

NO MESS Fingerpainting!:

Found this activity via Pinterest!

So fun!

Just gotta watch those fingernails to make sure they don't rip the bag! ;)

Rainbow Craft:

For this craft you will need:

- paper plates

- Cotton balls

- watercolors

So, you just cut the plate in half.  I wrote "R for Rainbow" on them.

Let the kids watercolor them.

Then, we glued the clouds on.  

Kids loved it!

Other Activities:

- Put color strips of paper wristbands on the kids.  During circle time, "Jump 2x if you have red."  "Touch your toes if you have yellow" etc...

- Get these color paddles from Oriental Trading.  Show them the new colors.  Or do the above activity but they have a paddle of the color instead of the wristband.

- Get a Twister Game and have them jump to the color dot you call out

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Our Playschool Theme this week was~ "Rainbow of Colors!"

So, we explored colors this week!

These were the read aloud books:

CRAFT: Marble Painting

For this craft I just put tempera paint in little cups.  Then, drop the marble in the cup of the color they want.  Then, I dropped the marble onto their paper on their tray.  They would roll it back and forth until the surface of the marble is clear again.  Then, plop it into another cup of paint.... etc...

I use trash bags as "smocks"  Just cut a hole for their head and arms on the bottom of the trash bag.  With these little guys I use a cloths pin to tighten the bag around their neck/shoulders if needed.

Great activity!  Especially for all those little toddlers who hate to get their fingers dirty. :)

Pom Pom Drop Activity:

I saved up paper towel rolls.  Painted them.  Then used clear packing tape to attach them to a half poster.

They sell a bag of these primary color pom poms at Dollar Tree.  And the little blue buckets are from their too....2/$1.00.  Great activity to practice colors!

Skittle Snack & Sort:

You can find this printable on this website.

My printer was running low on black ink so I uploaded the pic in Paint and added color so I could print these off.

I put the pages in these page protectors.  Had them sort their skittles first, then they ate them!

Our snack was Rainbows! (skittles and marshmallows)

NO MESS Fingerpainting!:

Found this activity via Pinterest!

So fun!

Just gotta watch those fingernails to make sure they don't rip the bag! ;)

Rainbow Craft:

For this craft you will need:

- paper plates

- Cotton balls

- watercolors

So, you just cut the plate in half.  I wrote "R for Rainbow" on them.

Let the kids watercolor them.

Then, we glued the clouds on.  

Kids loved it!

Other Activities:

- Put color strips of paper wristbands on the kids.  During circle time, "Jump 2x if you have red."  "Touch your toes if you have yellow" etc...

- Get these color paddles from Oriental Trading.  Show them the new colors.  Or do the above activity but they have a paddle of the color instead of the wristband.

- Get a Twister Game and have them jump to the color dot you call out